Tag: Syria

Beltway Confidential

House approves $1.3 trillion spending bill just hours after it was introduced

Susan Ferrechio · March 22, 2018 4:58 pm

Beltway Confidential

Deficit hawks rip $1.3T spending bill: ‘When will we learn?’

Pete Kasperowicz · March 22, 2018 2:09 am

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley during a meeting in New York.

Beltway Confidential

Nikki Haley’s selective memory on Syria

Daniel DePetris · March 21, 2018 2:56 pm

Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army soldiers celebrate around a statue of Kawa, a mythology figure in Kurdish culture, after they have destroyed it in the city center of Afrin, northwestern Syria, early Sunday, March 18, 2018. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that allied Syrian forces have taken "total" control of the town center of Afrin, the target of a nearly two-month-old Turkish offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia, which said fighting was still underway. Erdogan said the Turkish flag and the flag of the Syrian opposition fighters have been raised in the town, previously controlled by the Kurdish militia known as the People's Defense Units, or YPG.

National Security

Pentagon sharply critical of an unnamed country that sounds a lot like Turkey

Jamie McIntyre · March 19, 2018 6:51 pm

Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army soldiers walk in city center of Afrin, northwestern Syria, early Sunday, March 18, 2018. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that allied Syrian forces have taken "total" control of the town center of Afrin, the target of a nearly two-month-old Turkish offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia, which said fighting was still underway. Erdogan said the Turkish flag and the flag of the Syrian opposition fighters have been raised in the town, previously controlled by the Kurdish militia known as the People's Defense Units, or YPG.

Beltway Confidential

ISIS is regrouping in Syria, Trump must respond

Tom Rogan · March 19, 2018 4:54 pm

Beltway Confidential

Chris McDaniel’s feud with Mississippi governor delaying conservative support for his Senate campaign

Al Weaver · March 18, 2018 4:01 am

Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighters advance in Der Mismis village at the south east of Afrin, Syria, Tuesday, March 13. Turkish troops and allied Syrian opposition fighters have begun a siege of the Syrian Kurdish-held town of Afrin, the Turkish military said Tuesday.

Beltway Confidential

Turkey’s operation in Syria shows its military limitations

Tom Rogan · March 16, 2018 4:21 pm

National Security

US military helicopter crashes in Western Iraq

Diana Stancy Correll · March 15, 2018 11:44 pm

The US could finish off ISIS if Turkey would stop fighting the Kurds, Pentagon says

Jamie McIntyre · March 15, 2018 7:55 pm

Beltway Confidential

Have Iran join NATO? Preposterous. Keep Turkey in? Equally insane.

Michael Rubin · March 15, 2018 7:49 pm

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster speaks during a press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

H.R. McMaster says US in no rush to leave Syria, urging ‘economic consequences’ for Iran and Russia

Steven Nelson · March 15, 2018 7:30 pm

President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he reviews border wall prototypes, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego.

Beltway Confidential

White House opposes trading 3-year DACA extension for 3 years of border wall money

Sarah Bedford · March 14, 2018 6:33 pm