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SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 23: Turkish tanks and armoured vehicles hold their position as they watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of October 23, 2014 in Suruc in Sanliurfa province. The Syrian town of Kobani has yet again seen fierce fighting between Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish forces. Kurdish authorities have agreed to send Peshmerga fighters to the Northern Syrian town to fight ISIL after Turkey has allowed passage. (Photo by Kutluhan Cucel/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 23: Turkish tanks and armoured vehicles hold their position as they watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of October 23, 2014 in Suruc in Sanliurfa province. The Syrian town of Kobani has yet again seen fierce fighting between Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish forces. Kurdish authorities have agreed to send Peshmerga fighters to the Northern Syrian town to fight ISIL after Turkey has allowed passage. (Photo by Kutluhan Cucel/Getty Images)

SitRep: Turks Push into Syria; U.S. Casualty in Afghanistan

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
TOPSHOT - A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) rests on a rooftop on the outskirts of the town of al-Shadadi in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakeh, on February 19, 2016. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance dominated by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), seized on Friday the town of al-Shadadi, a bastion of the Islamic State group (IS) in the Hasakeh province, in northeastern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. / AFP / Delil souleiman (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) rests on a rooftop on the outskirts of the town of al-Shadadi in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakeh, on February 19, 2016. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance dominated by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), seized on Friday the town of al-Shadadi, a bastion of the Islamic State group (IS) in the Hasakeh province, in northeastern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. / AFP / Delil souleiman (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: U.S. No-Fly Zone in Syria? Russian Hack Fail

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
Fighters from Syria's Manbij military council sit on June 15, 2016 in the back of a pickup truck on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Manbij, which is held by jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group, during an operation to try to retake the town. Hundreds of civilians escaped the IS stronghold of Manbij in nearby Aleppo province on June 12, helped by a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance surrounding the town. Tens of thousands had been trapped inside Manbij after the alliance encircled the town on June 10 in a major blow to the jihadist group controlling it. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Fighters from Syria's Manbij military council sit on June 15, 2016 in the back of a pickup truck on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Manbij, which is held by jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group, during an operation to try to retake the town. Hundreds of civilians escaped the IS stronghold of Manbij in nearby Aleppo province on June 12, helped by a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance surrounding the town. Tens of thousands had been trapped inside Manbij after the alliance encircled the town on June 10 in a major blow to the jihadist group controlling it. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Mosul, Raqqa, Will Fall Within a Year; Russia Quits Iran

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
TOPSHOT - Armed men in uniform identified by Syrian Democratic forces as US special operations forces ride in the back of a pickup truck in the village of Fatisah in the northern Syrian province of Raqa on May 25, 2016. US-backed Syrian fighters and Iraqi forces pressed twin assaults against the Islamic State group, in two of the most important ground offensives yet against the jihadists. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), formed in October 2015, announced on May 24 its push for IS territory north of Raqa city, which is around 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of the Syrian-Turkish border and home to an estimated 300,000 people. The SDF is dominated by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) -- largely considered the most effective independent anti-IS force on the ground in Syria -- but it also includes Arab Muslim and Christian fighters. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Armed men in uniform identified by Syrian Democratic forces as US special operations forces ride in the back of a pickup truck in the village of Fatisah in the northern Syrian province of Raqa on May 25, 2016. US-backed Syrian fighters and Iraqi forces pressed twin assaults against the Islamic State group, in two of the most important ground offensives yet against the jihadists. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), formed in October 2015, announced on May 24 its push for IS territory north of Raqa city, which is around 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of the Syrian-Turkish border and home to an estimated 300,000 people. The SDF is dominated by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) -- largely considered the most effective independent anti-IS force on the ground in Syria -- but it also includes Arab Muslim and Christian fighters. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. Commandos Nearly Hit by Syrian Airstrike

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Paul McLeary
SEVASTOPOL, RUSSIA - JULY 31, 2016: Russian servicemen take part in a ship parade marking Russian Navy Day. Alexei Pavlishak/TASS (Photo by Alexei PavlishakTASS via Getty Images)
SEVASTOPOL, RUSSIA - JULY 31, 2016: Russian servicemen take part in a ship parade marking Russian Navy Day. Alexei Pavlishak/TASS (Photo by Alexei PavlishakTASS via Getty Images)

SitRep: Russia Massing Forces Near Ukraine as Putin Lands in Crimea

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press during a visit to the Tel Nof Air Force base near the city of Rehovot in central Israel on August 17, 2016. / AFP / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press during a visit to the Tel Nof Air Force base near the city of Rehovot in central Israel on August 17, 2016. / AFP / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama to Israel: Our Tax Dollars Won’t Go to Your Defense Contractors

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Dan De Luce, Paul McLeary
Iraq, Khanaqin // 21th June, 2014 // Special forces of the Peshmerga dont make a secret of their symphaties to the US-forces (Photo by Sebastian Backhaus/NurPhoto) (Photo by NurPhoto/Corbis via Getty Images)
Iraq, Khanaqin // 21th June, 2014 // Special forces of the Peshmerga dont make a secret of their symphaties to the US-forces (Photo by Sebastian Backhaus/NurPhoto) (Photo by NurPhoto/Corbis via Getty Images)

SitRep: Americans on the Front Lines With ISIS; Iran’s $400 Million

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
Members of the Sudan People's Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) stand guard at the military site in Juba, after the arrival of new troops and their chief of staff on April 25, 2016. Rebel spokesman William Ezekiel said that 195 troops landed along with South Sudan's top rebel military commander Simon Gatwech Dual, to provide security for Machar, who he said hoped to return on April 26. Some of the rebel troops looked visibly nervous, but others were more cheerful and raised fists into the air as their leader shouted "Viva SPLA, viva SPLM!" -- the acronym for the army and ruling party divided by the war. / AFP / Charles Lomodong (Photo credit should read CHARLES LOMODONG/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the Sudan People's Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) stand guard at the military site in Juba, after the arrival of new troops and their chief of staff on April 25, 2016. Rebel spokesman William Ezekiel said that 195 troops landed along with South Sudan's top rebel military commander Simon Gatwech Dual, to provide security for Machar, who he said hoped to return on April 26. Some of the rebel troops looked visibly nervous, but others were more cheerful and raised fists into the air as their leader shouted "Viva SPLA, viva SPLM!" -- the acronym for the army and ruling party divided by the war. / AFP / Charles Lomodong (Photo credit should read CHARLES LOMODONG/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: “There’s no Delta Force Residing at the Embassy,” Russia Says Syria Strikes Legit

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
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The U.S. Helped Birth South Sudan. Now Americans Are Being Beaten and Targeted by Its Troops.

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Colum Lynch, Dan De Luce, Paul McLeary
SYRIA - AUGUST 14, 2016: A Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bomber carries out airstrikes against ISIS targets in the districts to the South West, East and North East of the Syrian city of Dayr al-Zawr using high-explosive fragmentation weapons. Russian Defence Ministry's Press and Information Department/TASS (Photo by TASSTASS via Getty Images)
SYRIA - AUGUST 14, 2016: A Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bomber carries out airstrikes against ISIS targets in the districts to the South West, East and North East of the Syrian city of Dayr al-Zawr using high-explosive fragmentation weapons. Russian Defence Ministry's Press and Information Department/TASS (Photo by TASSTASS via Getty Images)

SitRep: Russian Bombers in Iran; A Trump Foreign Policy

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
An image grab taken from an AFP video dated from August 12, 2016 shows a school that was used by Islamic State (IS) group's fighters to manufacture explosives in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, almost a week after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of Arab and Kurd fighters, seized the group's stronghold. / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
An image grab taken from an AFP video dated from August 12, 2016 shows a school that was used by Islamic State (IS) group's fighters to manufacture explosives in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, almost a week after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of Arab and Kurd fighters, seized the group's stronghold. / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: ISIS Finally on the Run? Russian Questions Plague Trump Campaign

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA- AUGUST, 9 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen prior to the meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not pictured) in Konstantin Palace in Strenla, Saint Petersburg, August,9, 2016. President of Turkey is having a one-day visit to Putin's hometown. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA- AUGUST, 9 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen prior to the meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not pictured) in Konstantin Palace in Strenla, Saint Petersburg, August,9, 2016. President of Turkey is having a one-day visit to Putin's hometown. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

SitRep: Turkey, Russia Planning Joint Ops in Syria; Crimea on the Edge

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
Iraqi pro-government forces hold an Islamic State (IS) group flag in the al-Dhubat II (Officers) neighbourhood of Fallujah as they try to clear the city of IS fighters still holed up in the former jihadi bastion on June 19, 2016. Despite facing less resistance than expected from IS in Fallujah, an emblematic jihadist stronghold, sniper fire, car bombs and booby traps remained a risk for Iraq's forces as they try to clear central Fallujah of pockets of IS fighters. / AFP / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqi pro-government forces hold an Islamic State (IS) group flag in the al-Dhubat II (Officers) neighbourhood of Fallujah as they try to clear the city of IS fighters still holed up in the former jihadi bastion on June 19, 2016. Despite facing less resistance than expected from IS in Fallujah, an emblematic jihadist stronghold, sniper fire, car bombs and booby traps remained a risk for Iraq's forces as they try to clear central Fallujah of pockets of IS fighters. / AFP / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: CENTCOM Cooked Books on ISIS; U.S. Commandos in Libya

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
Smoke billows at the entrance of Sirte as forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government advance to recapture the city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on June 10, 2016. Forces loyal to Libya's unity government fought streets battles with the Islamic State group as they pressed an offensive to recapture their coastal bastion. The loss of Sirte, the hometown of ousted dictator Moamer Kadhafi, would be a major blow to the jihadists at a time when they are under mounting pressure in Syria and Iraq. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
Smoke billows at the entrance of Sirte as forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government advance to recapture the city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on June 10, 2016. Forces loyal to Libya's unity government fought streets battles with the Islamic State group as they pressed an offensive to recapture their coastal bastion. The loss of Sirte, the hometown of ousted dictator Moamer Kadhafi, would be a major blow to the jihadists at a time when they are under mounting pressure in Syria and Iraq. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. Combat Troops Move Closer to the Frontlines in Libya

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Paul McLeary
ALEPPO, SYRIA - AUGUST 06: Members of anti-regimist opposition forces group named Jaish al-Fatah, clash with Assad Regime soldiers based at Syrian Army Artillery School and military academy in Ramouseh region of Aleppo, Syria on August 06, 2016. Syrian opposition forces has started an operation to break Assad forces' siege over Aleppo. (Photo by Beha El Halebi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
ALEPPO, SYRIA - AUGUST 06: Members of anti-regimist opposition forces group named Jaish al-Fatah, clash with Assad Regime soldiers based at Syrian Army Artillery School and military academy in Ramouseh region of Aleppo, Syria on August 06, 2016. Syrian opposition forces has started an operation to break Assad forces' siege over Aleppo. (Photo by Beha El Halebi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

SitRep: Breakthroughs in Aleppo, Manbij; China’s New Building Spree

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
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