In Syria, the Trump administration has ended a CIA program to arm and train Syrian rebels fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad. The program was a central part of President Obama’s Syria strategy. It came under fire when CIA-backed rebels were routed by Syrian forces and as U.S. weapons often wound up in the hands of ISIS and al-Qaeda-affiliated groups. Meanwhile, the journalistic monitoring organization Airwars reports between seven and 12 civilians died in an alleged coalition airstrike on Raqqa on Monday. Airwars reports another attack, in Deir ez-Zor, struck a school and killed three civilians.
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