Tag: Syria

National Security

Obama’s credibility with Syrian rebels collapses

Susan Crabtree · January 28, 2016 1:44 pm

"Daesh has managed to seize passports in Iraq, Syria and Libya and to set up a true industry of fake passports," said French Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve, right, after meeting with Dutch Justice minister Ard van der Steur, left, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

French official suggests Islamic State has ‘fake document industry’

Rudy Takala · January 25, 2016 10:11 pm

Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations' Syria envoy, told reporters Monday that the latest round of the negotiations would begin in Geneva on Friday and invitations would go out Tuesday. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

U.N.: Delayed Syria peace talks to start Friday

Susan Crabtree · January 25, 2016 4:19 pm

The U.S.'s support of Syrian opposition groups has been much criticized. (State Department Photo/Public Domain)

National Security

Kerry meets with Syrian opposition leader

Curt Mills · January 23, 2016 5:32 pm

VP official later clarified that there is no change in U.S. policy in Syria. (Murad Sezer/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Biden: U.S. prepared for ‘military solution’ against ISIS in Syria

Daniel Chaitin · January 23, 2016 5:05 pm

Congress has since requested a report from the Obama administration on who is receiving those visa waivers. (AP Photo/ Nick Ut )

DHS: Iran travel could be exempt from tighter visa rules

Curt Mills · January 21, 2016 7:56 pm

Dems block bill to increase refugee screening

Susan Ferrechio · January 20, 2016 8:07 pm

"Assad is a butcher of his own people, a man using chemical weapons against his own people," Sanders said. "This is beyond disgusting." (SANA via AP file)

National Security

Sanders says he’d work with Assad’s allies to bring down Assad

Kyle Feldscher · January 18, 2016 4:02 am

Two of the strikes were in Iraq and the other three were in Syria. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

National Security

U.S. airstrikes killed 8 civilians in Iraq, Syria

Jacqueline Klimas · January 15, 2016 3:44 pm

The German state lacks the resources to protect its female citizens from sexual assailants, but it has the resources to prosecute people who insult the assailants. (AP Photo)

NY Times: Education the best way to stop immigrants from assaulting women

Becket Adams · January 14, 2016 10:00 pm

Carter says the multi-national coalition must go after the "parent tumor" in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Carter expands on strategy to defeat Islamic State

David Brown · January 13, 2016 7:35 pm

"Sad to see Obama citing U.S. approach to Syria as a 'smarter approach,'" Kristof said on Twitter. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP file)

Liberal NYT writer: Obama ‘glided over foreign policy weaknesses’

Eddie Scarry · January 13, 2016 3:40 pm