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Carlo Muñoz is a former military correspondent for The Washington Times.

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In this photo taken on Monday, March 27, 2017, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gestures while speaking during a news conference with Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano following their talks in Moscow, Russia. Lavrov said that no Russian servicemen were hurt in the U.S. strike on a Syrian air base Friday, April 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia accuses U.S. of avoiding airstrikes targeting Syrian al Qaeda affiliate

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Washington was implementing a "double standard" for its counterterrorism operations in Syria, allowing groups like Jabhat Fateh al-Sham -- the rebranded al Qaeda cell formerly known as Jahbat al Nusra or Nusra Front -- to run roughshod over Russian-backed Assad forces on the ground in the country.

June 26, 2017
In this picture released by the Iranian state-run IRIB News Agency on Monday, June 19, 2017, a missile is fired from city of Kermanshah in western Iran targeting the Islamic State group in Syria. Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, a paramilitary force in charge of the country's missile program, said it launched six Zolfaghar ballistic missiles from the western provinces of Kermanshah and Kurdistan. (IRIB News Agency, Morteza Fakhrinejad via AP)

Iranian missile barrage against ISIS misses the mark

Tehran's much-heralded ballistic missile strike against Islamic State targets in Syria came up short, with most of the Iranian missiles either missing their marks inside the terror group's haven in Deir-e-Zour, or missing Syria altogether and landing inside Iraqi territory.

June 20, 2017
Russia angrily announced Monday that it was shutting down a hotline designed to avoid unintentional clashes between American and Russian fighters operating in the skies above Syria and would even target U.S. and allied planes if they strayed from their zone. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. tries to defuse Russia tensions after shooting down Syrian fighter jet

Amid a sharp escalation of tensions among the various parties drawn into Syria's civil war, the Pentagon's top military officer tried to defuse a clash with Russia a day after the U.S. military shot down a Syrian fighter jet attacking coalition forces engaged in the battle to defeat the Islamic State group.

June 19, 2017
As a brutal war ravages Raqqa, the climactic battle against the Islamic State in Syria might take place about 90 miles away in Madan, Deir el-Zour and other Islamic State redoubts in the Middle Euphrates River Valley where many group leaders have fled. (Associated Press)

U.S. warplane shoots down Syrian jet

An American fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane that attacked U.S.-backed coalition forces battling the Islamic State on Sunday.

June 18, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 16, 2017. The meeting was focused on the Russian military's claim that it had killed the Islamic State group's leader in an airstrike in Syria. (Alexei Druzhinin/Pool Photo via AP)

Former official warns Russia concerns could ‘crack’ NATO

The spate of ongoing investigations into allegations of ties between Russia and the Trump White House could create enough political pressure within the international community to "crack" the NATO alliance, a former top U.S. official said Sunday.

June 18, 2017
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday June 13, 2017, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Pentagon's budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

James Mattis, Rex Tillerson face heat over aid cuts, Russia policy

President Trump's top diplomat and Pentagon chief defended the administration's plan to cut U.S. aid programs, argued for keeping the door open to Russian cooperation and offered a sobering assessment of the Afghan War on Tuesday in a round of Capitol Hill hearings on the White House's 2018 budget proposals for the State and Defense Departments.

June 13, 2017
As a brutal war ravages Raqqa, the climactic battle against the Islamic State in Syria might take place about 90 miles away in Madan, Deir el-Zour and other Islamic State redoubts in the Middle Euphrates River Valley where many group leaders have fled. (Associated Press)

Last stand for ISIS likely to be miles from Raqqa, Syria

For all the focus on the battle to capture Raqqa, the climactic battle against the Islamic State in Syria may be about to take place along a relatively unknown river valley miles away from the group's self-styled "caliphate" capital.

June 12, 2017