October 20, 2019 Kurdish military leader says his fighters still want to work with US, accuses Turkey of 'violating' cease-fire, 'ethnic cleansing' The Kurdish military leader who serves as commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces revealed to ӣƵ’ Jennifer Griffin in a telephone interview Sunday from his base inside Syria that Turkey’s military has “violated” the planned cease-fire and was continuing to commit “ethnic cleansing.”
October 20, 2019 Trump says Pelosi should investigate Obama's Syria red line, Schiff should be 'deposed' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., should investigate the "red line" that Barack Obama said he would enforce in Syria during his presidency, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., should be "deposed" over his actions in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry, President Trump claimed in a heated a Sunday night tweetstorm.
October 20, 2019 CNN's Brian Stelter calls out ABC News' gun-range video error: Network 'has not explained what happened' ABC News still hasn't explained how it mistook footage from a Kentucky gun range for authentic video of fighting between Syria and Turkish forces but has promised to dole out internal "consequences" for the error, CNN's Brian Stelter said Sunday.
October 20, 2019 Lindsey Graham on Syria: 'I am increasingly optimistic that we can have some historic solutions' Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who has been a vocal critic of President Trump’s decision to move U.S. troops out of Syria, said on Sunday that he is now “increasingly optimistic that we can have some historic solutions” there.
October 20, 2019 Amash: Trump using US troops like 'paid mercenaries' Rep. Justin Amash, I-Mich., continued on Sunday his criticism of President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. military forces from northern Syria, saying the president is using troops as “paid mercenaries” and questioning the role Congress should play in decision making.
October 20, 2019 Pompeo defends negotiated cease-fire between Turkey and Kurds as U.S. troops head to Iraq Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended the White House’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria ahead of Turkey’s invasion of the region as well as the four-day ceasefire between the Kurds and Turkey that he and Vice President Mike Pence negotiated late last week.
October 20, 2019 Colin Clarke: ISIS is big winner from US withdrawal from Syria President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria could provide the ISIS terrorist group with the time and space to regrow its organization and extend its networks throughout the Middle East.
October 20, 2019 Pelosi, other US lawmakers arrive in Jordan for meetings on Syria House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers announced late Saturday U.S. time that they had arrived in Jordan for meetings with King Abdullah II and other officials regarding the situation in Syria.
October 20, 2019 US troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq, defense chief Esper says All U.S. troops leaving Syria as part of the withdrawal plan recently announced by President Trump will be stationed in western Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday.
October 19, 2019 Rep. Paul Gosar: Trump was right to withdraw troops from Syria – We should protect US borders instead I was one of 60 members of the House of Representatives to vote against the resolution condemning President Trump’s removal of American troops from the Syrian conflict zone. I did this because America simply has no business protecting the Turkish or Syrian borders – instead, we should refocus our efforts and energy to protect our own weak borders.