Tag: Syria

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to lift the state of emergency that has resulted in arrests and dismissal of tens of thousands of government employees, including many scientists and teachers. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Beltway Confidential

The heartbreaking story of Turkey sentencing an American NASA scientist to 7.5 years in prison

Eugene Chudnovsky · February 10, 2018 5:01 am

The move will freeze the U.S. assets of a Yunus Emre Sakarya, who has procured more than $500,000 worth of unmanned aerial vehicles for ISIS since 2015. (iStock by Getty Images)

National Security

Treasury sanctions ISIS drone czar

Joel Gehrke · February 9, 2018 5:52 pm

The existence of the memo, drafted last year, was revealed by a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Protect Democracy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Tim Kaine calls for release of secret memo detailing Trump’s interpretation of war powers

Melissa Quinn · February 9, 2018 4:43 pm

Kurdish forces captured Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh last month. Their capture ends the Islamic State group of four British fighters nicknamed "the Beatles" for their accents. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump should send the ‘Beatles’ to Guantanamo

Tom Rogan · February 9, 2018 11:00 am

Soldiers with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have successfully captured two men, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were part of a four-man Islamic State militant group dubbed the "Beatles" for their British accents. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Final two ISIS ‘Beatles’ captured by American-backed Kurdish forces

Katie Leach · February 9, 2018 12:38 am

"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

After troops backed by Syrian President Bashar Assad attacked U.S.-backed anti-Islamic State fighters on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis called the whole episode "perplexing." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jim Mattis: Syria’s ill-conceived attack on US-backed fighters ‘perplexing’

Jamie McIntyre · February 8, 2018 11:16 pm

Vladimir Putin wants America gone from Syria and will escalate until he is deterred. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Beltway Confidential

Russia’s hand lurks close in Syria’s attack on US forces

Tom Rogan · February 8, 2018 5:17 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump touts military, victory over ISIS at National Prayer Breakfast

Sarah Bedford · February 8, 2018 2:19 pm

In this Air National Guard photo from Friday, two Air Force F-22 Raptors fly over Syria while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. (Department of Defense / Staff Sgt. Colton Elliott)

American-led coalition forces conduct airstrikes against pro-Assad regime forces in Syria

Diana Stancy Correll · February 7, 2018 10:52 pm

The Islamic State group and the Taliban are competing to take credit for a horrific spike in violence in Afghanistan over the last month, and analysts say both insurgent groups are growing in strength as security forces wither under their relentless attacks and a feuding government struggles to win over citizens. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

National Security

Taliban in the crosshairs of more planes and better intelligence as US war effort shifts focus to Afghanistan

Jamie McIntyre · February 7, 2018 8:26 pm

64 Americans went to fight with ISIS. What do we do with them now?

Andrew Egger · February 7, 2018 3:07 am