In his first interview with an American journalist, Jolani told FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith that his role in fighting Assad and ISIS, and in controlling an area with millions of displaced Syrians who could potentially become refugees, reflected common interests with the United States and the West…
“Leaking Machine’: Trump Kept House Intelligence Committee in the Dark About Baghdadi Raid…
Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Does Not Sleep with the Fishes…
What does a radical Islamic mother say to another radical Islamic mother? Children, they blow up so fast. What a contrast with the raid that killed Bin Laden in May 2011. The Obama Administration came out with conflicting accounts and required the SEALS who carried out the attack to sign non-disclosure agreements. Why? Because the […]
Transcript of President Trump Remarks Announcing the Death of ISIS Terrorist al-Baghdadi…
Mom of Slain Aid Worker Says if Obama Was as ‘Decisive’ as Trump, Daughter May Still Be Alive…
A Snapshot: Killing Baghdadi…
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 […]
Leave Veterans and Soldiers Out of the Anthem Debate…
As the earth warms, storms surge, soldiers deploy, and bombs drop, America finds itself riven over…football. The litany of arguments and absurd social media posts fervently attacking or lionizing Colin Kaepernick and other kneeling NFL players are simply exhausting. What is much more difficult to countenance is the recurring appropriation of American soldiers and their […]
Syrian Army, Russian Air Force Spoil Islamic State Plans to Overrun Deir Ezzor City…
Syria Summary – The End of the War Is Now in Sight…
The most important change over the last days was the Syrian government forces move (red areas and arrows) in the south-east towards the Iraqi border. The original plan was to retrieve al-Tanf further south-west to secure the border crossing of the Damascus-Baghdad highway there. But al-Tanf was occupied by U.S., British and Norwegian invaders and […]