Syria October 23, 2019 More than 100 ISIS prisoners in Syria are on the loose following Turkey’s invasion, US envoy says More than 100 Islamic State militants who were being held in Kurdish prisons in Syria are now on the loose following Turkey’s invasion there, President Trump’s Special Representative for Syria Engagement revealed Wednesday.
Syria October 22, 2019 'Permanent' Turkey-Syria cease-fire possible as temporary peace agreement ends, Pence says The 120-hour cease-fire agreement between Turkey and Syria ended Tuesday, and U.S. officials including Vice President Mike Pence were optimistic that a permanent peace deal could emerge after days of turmoil.
OPINION October 22, 2019 Aykan Erdemir: Trump can get both Turkish and Kurdish support in Syria by negotiating peace deal The US can help the Kurds reach a settlement with Turkey and Syria that would guarantee peaceful coexistence and Kurdish autonomy.
OPINION October 22, 2019 Sen. Graham, Gen. Keane: Turkey paves way for ISIS comeback – US must prevent return of terrorist group ISIS will regenerate and again seek to establish a caliphate or at least a base of operations in its spiritual home of Raqqa, Syria without continuing efforts by the United States, our Kurdish partners, and the international community.
ISIS October 21, 2019 ISIS using TikTok to spread propaganda, emojis and all, report says The Islamic State has been using the social media video platform TikTok as a recruitment tool, according to a bombshell report.
Syria 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.
ӣƵ Flash October 18, 2019 Mollie Hemingway rips 'double standard' among Dems on Trump's Syria policy President Trump has been subjected to criticism about his handling of Turkey's invasion of Syria partially because of the view that the United States has to be involved in the Middle East, said the senior editor of The Federalist, Mollie Hemingway, on Friday.
Syria October 16, 2019 US jets destroy anti-ISIS coalition base in Syria after withdrawal, official says Two Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) F-15 jets destroyed a base that was the headquarters of the anti-ISIS coalition in northern Syria on Wednesday after it had been vacated, according to a military official.
Syria October 16, 2019 Susan Rice says Trump's comments about Kurdish forces are among his 'most dishonest, craven' ever Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice sharply criticized President Trump after he claimed that Kurdish forces were a "more of a terrorist threat in many ways than ISIS."
Pentagon October 14, 2019 Trump says US troops in Syria to be withdrawn, redeployed in region President Trump announced on Monday that U.S. troops in northeastern Syria will be withdrawn from the country as planned, and redeployed "in the region to monitor the situation and prevent a repeat of 2014," when the Islamic State made major territorial gains.
OPINION October 13, 2019 Jim Hanson: To halt fighting between Turkey and Kurds in Syria and prevent return of ISIS, US must do THIS Trump is right to oppose endless wars, but we must not cede the battlefield in Syria to our enemies and let ISIS create a new caliphate.