Tag: Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with key players in the Syria conflict, including President Bashar Assad, ahead of a U.S.-Russia-engineered cease-fire. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

WH predicts ‘potholes’ on the path to Syria truce

Susan Crabtree · February 26, 2016 7:17 pm

Crude Economics, Crude Politics

Charles Wolf Jr. · February 26, 2016 7:45 am

Phony Truce

Lee Smith · February 26, 2016 7:45 am

"We will destroy this barbaric terrorist organization, and continue to stand with people across the region who seek a better and a safer future," President Obama said. (AP Photo)

Obama on Islamic State: ‘We will destroy this barbaric terrorist organization’

Curt Mills · February 25, 2016 11:52 pm

Obama, Putin talk by phone on new Syria cease-fire

Nicole Duran · February 22, 2016 4:26 pm

Fascist Down

Lee Smith · February 22, 2016 1:17 pm

President Obama listens to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a bilateral meeting in Paris on Dec. 1. The leaders discussed the continuing humanitarian crisis in Syria, and the fight against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Syrian-Americans give up on help from Obama

Nicole Duran · February 22, 2016 5:01 am

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Humans without humanity

Washington Examiner · February 19, 2016 8:00 pm

"We're putting our troops that are in harm's way at greater risk, there is no doubt in my mind." (Brenda Ahearn/The Daily Inter Lake via AP)

National Security

Ex-Navy SEAL mocks ‘absurd’ decision to reveal U.S. forces to Russia

Joel Gehrke · February 19, 2016 7:07 pm

In this April 20, 2015 file photo, Saudi soldiers fire artillery toward three armed vehicles approaching the Saudi border with Yemen in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

National Security

State: U.S. weapons in wrong hands is a ‘reality’

Curt Mills · February 17, 2016 11:07 pm

Barbara Bush had called out women who support Trump for president on Friday. (AP Photos)

Trump: Jeb an ’embarrassment’ to Bush family

Sarah Bedford · February 17, 2016 1:44 pm

Civilians walk with containers for fuel and water in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. "This is not a contest between me and Putin," Obama said. "The question is how can we stop the suffering? Stabilize the region?" (Alexander Kots/Komsomolskaya Pravda via AP)

Obama predicts Russia will spend billions to prop up Assad

Nicole Duran · February 17, 2016 12:13 am