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US encourages Syrian action against Hezbollah, Damascus is hesitant, sources say

Despite historic enmity towards Hezbollah and Tehran, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has moved cautiously since US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran began on February 28.

A Syrian flag is displayed outside the White House following the meeting of US President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 10, 2025.
Members of the military police stand near a bus carrying released detainees during a prisoner exchange between the Syrian government and Druze factions, in Sweida, Syria, February 26, 2026.

US efforts helped pave way for Syria-Druze deal, source tells 'Post'

Roj camp, where people believed to be linked to the Islamic State militants are held, near Derik, Syria February 16, 2026.

Syria might close Roj Camp, last site holding ISIS-linked families, soon, officials say

US CENTCOM attacks ISIS targets.

US strikes 30 Islamic State targets in Syria as part of Operation Hawkeye Strike


Months after saying US will withdraw, now 1,000 troops in Syria to stay

SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES and US troops are seen during a patrol near Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria, in November.

U.S. to leave 200 American peacekeepers in Syria after pullout

The decision was announced after Trump spoke by phone to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.

Syrian Democratic Forces and U.S. troops are seen during a patrol near Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria November 4, 2018

U.S. ‘weeks’ away from start of Syria withdrawal

With no answers for partners on the ground or US allies as to how the withdrawal will take place, US vows it is on track

U.S. and Turkish soldiers conduct the first-ever combined joint patrol outside Manbij, Syria, November 1, 2018. Picture taken November 1, 2018. Courtesy Arnada Jones/U.S.

U.S. forces at Syria checkpoint rammed by suicide bomber

The coalition said a convoy with allied Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was involved in an attack, but there were no American casualties.

U.S. and Turkish soldiers conduct the first-ever combined joint patrol outside Manbij, Syria, November 1, 2018. Picture taken November 1, 2018. Courtesy Arnada Jones/U.S.

U.S. Senator: Rash pullout from Syria will create 'Iraq on steroids'

Trump announced last month that Islamic State had been defeated in Syria and he would pull US forces out of the country.

Lindsey Graham, United States Senator (R) from South Carolinaat the 7th Annual JPost Conference

Report: American soldiers killed in Islamic State attack in Syria

Amaq, a news site linked to Islamic State, said a suicide attacker with an explosive vest struck an international coalition patrol in the city on Wednesday.

A man gestures at US military vehicles driving in the town of Darbasiya next to the Turkish border, Syria, April 2017

In defense of Rojava

A difference of opinion: US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense James Mattis, who resigned over Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria

Ankara’s invasion of Syria creates occupying power, says Bundestag report

The German Bundestag research committee wrote that Turkey’s government did not respond to a request for information about “the security objectives of Turkey."

A Turkish military tank arrives at an army base in the border town of Reyhanli near the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province, Turkey.