Four years into America’s assault on the Islamic State, the Pentagon now acknowledges it has no idea how many civilians it has killed during its campaign to defeat ISIS. In fact, the United States military will never know how many civilians it killed, the Pentagon admitted on Tuesday. The shocking admission comes on the heels […]
U.S., Turkey Said to Reach Deal for Withdrawal of Kurdish Forces from Key Syrian Town…
Turkey has announced a new agreement with the US which will involve the pullout of all Kurdish forces from the contested northern Syrian city of Manbij — something which the US State Department disputed as recently as Tuesday. But Reuters now reports, based on Turkey’s state-run Anadolu agency: Turkey and the United States have reached […]
Israel, Iran Engage in Indirect Negotiations Over Syria Fighting…
Israel and Iran engaged over the weekend in indirect negotiations in Jordan regarding fighting in southwestern Syria, according to Elaph, a Saudi-owned website. Elaph reported that the Iranians pledged not to participate in expected battles in southwestern Syria between President Bashar Assad’s forces and rebel groups, and Israel has made it clear that it will […]
After 7 Torturous Years, Damascus Is Finally Free of Islamic State…
“Islamic State” (IS) militants left their last pocket of power outside Damascus on Monday, as jubilant government forces fired rounds into the air in al-Hajar al-Aswad. This means that the regime of President Bashar al-Assad has regained control of all territories in and around the capital. Before the Syrian Civil War broke out in 2011, […]
No Force Will Pull Out of Syria, Standby for the Largest Middle Eastern War with Iran and Hezbollah…
President Vladimir Putin expressed his wishes when meeting his Syrian counterpart President Bashar al-Assad in Sochi regarding the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Syria. Nevertheless, the Russian president failed to explain how he would obtain the withdrawal of the US and the Turkish occupation forces of around 50% of the north and east of […]
Secretary of State Pompeo Threatens Iran with ‘Strongest Sanction in History,’ Outlines New Nuclear Demands…
Saying the 2015 Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration had “fatal flaws,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said the U.S. was preparing “the strongest sanctions in history” if Tehran did not change its destabilizing ways and forever abandon its drive for nuclear weapons. In an address to the Heritage Foundation, Mr. […]
Tehran Eyes Path Ahead After U.S. Withdrawal from Nuclear Pact…
BP’s Withdrawal from Iran’s Oil Fields Signals New U.S. Front…
Syria Sets New Rules For Israeli Strikes…
When Trump killed the nuclear deal with Iran he gave Israel the chance to start a wider war with Syria. An earlier Israeli simulation of the situation had concluded: The crisis created by the administration regarding the flaws of the nuclear agreement could be exploited to promote issues more urgent for Israel (mainly Iran’s missile […]
Trump Cuts Off Funding for Syria’s “White Helmets”…
The Trump State Department has frozen funding to the controversial Syrian aid group known as the White Hemlets, a non-governmental organization (NGO) which provided the sole evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly used chemical weapons on his own people in an April 7 attack on the city of Douma, according to CBS News. Having […]
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