December 17, 2019 Pentagon budget would hit Syria, Iran, Russia with tough sanctions The $738 billion Pentagon budget passed by Senate lawmakers Tuesday includes tough new sanctions on Syria, Iran, and Russia for their alleged war crimes committed during Syria’s nearly decadelong civil war.
December 16, 2019 Connecticut man who allegedly tried joining ISIS is caught: 'I can kill' A Connecticut man has been charged with attempting to travel to Syria and join the Islamic State, federal authorities said Monday.
December 16, 2019 White Helmets rescue group founder died from fall in Istanbul, investigators say James Le Mesurier, the former British soldier who founded the White Helmets volunteer rescue group, died from a fall, Turkish forensic experts said.
December 12, 2019 Senate passes resolution formally recognizing Armenian genocide The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution recognizing as genocide the Ottoman Empire’s mass killing of Armenians a century ago, a move which aggravated already-tense relations between Turkey and the U.S.
December 7, 2019 Newsweek reporter quits, claiming outlet 'suppressed' story on global chemical weapons watchdog Journalist Tareq Haddad said on Satruday that he had resigned from his position at Newsweek because the outlet "suppressed" details potentially "inconvenient" to the U.S. government.
November 25, 2019 Syria watchdog accused of making misleading edits in report on chemical weapons attack A member of an international watchdog tasked with investigating an alleged Syrian chemical weapons attack accused his superiors of inserting bias and language that “misrepresents the facts” in an early summary of his team’s findings, an email published by WikiLeaks shows.
November 18, 2019 Iran continuing construction on army base along Iraq-Syria border, images show Iran is continuing construction on an army base along the Iraq-Syria border, according to satellite images taken Sunday and obtained by ӣƵ.
November 17, 2019 Russian troops take over abandoned US airbase in northern Syria: report Russian troops took over the Kobani airfield in northern Syria last week, one day after U.S. troops moved out, according to a report.
November 16, 2019 Car bomb rocks Syrian town held by Turkey, more than a dozen killed A car bomb exploded Saturday in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters, killing at least 18 people and wounding several others, Syrian opposition activists and Turkey’s Defense Ministry said.
November 15, 2019 Syria’s Assad claims Jeffrey Epstein didn’t commit suicide: 'He was killed because he knew a lot of vital secrets' The “Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself” meme appears to have now gone international.