Liz Sly, Author at Valley News

U.S. tries to keep Assad isolated

by Liz Sly The Washington PostMarch 3, 2019

BEIRUT — Efforts by Arab states to re-engage with Syrian President Bashar Assad, now that he has prevailed in the civil war, have been put on hold after a push by the United States to deter its allies from renewing ties with his government.A decision…

ISIS Is Making a Comeback in Iraq

by Liz Sly The Washington Post, and Mustafa Salim The Washington PostJuly 18, 2018

Putin Calls for ‘Pause’ in Syria

by Erin Cunningham The Washington Post, and Liz Sly The Washington PostFebruary 26, 2018

Syrian Airstrikes Kill at Least 200 Civilians

by Louisa Loveluck The Washington Post, and Liz Sly The Washington PostFebruary 20, 2018

A portion of the Strava Labs heat map from Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, made by tracking activities. MUST CREDIT: Screenshot from https://labs.strava.com/heatmap

Fitness App Reveals Sensitive Data on Soldiers

by Liz Sly The Washington PostJanuary 29, 2018

Director Steven Spielberg, from left, actors Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'The Post ' in London, Wednesday, Jan. 10th, 2018. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Lebanese Censors Bar Screenings of ‘The Post’

by Liz Sly The Washington Post, and Suzan Haidamous The Washington PostJanuary 18, 2018

U.S. on Collision Course With Iran in Mideast

by Liz Sly The Washington PostOctober 26, 2017

This frame grab from video released Tuesday October 17, 2017 and provided by Hawar News Agency, a Syrian Kurdish activist-run media group, shows a fighter from the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) firing his weapon during clashes with Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, Syria. The U.S-backed Syrian forces battling the Islamic State group in Syria say Raqqa's national hospital, one of the militants' last holdouts in city has been captured. The capture of the hospital Tuesday leaves the militants cornered in and around the notorious municipal stadium in the city, once the group's de-facto capital. (Hawar News Agency via AP)

Syria Victory Tests U.S. Resolve

by Louisa Loveluck The Washington Post, and Liz Sly The Washington PostOctober 17, 2017

Lebanon, Hezbollah Launch ISIS Offensive

by Liz Sly The Washington Post, and Suzan Haidamous The Washington PostAugust 20, 2017

In Iraq, a Return to the Bar

by Liz Sly The Washington Post, and Aaso Amin Shwan The Washington PostJuly 30, 2017