Tag: Syria

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters on Tuesday: "There is simply no denying that Russia, by shielding its Syrian ally, has breached its commitments to the United States." (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)

Rex Tillerson: Russia has ‘betrayed’ international fight against chemical weapons

Joel Gehrke · January 23, 2018 7:49 pm

China what? Putin who? ISIS huh? (AP Photo/Nataliya Vasilyeva)

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In 2011, top liberal thinkers said nothing like ISIS could ever happen and Russia was no threat

Tom Rogan · January 23, 2018 7:15 pm

Turkish army tanks enter Afrin, an enclave in northern Syria controlled by U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters, in Hassa, Hatay, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country will "not take a step back" from its military operation on Afrin. S(AP Photo)

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Could the Kurds beat Turkey in Syria?

Michael Rubin · January 22, 2018 9:46 pm

Jim Mattis declined to say if the U.S. raised any objection to the Turkish offensive, and he was careful not to criticize Turkey publicly. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Jim Mattis: US ‘very alert’ to tensions between Turks and Kurds in Syria

Jamie McIntyre · January 22, 2018 7:13 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Tillerson says it's crucial for the U.S. to maintain a military presence in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group's resurgence. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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3 critical Syria questions for Rex Tillerson

Daniel DePetris · January 22, 2018 5:01 am

In the following op-ed, President Trump discusses his first year in the White House. (AP Photo)

President Trump: A year of real change

President Donald J. Trump · January 20, 2018 2:14 pm

After Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the American presence in Syria will extend beyond the defeat of the Islamic State, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said: "Tillerson has said many times that the only goal, the only reason is to defeat [the Islamic State in Syria]. Now, they have even more far-reaching plans, and we'll have to keep that in mind and try to find ways that would prevent [them] from undercutting the sovereignty of the Syrian state." (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia will counter US efforts to undercut Assad in Syria

Joel Gehrke · January 19, 2018 8:52 pm

These five objectives serve our national interests and are worthy of American popular support. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Trump’s excellent five-point plan for Syria

Tom Rogan · January 18, 2018 8:56 pm

"We are on the precipice of committing U.S. forces to another forever war," Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin, the ranking member on the Foreign Relations Committee, said Thursday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

National Security

Ben Cardin: Trump’s new Syria plan is illegal

Joel Gehrke · January 18, 2018 4:08 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University on Wednesday. In a speech at Stanford University, Tillerson signaled a deeper American commitment to Syria, saying the U.S. military will remain there for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Rex Tillerson: ‘Crucial’ to maintain US military presence in Syria

Joel Gehrke · January 17, 2018 10:57 pm

The Twitter accounts of conservative personalities Greta Van Susteren (pictured above) and Eric Bolling were hacked on Tuesday night, seemingly by activists supporting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Eric Bolling and Greta Van Susteren’s Twitter accounts appear to have been hacked by pro-Turkish activists

Katie Leach · January 17, 2018 12:42 am

Brig. Gen. James Glynn, the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq, says pockets of Islamic State fighters remain, but they have been cornered and unable to coordinate attacks. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

ISIS hasn’t yet morphed into an insurgency in Iraq, US commander says

Jamie McIntyre · January 16, 2018 7:47 pm