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The article reports that American Special Operations forces used specially designed secret missile to kill the head of a Qaeda affiliate, Khaled al-Aruri, in Syria. Topics include Khaled al-Aruri, the de facto leader of the Qaeda branch, called Hurras al Din, perished in a drone strike in Idlib in northwest Syria; and he was a Qaeda veteran whose jihadist career dates to the 1990s.

The article reports that the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and Syria has halted its years long campaign against the lslamic State as the U.S. forces braced for retaliation from Iran over a strike that killed a powerful Iranian commander Qassim Suleimani.

The article refers to the attack of the United States military forces in Iraq and Syria controlled by an Iranian-backed para-military group.

The article offers information related to the efforts of the U.S. Army to deal with the Turkish and Russian attacks in Syria and mentions concerns of author on presence of Russia and Turkey in Syria as threat the U.S. Army.

The article reports that U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged President Donald Trump to get congressional approval before the U.S. launched airstrikes against Syria, but was overruled by President Donald Trump , who wanted a rapid and profound response, according to administration officials.

The article discusses the degree of force being considered by U.S. President Donald Trump in the U.S. military's potential airstrike against Syrian government armed forces, in retaliation for an alleged chemical attack carried out by the Syrian regime in the Syrian Civil War. An overview of the Trump administration's blaming of the aforementioned chemical attacks on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is provided.

The article discusses the U.S. President Donald Trump's rhetoric on retaliating against Syrian, Iran and Russia for the Syrian military's alleged chemical weapons attack on Douma, Syria on April 7, 2018, amidst the Syrian Civil War. An overview of Trump's rhetoric on having the U.S. military conduct airstrikes on targets in Syria, including in regard to his perspective on the responsibility of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the chemical attacks, is provided.

The article reports on the battle between pro-Syrian government forces and members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State on February 7-8, 2018 in Deir al-Zour, Syria which killed Syrian soldiers and Russian nationals.

The article reports that Kurds in Syria asked Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on December 28, 2018 to protect them from possible attack by Turkey. The request could help pave the way for the forces of al-Assad to start retaking the Kurdish-held part of the country near Turkey's border. U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he was withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria. Kurdish People's Protection Units said Syria should send troops to the city of Manbij near the Turkish border.

The article reports that Iranian passenger plane was intercepted by two fighter jets in Syrian airspace during a flight from Tehran to Beirut. Topics include the pilot of the Mahan Air plane said two US jets approached the airliner forcing him to change altitude to avoid a collision; and the agency said the Airbus A310 had been approached by a single Israeli jet.

The article reports on detention of Islamic state (IS) fighters by American backed Kurdish militias in northern Syria that led to raise security risk of U.S. military officials. Topics discussed include partnership of the U.S. with Syrian Kurds in detention of IS fighters; the U.S. help in temping down the tensions in Syria between Kurdish militias and Turkey; and the U.S. Special Operations troops advise to Syrian Democratic Forces to catalogue biometrics of the detainees.

A review is offered for the Palace of the Princes restaurant located in Syria.

The article informs that the U.S. President Trump has restrained operation in Syria, that was evidently calculated to avoid provoking Syria's patrons in Russia and Iran into retaliating.

The article reports that as U.S. President Donald J. Trump has warned Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the growing risk of conflict between the two nations, and mentions that Erdogan has demanded that the U.S. end its support for Kurdish militias.