Tag: Iran

Haley: Russian Hands ‘Covered in the Blood of Syrian Children’

Jenna Lifhits · April 9, 2018 9:27 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and President of Iran Hassan Rouhani, right. Following a Russian veto, the United Nations adopted a toothless resolution drafted by Russia merely renewing the previous arms embargo and piously expressing "grave distress" at the "continued deterioration of the devastating humanitarian situation in Yemen." (Mikhail Klimentyev, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Iran applauds its ‘very close’ relationship with Russia

Joel Gehrke · April 9, 2018 6:37 pm

A U.S. soldier sits in an armored vehicle on a road leading to the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. President Donald Trump expects to decide "very quickly" whether to remove U.S. troops from war-torn Syria, saying their primary mission was to defeat the Islamic State group and "we've almost completed that task."

Beltway Confidential

The US and Turkey could go to war

Michael Rubin · April 9, 2018 11:02 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at an event.

National Security

John McCain connects Syria chemical attack with Trump signaling troop withdrawal

Kelly Cohen · April 8, 2018 8:16 pm

Assad’s Horror, and Those Who Enable It

Thomas Joscelyn · April 8, 2018 7:40 pm

Assad’s Horror, and Those Who Enable It

Thomas Joscelyn · April 8, 2018 7:40 pm

The Jones Act requires ships moving goods between U.S. ports to be U.S. flagged and operated, but Bossert said that restriction was not impeding the movement of emergency supplies to the island. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

White House official on US response to suspected Syria chemical attack: ‘I wouldn’t take anything off the table’

Kelly Cohen · April 8, 2018 2:10 pm

This image made from video released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a medical worker giving toddlers oxygen through respirators following an alleged poison gas attack in the opposition-held town of Douma, in eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria, Sunday, April 8, 2018. Syrian opposition activists and rescuers said Sunday that a poison gas attack on a rebel-held town near the capital. The Syrian government denied the allegations, which could not be independently verified.

National Security

Trump reacts to ‘mindless’ chemical attack in Syria: ‘Big price to pay,’ Russia, Iran responsible for backing ‘Animal Assad’

Daniel Chaitin · April 8, 2018 1:28 pm

Beltway Confidential

What happens when the US withdraws from the Iran nuclear deal

Tom Rogan · April 5, 2018 5:55 am

A U.S. soldier sits in an armored vehicle on a road leading to the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. President Donald Trump expects to decide "very quickly" whether to remove U.S. troops from war-torn Syria, saying their primary mission was to defeat the Islamic State group and "we've almost completed that task."

National Security

Trump’s Syria decision shows healthy aversion to ‘nation-building,’ experts say

Jamie McIntyre · April 4, 2018 7:43 pm

Beltway Confidential

The dangers of Putin the negotiator — and what Trump can do about it

Erielle Davidson · April 4, 2018 12:00 am

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Rouhani declined to answer a question about a detained Washington Post journalist, Jason Rezaian. Rezaian and his wife Yeganeh Salehi, a correspondent for the Abu Dhabi-based daily newspaper The National, who have been held for more than a month. Iranian officials have not specifically said why Rezaian and his wife were detained. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

National Security

New investigation reveals how Iran skirted US sanctions

Tristan Justice · April 3, 2018 3:03 pm