This report discusses the recent conflict in Syria including an overview of the situation, information about anti- and pro-Asad forces, background on chemical weapons and disarmament, plans for U.S. policy and assistance, and a general sense of the future outlook.

This report provides background on the Islamic State organization, discusses its goals, operations, and affiliates, reviews U.S. legislative and policy debates, and describes select FY2017 legislative proposals.

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This report discusses the ongoing conflict in Syria, recent developments in Syria such as the siege of Eastern Ghouta, and U.S. policy toward Syria and involvement in the conflict.

This report the country of Syria following the rule of Hafiz al-Asad. Dr. Bashar al-Asad seems poised to succeed his father, the late President Hafiz al-Asad, following the latter's death from a heart attack on June 10, 2000; however, Bashar is untested and may face challenges from other leading figures or dissidents. No major changes in Syria's position on peace talks with Israel or relations with the United States seem likely while the successor regime consolidates its control.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about secretary of state Kissinger who held his final round of trop disengagement talks with Syrian president Assad but a spokesman for Kissinger refused to commit on its outcome.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of artillery duels which broke out in the Golan Height area.

This report discusses U.S. and European assessments of and responses to the foreign fighter phenomenon. It focuses on government policies primarily in Western European countries and analyzes EU measures to counter the foreign fighter threat given the EU's largely open internal borders and that 23 EU member states belong to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program.

This report reviews the authority granted in H.J.Res. 124 and explores similarities and differences among the H.J.Res. 124 authority, the President's requests, and other proposals that may be considered by Congress, including during anticipated consideration of FY2015 full-year appropriations or defense authorization (H.R. 4435/S. 2410) legislation.

This report discusses the current crisis involving the Islamic State, which is a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group that has expanded its control over areas of parts of Iraq and Syria since 2013.

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the White House who discloses that Syria has given Kissinger a lost of 65 Israelis, the total number held prisoner of war.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Henry Kissinger's Middle East shuttle which is back in business.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Henry Kissinger who has arrived in Jerusalem from Damascus on his latest Middle East peace-making trip.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Israeli forces which reported their highest single-day casualty toll since the October War.

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about secretary of state Henry Kissinger who is spending one more night in Israel.

An array of bilateral issues continue to affect relations between the United States and Syria: the course of Arab-Israeli talks; questions of arms proliferation; Syrian connections with terrorist activity; Syria's role in Lebanon; and Syria's opposition to the U.S. occupation in Iraq. A variety of U.S. legislative provisions and executive directives prohibit direct aid to Syria and restrict bilateral trade relations between the two countries, due largely to Syria's designation by the U.S. State Department as a sponsor of international terrorism. This report outlines in detail U.S.-Syrian relations, including discussion of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, the outbreak of Hezballah-related violence, and related legislation.

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