Tag: Syria

"It's actually based on a country's history: exporting into training and harboring terrorists. The president said this executive order is meant to protect our nation from terrorists. In effect in means that those countries that have this history [of exporting terrorism]," said Kellyanne Conway. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Conway explains why ‘Muslim, Islam’ not in Trump refugee order

Anna Giaritelli · January 28, 2017 2:54 am

Actress Lindsay Lohan met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss Syrian refugees who have fled north to his country. (From Instagram, @lindsaylohan)

Lindsay Lohan meets with Turkish president to talk about Syrian refugees

Anna Giaritelli · January 28, 2017 12:36 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday slammed Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, for taking an unsanctioned trip to Syria in which she met with President Bashar Assad, who many policymakers in the U.S. believe is guilty of war crimes against his own people. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Paul Ryan slams House Democrat’s secret trip to Syria

Pete Kasperowicz · January 27, 2017 8:45 pm

The history of safe zones is fraught with perils. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

National Security

Pentagon short on ideas for Syria ‘safe zones’

Jamie McIntyre · January 27, 2017 7:07 pm

House Republicans introduced a short-term spending bill on Tuesday that would give the State Department an additional $300 million to aid migrants and refugees overseas, but with one major caveat. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Trump lays out case for ‘extreme vetting’ for Middle Eastern immigration

Sarah Bedford · January 27, 2017 3:44 am

Gabbard’s Assad Trip–Courtesy of an Anti-Semitic Middle East Organization

Lee Smith · January 26, 2017 3:15 pm

Gabbard reveals Assad meeting during secret Syria trip

National Security

Gabbard reveals Assad meeting during secret Syria trip

Al Weaver · January 25, 2017 10:16 pm

A Syrian man cooks outside his tent at Ritsona refugee camp north of Athens, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

National Security

Trump to order immediate halt of Syrian refugee program

Gabby Morrongiello · January 25, 2017 9:12 pm

The deputy chief of staff to former Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Tuesday evening blasted President Trump for executive actions he is expected to take on Wednesday that would suspend immigration from some countries in the Middle East, including Syria. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Former Reid aide uses dead Syrian boy to attack Trump

Anna Giaritelli · January 25, 2017 5:06 am

A Syrian woman holding a child, who were evacuated from the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo during the cease-fire, arrive at a refugee camp in Rashidin, near Idlib, Syria, early Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. (AP Photo)

New bill from Cruz, Poe would let states reject refugees

Pete Kasperowicz · January 24, 2017 7:51 pm

"We're not going to get together with people under the guise of defeating ISIS," says Sean Spicer. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

White House suggests Trump will not partner with Assad

Gabby Morrongiello · January 23, 2017 9:27 pm

Russia's defense ministry is claiming its warplanes have flown its first combat mission in Syria. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

National Security

Pentagon disputes Russian claims of combat mission in Syria with US-led coalition

Washington Examiner Staff · January 23, 2017 5:53 pm