Insurgents have breached Syria’s largest city and clashed with government forces for the first time since 2016.

FILE - This combination made from file photo shows Blackwater guards, from left, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nicholas Slatten and Paul Slough. “The infamous Blackwater company killed Iraqi citizens at Nisoor Square. The 2007 killings in the Baghdad traffic circle were among many attacks, large and small, hitting civilians that served to turn even some initial Iraqi supporters of Saddam Hussein's overthrow against Americans. The case against the Blackwater guards ping-ponged across courts in Washington, with a federal appeals court at one point overturning the first-degree murder conviction of one defendant, Nicholas Slatten, and sharply reducing the prison sentences of the three others. In Iraq, said Ford, the former diplomat, the pardons will “necessarily give some ammunition to those who say get the Americans out now."

SANFORD, Fla. – The search for a 73-year-old Sanford man who has been missing for nearly two weeks ended without his discovery Wednesday when the effort was called off for the day. Dozens of volunteers and law enforcement officers searched Wednesday morning in the area of Airport Boulevard, where Robert Ford was last seen. The search was called off after a member of the Sanford Police Department was injured, according to a person familiar with the search effort. Ford, a 24-year U.S. Navy veteran, was last seen Nov. 30 and suffers from PTSD, according to Sanford police. In recent weeks, Ford had shown signs of being disoriented, according to his daughter.

SANFORD, Fla. – Sanford officers continue to look for a man they say has been missing since Saturday. Robert Ford, 73, was last seen on Friday between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Ford is a Navy veteran, who officials said suffers from post traumatic stress disorder and frequents the Dollar General store at 3530 Sanford Avenue. Ford was last seen wearing dark colored shorts, a dark colored T-shirt and a jacket. If you have any information, please contact the Sanford Police Department by calling 407-688-5199.

SANFORD – The Sanford Police Department is looking for a man who went missing early Saturday morning. Police are looking for 73-year-old Robert Ford, who left a home overnight while his daughter was sleeping. Ford is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. He is a Navy veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and is on medication for depression.