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In this July 26, 2017 file photo, Syrian children and youths gather on a street as they look at a U.S. armored vehicle convoy pass on a road that links to Raqqa, northeast Syria. Officially, there are 503 U.S. troops in Syria, though the true number was widely suspected to be higher. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
National Security

Pentagon expected to reveal 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, four times official count

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It's unclear if the White House will confirm the Turkish description of Trump's remarks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
National Security

Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan he’s cutting off Syrian Kurds: Report

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Until the axis is ready to transfer real power to those Syrians it has brutally oppressed, the U.S. should not dance to Putin's diplomatic waltz. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Beltway Confidential

Russia-Turkey-Iran-Assad axis want to steal Syria’s future. The US must obstruct them

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Ultimately, the U.S. ground presence in Syria forces President Bashar Assad and his allies to recognize that they cannot, by themselves, decide what happens next. By staking an American flag in the ground, the U.S. lends credibility and power to those whom Assad would otherwise turn into terrorists. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Opinion

Obama’s Iraq blunder nurtured ISIS; Trump’s Syria policy might prevent ISIS 2.0

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The Turkish president is frustrated with the United States and Russia for working with the Syrian Kurds. (Yasin Bulbul/Pool Photo via AP)
National Security

Turkey’s Erdogan: US, Russia should leave Syria

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Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim arrives in Washington, late Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. Yildirim is in the United States to meet U.S. Vice President Mike Pence for talks aimed at mending frayed ties between the two NATO allies, including over Turkish demands for the extradition U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is blamed for last year's failed coup, and Washington's backing of Syrian Kurdish militia, whom Turkey considers to be terrorists. (Pool via AP)
Beltway Confidential

The Trump administration is welcoming the Turkish prime minister when he deserves a cold shoulder

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Eight lawmakers are urging Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to strike an agreement that would end a crisis between the central government and the Kurds. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
National Security

Senators warn Abadi that ISIS could return to Iraq

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With help from the United Nations and private humanitarian organizations, Kurdistan and its population of just more than 5 million is supporting nearly 2 million refugees and internally displaced people from within Iraq. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
Foreign Policy

Don’t overlook Kurdistan’s humanitarian contributions to the refugee crisis

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Kurdish security forces head to a town on the outskirts of Irbil, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Beltway Confidential

US must not let Iran cut off the Kurdish controlled Iraq-Syria border

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The U.S.-led coalition said that a cease-fire has been reached between Baghdad and Iraq's Kurdish minority, temporarily halting clashes that followed a controversial vote on Kurdish independence last month. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)
National Security

Kurds and Iraqis are ‘talking,’ but no cease-fire declared, spokesman clarifies

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