October 27, 2019 Reporter's Notebook: Covering the elusive al-Baghdadi and his reign of terror for years News of the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. Special Operations Forces was for me, as it was for many, of real interest. My teams and I have been some of the few who have seen his and his terror group’s handiwork, first-hand.
October 27, 2019 Jim Hanson: The caliph is dead — now, here's how the US can exit from Syria We must solidify the gains we have made and ensure that Assad and Iran do not have a path to undo these successes and create the land bridge to the Mediterranean the mullahs in Tehran so desperately crave.
October 26, 2019 Imprisoned ISIS fighters want forgiveness, but is anyone willing to give it? Northern Syria has become a geopolitical cauldron – Syrians, Russians, Kurds, Iranians, Turks, and now the U.S. back in to compete for influence.
October 25, 2019 At ISIS prisoner camp in Syria, Benjamin Hall 'struck' by scarcity of guards ӣƵ’ Benjamin Hall recently spoke to ISIS prisoners in Syria weeks after President Trump made the decision to withdraw U.S. forces, and after Turkey launched a military offensive against the Kurds. He said he was struck by how few guards there were at the prison.
October 25, 2019 James Carafano: Afghanistan is much more important to US than Syria – Afghans need American troops While the world worries about U.S. policy in Syria, it would be wise pay at least as much attention to what happens in Afghanistan.
October 24, 2019 Reporter's Notebook: In northern Syria, an uncertain way forward There’s a strange feeling across Northern Syria. People are stuck between war and peace, between what came before – the optimism and freedom of defeating the Islamic State caliphate – and the unknowns of what comes next, as Russian, Syrian and Turkish troops move in and face off, while U.S. troops move out.
October 24, 2019 Pentagon 'likely' deploying tanks to Syria, officials say The Pentagon is "likely" to order tanks and hundreds of soldiers to eastern Syria, U.S. officials tell ӣƵ.
October 24, 2019 Graham, other senators ask Pompeo to expedite visa for Kurdish commander in Syria A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday requested the State Department expedite a visa for the Kurdish commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) so he could travel to the U.S. and speak firsthand to the situation happening on the ground in Syria.
October 24, 2019 Victor Davis Hanson: US fears nuclear nightmare with unreliable ally – A scary ‘Doctor Strangelove’ scenario Not since the U.S. came to Josef Stalin's aid has America so disliked and so feared a valuable but utterly untenable ally.
October 24, 2019 Bill Bennett concerned about Syria cease-fire: Situation is volatile, will 'blow up again' Following President Trump announcing a lift of sanctions on Ankara, ӣƵ contributor Bill Bennett told “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday “I think this was a mistake."