Tag: Chemical Weapons

It is time now for President Trump to deliver a clear and unequivocal response to this aggression that goes beyond words.

Trump must react forcefully to Russian terrorism in England

Washington Examiner · March 15, 2018 4:07 am

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May.

Russia warns: UK’s diplomatic expulsion is a ‘provocation’

Joel Gehrke · March 14, 2018 2:47 pm

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during the scheduled Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. May is widely expected to announce a range of economic and diplomatic measures against Russia, in response to the nerve-agent on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. (PA via AP)

National Security

Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats after nerve agent attack

Melissa Quinn · March 14, 2018 1:51 pm

President Trump speaks with British Prime Minister Theresa May after a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

National Security

Trump agrees with Theresa May: Russia must answer for chemical weapon attack on ex-spy in UK

Sarah Bedford · March 13, 2018 6:53 pm

"This is something that the United States has had concerns about for quite some time, that North Korea, especially as North Korea becomes more desperate, that they look for different, creative, and horrific ways to try to make money to fund their criminal regime," Heather Nauert said. (AP)

State Department: North Korea seeking ‘creative and horrific’ revenue sources with chemical weapons sales to Syria

Joel Gehrke · February 27, 2018 9:34 pm

U.N. investigators found supplies such as acid-resistant tiles, valves and thermometers shipped from North Korea, in addition to North Korean missile technicians working in Syrian chemical weapons and missile facilities. (Syrian State Television via AP video, File)

National Security

UN report shows links between North Korea and Syria’s chemical weapons program

Tristan Justice · February 27, 2018 3:12 pm

The White House said President Trump would not announce in advance any retaliatory actions his administration may take against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime for its recent attacks on rebel-held areas where civilians also live. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

White House: Trump already put Assad ‘on notice’

Sarah Bedford · February 26, 2018 8:49 pm

"We will use force if our troops are threatened, and that was clearly the case," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters after the U.S. military killed about 100 pro-Assad fighters who had attacked the Syrian Democratic Forces and American forces working with them.

State Department defends strike on pro-Assad forces

Joel Gehrke · February 8, 2018 11:51 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Paris on Jan. 23 detailed how the U.S. and 28 other countries are launching a new plan to better identify and punish anyone who uses chemical weapons, amid new reports of a suspected chemical attack in Syria. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

State Department urges international community to demand Syria cease using chemical weapons

Diana Stancy Correll · February 6, 2018 2:18 am

The U.S. has good reasons to deter Bashar Assad from future attacks. (Syrian Presidency Facebook page via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump is going to have to bomb Bashar Assad again

Tom Rogan · February 5, 2018 9:15 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted if the U.S. finds hard evidence to back up the claims, the response could be another U.S. military strike. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Jim Mattis hints at military action if US confirms sarin use in Syria

Jamie McIntyre · February 2, 2018 3:21 pm

In this undated photo distributed Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, Kim Jong Un visits the Chemical Material Institute of Academy of Defense Science at an undisclosed location in North Korea.(Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

National Security

US targets North Korea’s chemical weapons program with new sanctions

Joel Gehrke · January 24, 2018 4:01 pm