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FILE - In this image taken from file video, showing James Le Mesurier, founder and director of Mayday Rescue, talks to the media during training exercises in southern Turkey, March 19, 2015. Turkey's state-run news agency report Monday Nov. 11, 2019, that a former British army officer who helped found the White Helmets volunteer organisation in Syria, has been found dead in Istanbul. (AP Photo, FILE)

James Le Mesurier, British Founder of the 'White Helmets' in Syria, Found Dead in Istanbul

"Comprehensive administrative and judicial investigations" are now underway

In this Saturday, Oct. 26. 2019 file photo, a U.S. military vehicle drives south of the northeastern city of Qamishli, likely heading to the oil-rich Deir el-Zour area where there are oil fields, or possibly to another base nearby, as it passes by a poster showing Syrain President Bashar Aassad.

Top American Military General Says 500 to 600 Troops Will Stay in Syria

Trump recently approved an expanded military mission to secure oil fields

Turkish and Russian patrol is seen near the town of Darbasiyah, Syria, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. Turkey and Russia launched joint patrols Friday in northeastern Syria, under a deal that halted a Turkish offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters who were forced to withdraw from the border area following Ankara's incursion.

13 Civilians Killed After Car Bomb Explodes in Northern Syria

Turkey's Defense Ministry says about 20 others were wounded

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, on Oct. 7, 2019.

Congress Also Bears Blame for Trump's Disastrous Syria Decisions

Congress has rightfully condemned President Trump’s decision to abandon the...

Congress has rightfully condemned President Trump’s decision to abandon the Kurds in Syria. But Congress has been complicit in this decision. Over the past 70 years it has ceded too much power to the Presidency...

A U.S. armored vehicle drives past members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during a patrol of the Syrian northeastern town of Qahtaniyah at the border with Turkey, on October 31, 2019. U.S. forces accompanied by Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) patrolled part of Syria's border with Turkey, in the first such move since Washington withdrew troops from the area earlier this month, an AFP correspondent reported.

U.S. Dispatches Armored Vehicles in Syria to Guard Oil Fields

The first batch of carriers arrived Thursday at one of Syria's largest oil ...

The first batch of carriers arrived Thursday at one of Syria's largest oil fields

President Trump announces from the White House on Oct. 27 that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed

What the Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Says About the War That Killed Him

The death of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi may not change the world. Nevertheless, h...

The death of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi may not change the world. Nevertheless, how it came about says a fair amount about the world he has departed. In the chain of events that led to the...

FBI Director Christopher Wray, flanked by Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, left, and acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center at the office of the Director of National Intelligence Russell Travers, right, testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019.

Pentagon Releases First Details, Images From al-Baghdadi Raid

Officials said the U.S. is on alert for possible "retribution attacks"

James Le Mesurier, British Founder of the 'White Helmets' in Syria, Found Dead in Istanbul

Top American Military General Says 500 to 600 Troops Will Stay in Syria

13 Civilians Killed After Car Bomb Explodes in Northern Syria

Congress Also Bears Blame for Trump's Disastrous Syria Decisions

U.S. Dispatches Armored Vehicles in Syria to Guard Oil Fields

What the Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Says About the War That Killed Him

Pentagon Releases First Details, Images From al-Baghdadi Raid

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