Syrian-Kurdish led forces are launching an assault on the last area still controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) armed group in Syria. The “operation to clear the last remaining pocket of ISIS has just started”, Mustefa Bali, the spokesman of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said in a statement on […]
WATCH: Hundreds of Islamic State Fighters Surrendering in Syria…
President Trump and Secretary Pompeo Pay Tribute to Fallen Americans from Syrian Bombing…
Earlier today President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Dover Air Force Base to participate in a solemn tribute to fallen Americans. President Trump saluted the casket carrying civilian contractor Scott A. Wirtz of St. Louis, Missouri, as his body was carried from a C-17 military aircraft into a waiting van. […]
Holding Obama Accountable for Syria…
Like so much else in the last two years, the three-week political Sturm und Drang over American troops’ withdrawal from Syria says less about a fissuring present and more about a fractured past. Donald Trump’s now-modified withdrawal order (four months, not 30 days, unless he changes his mind again) was another sloppy policy move, but […]
How the War Party Lost the Middle East…
“Assad must go, Obama says.” So read the headline in The Washington Post, Aug. 18, 2011. The story quoted President Barack Obama directly: “The future of Syria must be determined by its people, but President Bashar al-Assad is standing in their way. … the time has come for President Assad to step aside.” France’s Nicolas […]
President Donald Trump Surprise Speech to Troops in Iraq (Full Speech Video)…
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump deliver remarks to U.S. military during a surprise visit to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq. During his remarks President Trump outlines his determination to remove U.S. military from Syria and to hold regional allies accountable to retain stability and security. Additionally President Trump directly addresses the […]
Syria Sitrep – Syrian Army to Regain Northeastern Territory – Political Isolation Ends…
The fallout from U.S. president Trump’s decision to retreat from Syria develops as expected. Trump had announced a rapid draw down of U.S. troops in Syria. Later he spoke of a controlled process that would allow Turkey to take over the U.S. occupied areas in northeast Syria. That plan, probably initiated by National Security Advisor […]
Trump Scores, Breaks Generals’ 50-Year War Record by Gareth Porter…
The mainstream media has attacked President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria as impulsive, blindsiding his own national security team. But detailed, published accounts of the policy process over the course of the year tell a very different story. They show that senior national security officials and self-interested institutions have been playing […]
OPINION: Trump Critics of Syria Withdrawal Fueled Rise of ISIS by Max Blumenthal
President Donald Trump’s announcement of an imminent withdrawal of US troops from northeastern Syria summoned a predictable paroxysm of outrage from Washington’s foreign policy establishment. Former Secretary of State and self-described “hair icon” Hillary Clinton perfectly distilled the bipartisan freakout into a single tweet, accusing Trump of “isolationism” and “playing into Russia and Iran’s hands.” […]
Professor Hired Mercenaries to Rescue College Student from Islamic State…
Professor of analytical chemistry at Sweden’s Lund University Charlotta Turner hired a heavily-armed mercenary squad to rescue one of her students who had been caught in an ISIS war zone. A student, Firas Jumaah, was completing his doctorate under Turner in 2014 when he received word that ISIS had begun capturing villages where his family […]
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