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A policeman secures houses as Iraqi federal police forces advance towards the Islamic State militant held city of Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016. An Iraqi commander says reinforcements have been sent to eastern Mosul after a major Islamic State counterattack drove troops back last week, further slowing a nearly two-month-old offensive to retake the city. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Islamic State Militants Re-Enter Syria’s Historic Palmyra

by Philip Issa Associated PressDecember 11, 2016

Damaged buildings and rubble line a street in Homs, Syria, Sept. 19, 2016. Syria’s military command has declared the U.S-Russian brokered cease-fire over, blaming the rebel groups for undermining it. In a statement Monday, the Syria military said “the armed terrorist groups” repeatedly violated the cease-fire which came into effect last week. (AP PHOTO)

UN Suspends Syrian Aid After Attack

by Philip Issa Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressSeptember 20, 2016

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2016 file-pool photo, Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during their joint news conference following their meeting to discuss the crisis in Syria, in Geneva, Switzerland. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP, File)

A Reluctant Cease-Fire

by Philip Issa Associated PressSeptember 11, 2016

Men embrace while leaving the Moadamiyeh suburb of Damascus, Syria, on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. Dozens of Syrians living in a besieged rebel-held suburb of the capital, Damascus, have begun evacuating the area following a deal struck with the government that grants amnesty to gunmen and restores state control. (AP Photo)

300 Syrians Leave Suburb After Deal

by Albert Aji Associated Press, and Philip Issa Associated PressSeptember 3, 2016

FILE - In this file image made from video on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 and posted online by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, Civil Defense workers stand in rubble after airstrikes hit a hospital in Aleppo, Syria. A Syrian volunteer search-and-rescue group has launched a campaign to win its first responders the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, operate in the country's war-ravaged opposition areas, where they are exposed daily to bombs dropped by government and Russian warplanes. The group's global following say their task is "the most dangerous job on the planet." (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP video, File)

Syrian Responders Have Risky Job ResponderResponders

by Philip Issa Associated PressAugust 19, 2016

Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, speaks about the International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Russia, Syria Offer Freedom From Aleppo

by Sarah El Deeb Associated Press, and Philip Issa Associated PressJuly 29, 2016

Syrian Forces Recapture Ancient City of Palmyra From Islamic State

by Albert Aji Associated Press, and Philip Issa Associated PressMarch 28, 2016

In this photo released on Thursday March 24, 2016, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian government soldier takes his position inside a damaged palace, at the entrance of Palmyra, central Syria. Syrian government forces recaptured a Mamluk-era citadel in Palmyra from the extremist Islamic State group on Friday, Syrian state media and monitoring groups said, as the fierce battle for control of the historic town entered its third day. (SANA via AP)

Russian Strikes Back Syrian Army

by Philip Issa Associated PressMarch 27, 2016