Tag: Syria

Iranian and Russian operations in Afghanistan also recall their cooperation in Syria, where they have fought to prop up Syrian President Bashar Assad. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

National Security

State Department: Russia, Iran a threat to Afghanistan

Joel Gehrke · February 6, 2018 6:49 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

The Pentagon officials told the Washington Examiner that while the makeup of the U.S. contribution to the counter-ISIS coalition would be changing, the number of U.S. troops will not be going down anytime soon. "We shifting our focus from combat operations to training operations in order to ensure the lasting defeat of ISIS," said a Pentagon spokesman. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

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Pentagon counters Iraq reports, says no plans for significant drawdown of US troops for now

Jamie McIntyre · February 5, 2018 5:58 pm

In this file photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on March 16, 2016, a Russian Su-25 ground attack jet takes off at Hemeimeem Air Base in Syria. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that an Su-25 jet was shot down in Syria by Jabhat al-Nusra, an affiliate of al Qaeda operating in the area. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian fighter jet shot down in Syria

Joel Gehrke · February 3, 2018 8:01 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 a statement Wednesday evening, Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said: "After carefully considering conditions on the ground, I have determined that it is necessary to extend the Temporary Protected Status designation for Syria." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

DHS extends temporary protected status for thousands of Syrians

Anna Giaritelli · February 1, 2018 2:09 am

Russia and Iran have cooperated to keep Bashar Assad in power in the face of a civil war, and Iran is hoping to expand its military capabilities across Syria to its terrorist proxies in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Iran rejects Benjamin Netanyahu’s warning to leave Syria

Joel Gehrke · January 30, 2018 7:24 pm

President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP)

The 9 biggest things to watch in Trump’s first State of the Union

Sarah Bedford · January 30, 2018 9:00 am

It was revealed on Sunday that the fitness app Strava had inadvertently released the location of some covert American military bases where military personnel who used the app had exercised. (screenshot)

National Security

Fitness app announces review of privacy settings after location data reveals secret military base locations

Diana Stancy Correll · January 30, 2018 5:56 am

Republican Rep. Vicky Hartzler, who lives on a farm in her Missouri district, was thrust into the international spotlight last year when she spearheaded an effort to block transgender troops from serving in the military. Her proposal was rejected in the House, but the following month, President Trump surprised many by announcing a ban. (The Kansas City Star via AP)

Vicky Hartzler on rebuilding the military: ‘It is going to take a long time to recover’

Travis J. Tritten · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

The incident involving a U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries II and a Russian plane is just the latest in a string of these types of close calls that Russia seems to be intentionally carrying out in recent years. (Navy photo)

National Security

Russian military jet flies within five feet of US surveillance plane

Anna Giaritelli · January 29, 2018 7:32 pm