Tag: Syria

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the opening session of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama, Putin speak briefly in Peru

Daniel Chaitin · November 20, 2016 5:13 pm

President Obama also decided to give leeway to the Iranian regime in pursuing its regional agenda, lest it walk away from the nuclear deal. This has cost the U.S. its regional allies and hundreds of thousands of people their lives. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s eight years of failure with Iran

Washington Examiner · November 19, 2016 5:01 am

"It isn't John Kirby saying that hospitals are being hit. It is respectable aid agencies that are reporting this, on their own, proactively," John Kirby said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

State Department mocks Russia’s denial of hospital bombings

Joel Gehrke · November 18, 2016 10:37 pm

Russia's abandonment of the International Criminal Court carries extra geopolitical weight, as it is motivated by disputes in two of the most pressing flash points in the world. (AP Photo)

National Security

Russia leaves international court as US alleges war crimes

Joel Gehrke · November 16, 2016 10:27 pm

Turkey is moving on the town of al-Bab without U.S. or coalition air support in part to prevent Kurdish militias from taking the city. (Qasioun News Agency via AP)

National Security

US steers clear of Turkish op to liberate Syrian town

Jamie McIntyre · November 16, 2016 7:49 pm

"Democracy is stronger than organizations like ISIL," President Obama said at the Stavropol Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Obama urges collective response to terror, refugees

Sarah Bedford · November 16, 2016 12:38 pm

Six men in Minnesota's large Somali community have been sentenced this week for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, including three on Tuesday. (screenshot)

9 Somali men in Minnesota sentenced this week on terrorism charges

Anna Giaritelli · November 16, 2016 12:24 am

"[I]f ... he is going to fight the terrorists, of course we are going to be ally, natural ally in that regard with the Russian, with the Iranian, with many other countries," Bashar al-Assad said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Report: Assad calls Trump a ‘natural ally’ if he fights ‘terror’

Sarah Bedford · November 15, 2016 10:02 pm

National Security

House to pass Syria sanctions over ‘crimes against humanity’

Joel Gehrke · November 15, 2016 7:18 pm

US says Russia showboating with carrier deployment to Syria

National Security

US says Russia showboating with carrier deployment to Syria

Jamie McIntyre · November 15, 2016 6:00 pm

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said the new offensive launched by Russia in Syria this week shows Vladimir Putin is working closely with Syrian President Bashar Assad in attacking rebel forces and the Syrian people. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

McCain sends a warning to Trump: Don’t trust Putin

Kyle Feldscher · November 15, 2016 5:48 pm

"They've rightly earned the admiration of the world" for taking in so many Syrian refugees, President Obama said Tuesday in Athens after a private meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras. (AP Photo)

Obama thanks Greece for accepting Syrian refugees

Sarah Bedford · November 15, 2016 3:17 pm