Tag: Syria

The Hawaii attorney general wants to add the mosque's imam, whose mother-in-law lives in Syria, as a plaintiff in the state's lawsuit challenging President Trump's travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: New Trump executive order hurts Hawaii’s feelings

Byron York · March 13, 2017 12:26 am

"What are they going to do? To fight ISIS? The Americans lost nearly every war. They lost in Iraq, they had to withdraw at the end," said Syrian President Bashar Assad. (SANA via AP)

National Security

Bashar Assad: US troops in Syria are ‘invaders’

Robert King · March 11, 2017 1:57 pm

A federal judge in Wisconsin on Friday ruled against President Trump's revised travel ban in a singular case regarding the wife and child of a Syrian refugee who had relocated to the U.S. in 2014. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Wisconsin judge rules for Syrian refugees, leaves wider travel ban intact

Anna Giaritelli · March 11, 2017 4:25 am

"We are at an important stage of the fight against ISIS and will use this ministerial to accelerate international efforts to defeat ISIS in the remaining areas it holds in Iraq and Syria and maximize pressure on its branches, affiliates, and networks," a State Department bulletin said. (Arab 24 network, via AP, File)

National Security

US-led coalition meeting to plan ISIS endgame

Joel Gehrke · March 10, 2017 6:58 pm

This is significant news for five reasons. (Arab 24 network, via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Five takeaways from the Marines’ deployment to Syria

Tom Rogan · March 10, 2017 5:46 pm

McCain warns of war between Turks and Kurds in Syria

National Security

McCain warns of war between Turks and Kurds in Syria

Jamie McIntyre · March 9, 2017 5:20 pm

US Marines in Syria to add firepower to local forces, but will stay off the front lines

National Security

US Marines in Syria to add firepower to local forces, but will stay off the front lines

Jamie McIntyre · March 9, 2017 4:04 pm

Currently, 6,000 U.S. troops are deployed in Syria and Iraq, mostly in advisory roles. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

Report: Trump could deploy 1,000 troops to backstop Islamic State fight

Anna Giaritelli · March 9, 2017 12:33 am

U.S. military officials said as many as 50,000 ISIS members have been killed since 2014. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

National Security

US assessment: ISIS is ‘fractured and confused’ and losing strength

Jamie McIntyre · March 8, 2017 7:04 pm

As the security situation around the world has deteriorated, so has the readiness of our own military. (Ingo Wagner/dpa via AP)

Time to make our military great again

Rep. Jim Banks · March 7, 2017 1:00 pm

On Twitter, the ACLU promised to "keep fighting" the new order. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Immigration groups hate Trump’s new immigration order

Kelly Cohen · March 6, 2017 9:03 pm

The U.S. does not disclose how many troops are in Syria. (Mursel Coban/Depo Photos via AP, File)

National Security

US special operations’ new mission in Syria: Keep Kurds from killing each other

Jamie McIntyre · March 6, 2017 7:31 pm