July 8, 2020 Massive 'ISIS drug bust' in Italy connected to the Syrian regime, not the terrorist group, analysts argue When Italian authorities announced last week that they had seized 15.4 tons of counterfeit Captagon produced by ISIS in Syria to fund terrorism it was lauded as one of the largest drug busts in history.
July 7, 2020 Ambassador Craft hits China, Russia for backing Syrian regime's 'campaign of brutality' Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution to extend cross-border humanitarian aid from Turkey into Syria for another year, despite warnings that Syrian citizens rely on the aid.
July 2, 2020 UN Ambassador Craft warns of 'mass graves' if Russia won't back down in Syrian aid impasse U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft is warning of “mass graves” if the United Nations Security Council fails to extend a vital Syrian cross-border aid program, as she races against the clock to overcome Russian opposition.
July 2, 2020 Sen. Tom Cotton: When Trump gets hawkish on Russia, Dems 'curl up in the fetal position' Although Democrats claim to be outraged over explosive reports alleging that President Trump had been aware of classified intelligence indicating that Russia offered bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of American soldiers, when the administration gets "hawkish" on Russia they "curl up in the fetal position," Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said.
July 1, 2020 Pompeo warns Iran will become arms dealer 'to the Maduros and the Assads' if arms embargo expires Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned that the Iranian regime will become an arms dealer to despots in places such as Syria and Venezuela if a 13-year-old arms embargo is allowed to expire -- and that more people will die in the Middle East as Tehran gets its hands on weapons.
July 1, 2020 Italy confiscates $1B worth of amphetamines made by ISIS in Syria Italian police seized 14 tons of amphetamines with a street value of approximately $1.15 billion, which they suspect was headed for the home base of a notorious European crime clan in Naples and outsourced from ISIS drug producers in Syria.
July 1, 2020 The rise and fall of Syria’s first lady: Why the US is going after Asma Assad? For the first time ever, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's British wife Asma has been targeted with economic restrictions of her own.
June 24, 2020 Pompeo increases bounty on new, shadowy ISIS leader to $10M as rumors of his death in Syria swirl Almost nine months after the death of Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. Special Forces, it was rumored Tuesday morning that his successor -- the shadowy Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi -- had also been taken out, this time in an American-led drone strike in the northern pocket of war-torn Syria at some point earlier this week.
June 17, 2020 Syrian elites face new State Department sanctions under Caesar Act, including Assad's wife Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Wednesday a new set of sanctions to be imposed on dozens of Syrian elites, including President Bashar al-Assad’s wife, under the Caesar Act.
June 17, 2020 Trump administration hits Assad regime with new economic and travel sanctions The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new sanctions against the regime of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad for human rights abuses in the country’s bloody nine-year civil conflict.