Tag: Syria

Qatar was one of the top three issues German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Trump discussed in the hours before the G-20 summit began on Friday. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, pool)

Trump’s eight biggest challenges at the G-20 summit

Sarah Bedford · July 7, 2017 4:01 am

Rep. Adam Schiff said President Trump is "propagating his own personal fiction" by casting doubt on whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Adam Schiff: Trump ‘propagating his own personal fiction’ by doubting Russia meddled in election

Melissa Quinn · July 6, 2017 3:14 pm

President Trump arrives to deliver a speech at Krasinski Square at the Royal Castle, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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In sweeping speech, Trump calls out Russia for supporting ‘hostile regimes’

Sarah Bedford · July 6, 2017 1:17 pm

Tillerson outlined the U.S. position in advance of a highly-anticipated meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the impending G-20 Summit in Germany. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Rex Tillerson offers Russia the chance to ‘appropriately coordinate in Syria’

Joel Gehrke · July 6, 2017 4:01 am

How to Beat ISIS

Maseh Zarif · July 5, 2017 10:00 am

Commander of the Russian forces in Syria speaks with a map of Syria projected on the screen in the back. Russia could begin deploying military police to security zones in Syria after the zones are finalized in two to three weeks, the country's TASS news service reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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Russia says it’s set to deploy security forces to Syria

Travis J. Tritten · July 4, 2017 5:33 pm

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters in the eastern side of Raqqa, Syria. The SDF forces have breached the wall around Raqqa's Old City, the U.S. military said Tuesday, marking a major advance in the weeks-old battle to drive Islamic State militants out of their self-declared capital. (Furat FM, via AP)

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US-backed Syrian fighters enter the capital of ISIS’ caliphate

Josh Siegel · July 4, 2017 11:46 am

President Trump not only caused massive damage to the Assad regime's aerial fleet, but also left in smoldering ruins years of Obama Administration talking points about action against Assad triggering "World War Three." (Shealah Craighead/The White House via AP)

We’ve attacked Bashar Assad, and yet no ‘World War III’

Mohammed Ghanem · July 2, 2017 4:01 am

Experts carry a victim of alleged chemical weapons attacks in a Syrian city. The international chemical weapons watchdog confirmed Friday that sarin gas was used in the deadly April attack on a Syria town that left more than 80 people dead. (AP Photo)

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Watchdog confirms sarin gas used in Syria chemical weapons attack in April

Leah DePiero · June 30, 2017 6:00 pm

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Friday announced that nearly a half-million people who had fled their home in Syria due to the civil war have returned since the beginning of the year. (John Wreford/Bloomberg)

UN: Nearly half-million displaced Syrians returned home in 2017

Anna Giaritelli · June 30, 2017 5:02 pm

White House: Trump Does Not Need Congressional Approval to Strike Syria

Jeryl Bier · June 30, 2017 2:40 pm

They said terrorists would do an attack and Trump would blame Assad. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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Russia: US sent ‘invitation’ for terrorists to stage gas attack in Syria

Joel Gehrke · June 28, 2017 8:36 pm