A mortar blast shook the rooftop where Hunter Pugh stood watch over the last stretch of Syria controlled by the Islamic State, and he scanned the winter dawn, trying to decide whether it had been outgoing fire or an attack zeroing in on his post. The answer came from a second mortar round hitting even closer. Then a third and fourth.
New York Times: American volunteers fighting ISIS in Syria worry about a US pullout
Syrian children walk by the rubble of destroyed buildings in Harasta, on the outskirt of the capital Damascus on July 15, 2018.
