Tag: Syria

The State Department also announced $364 million in new humanitarian aid to help the Syrian people as well as neighboring countries that have borne the brunt of the refugee crisis. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

State Department can’t say how many Syrian refugees it wants in 2017

Joel Gehrke · September 27, 2016 7:39 pm

The "Forced From Home" exhibit from Doctors Without Borders is a traveling model refugee camp that previously spent almost two weeks in New York City. (Elias Williams/Doctors Without Borders)

Model refugee camp to be set up at base of Washington Monument

Jacqueline Klimas · September 27, 2016 3:05 pm

Russian and Syrian attacks on humanitarian aid workers, in the face of U.S. attempts to broker a cease-fire, have raised the possibility that jihadists could once again find favor with some of Assad's enemies. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

National Security

State Department: U.S. allies ‘could’ arm Syrian terrorists

Joel Gehrke · September 26, 2016 8:24 pm

White House: Russia’s policy in Syria is ‘unfortunate’

National Security

White House: Russia’s policy in Syria is ‘unfortunate’

Nicole Duran · September 26, 2016 6:36 pm

Yet the Senate voted to begin work on the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill before a seven-week break. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

GOP senators slam Obama for ‘inaction’ in Syria as violence continues

Jacqueline Klimas · September 26, 2016 6:00 pm

U.S. bracing for low-level chemical attack from Islamic State

National Security

U.S. bracing for low-level chemical attack from Islamic State

Jamie McIntyre · September 26, 2016 5:13 pm

A president is supposed to unite the country. That might be tough for Trump to do if nearly seven in 10 Americans are concerned about the president's attitude toward minorities. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Beltway Confidential

Eight questions for the presidential debate

Jason Russell · September 26, 2016 12:00 pm

Migrants from Syria arrive at a refugee camp from Pyrgos village, in Paphos district, to Kokkinotrimithia outside the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Sept. 7. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Obama pushes refugee plan, but his own FBI chief’s words are coming back to haunt him

Susan Crabtree · September 26, 2016 4:01 am

In the great refugee debate, the term "Syrian refugees" has become a synonym for "Muslim refugees." But Christians made up about 10 percent of Syria's pre-war population, and many remain in Syria, while others languish in refugee camps in neighboring countries. (Courtesy photo)

A Syrian Christian family’s journey from Aleppo to Detroit

Daniel Allott · September 26, 2016 4:01 am

Ambassador Samantha Power sharply criticized Russia in a speech to the United Nations Security Council. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

U.S. accuses Russia of ‘barbarism’ in Syria

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 25, 2016 6:33 pm

"Russia needs to set an example, not a precedent," Kerry said. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

National Security

Kerry scolds Russia as Assad attacks Aleppo

Joel Gehrke · September 24, 2016 10:01 pm

King Felipe of Spain, top center, listens to speakers at the Leader's Refugee Summit while sitting behind U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Washington Secrets

Obama report card: Muddling through ‘just another week at the office’

Paul Bedard · September 24, 2016 11:30 am