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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Syria, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) backed up President Trump in the face of harsh criticism from many Republicans over his surprise announcement that the 2,000-strong U.S. force will withdraw from Syria.

Trump's decision to pull US troops is correct, however one feels about the messenger and process. There's nothing left worth fighting to win in Syria.

In a tweet on Wednesday morning, Trump declared victory over the Islamic State in Syria.

The U.S. military will remain in Syria for the foreseeable future, even after the coalition vanquishes the Islamic State's caliphate.

Tens of thousands of Syrians stranded in a desert camp near the Jordanian border are at risk of starvation as supplies dwindle and winter approaches, while regional powers trade blame over who is responsible for this latest humanitarian catastrophe in Syr

Syrian government forces have been fighting the Islamic State group in Sweida's arid plains since jihadists carried out a wave of attacks in the mainly Druze province on July 25, killing 250 people. Foreign fighters continue to flow into Syria to joi

U.S.-backed fighters are closing in on the "last pocket of ISIS resistance" in Syria, and remaining ISIS fighters are becoming increasing desperate, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by Syrian forces responding to an Israeli airstrike, killing all 15 people aboard, in what President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday was "a chain of tragic accidental circumstances."

Defence ministry say the aircraft was carrying 14 servicemen

Another attack on Syria has occurred tonight on multiple locations in what is the largest sustained series of what are believed to be Israeli or possibly US air strikes in months. But hugely significant is that early reports suggest Russia's S-400 ant

A U.S.-backed Syrian group says its fighters have entered an eastern village held by the Islamic State group where intense clashes are ongoing.

The strikes hit Idlib, the last major stronghold of active opposition to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

The shift stems from concerns about Russia and a desire to eject Iranian military and proxy forces.

Iranian troops have reportedly begun gathering alongside Syrian government forces in the country’s Idlib province, the last rebel stronghold yet to be destroyed by Assad

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) " Israeli jets flying high over Lebanon struck at targets inside Syria on Tuesday, Syrian state media reported, in a rare daytime raid that killed at least one person.Syria's SANA state news agency said the country's air d

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):8:10 p.m.The White House is warning Syria's President Bashar Assad that if he chooses to use chemical weapons again, the U.S. an...

The Trump administration announced Tuesday afternoon that Russia and Syria are gearing up to launch a mass strike in Syria on behalf of Bashar al-Assad.

Russia's military said it had shot down a drone that came close to its Syrian air base at Hmeimim on Saturday and was launched from the Idlib "de-escalation" zone controlled by what Moscow calls "illegal military groups", TASS agency r

The Chinese Ambassador to Syria, Qi Qianjin, has shocked Middle East pundits and observers with statements this week indicating the Chinese military may directly assist the Syrian Army in an upcoming major offensive on jihadist-held Idlib province . The &