Now approaching nearly a year after the April 7, 2018 alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria — which the White House used as a pretext to bomb Syrian government facilities and bases throughout Damascus — a BBC reporter who investigated the incident on the ground has issued public statements saying the “Assad sarin attack” on Douma was indeed “staged”. Riam Dalati […]
Syria: Erdogan, Rouhani, Putin Attend Tripartite Summit to Discuss Syria…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Russian President Vladimir Putin are attending a tripartite summit on Syria in the Russian city of Sochi, Deutsche Welle reported Feb. 14. While one stated purpose of the summit is to draft a post-conflict constitution for Syria, the three leaders will likely focus on Turkey’s […]
U.S.: Guantánamo Still an Option for Islamic State Captives in Syria Who Can’t Go Home…
Holding Islamic State suspects at Guantánamo is still a viable option, Trump administration officials say on the heels of a U.S. appeal to other nations to take home their nationals who are among some 700 suspected foreign fighters held by a U.S. ally militia in Syria. The remarks came two weeks after GOP senators Tom […]
Iraqi Scientist Spearheaded Chemical War Machine for ISIS…
Islamic State terrorists recruited an Iraqi scientist to spearhead their chemical weapons program after capturing the city of Mosul in 2014. Moreover, ISIS continues to seek weapons of mass destruction despite the organization’s depleted war capabilities and numbers, according to an exclusive interview by The Washington Post’s Joby Warrick. Warrick interviewed Suleiman al-Afari, an Iraqi […]
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. […]
Green Beret, Navy Linguist, SEAL-Turned-DIA Civilian Among Americans Killed in ISIS-Claimed Bombing in Syria…
The ISIS-claimed bombing of a restaurant in Syria on Wednesday killed an Army Green Beret with four children, a former Navy SEAL working for the Pentagon’s intelligence agency and a Navy linguist, the Pentagon announced Friday. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, 37, of Boynton Beach, Fla.; Navy Chief Petty Officer Shannon M. […]
Two U.S. Troops, Two American Civilians Killed in Alleged Islamic State Attack in Syria…
Two U.S. service members, one Department of Defense civilian and one contractor were killed by an explosion while conducting a local engagement in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on Wednesday. Three other U.S. service members were injured in the blast, according to U.S. officials. Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led mission to defeat the Islamic […]
A Turkish ‘Security Zone’ in Northeast Syria Is a Bad Idea…
U.S. President Trump wants U.S. troops to leave northeast Syria. His National Security Advisor John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried to sabotage that move. Trump came up with idea to hand northeast Syria to Turkey, but soon was told that Turkey would fight the Kurdish YPK/PKK who the U.S. armed and used […]
Get Out of Syria…And Iraq, Too…
National Security Adviser John Bolton said in Israel over the weekend that the removal of U.S. troops from Syria is conditioned on defeating the remnants of the Islamic State. Mr. Bolton was likely soothing allies concerned about the pace of President Donald Trump’s withdrawal plan. Otherwise, such a condition would commit the United States to […]
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 […]
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