Biden defends airstrike on Syria in letter to leaders in Congress and says US...
Summary List PlacementPresident Joe Biden justified his decision to strike Syria in a letter to congressional leadership on Saturday. On Thursday night, Biden directed airstrikes against the assets of...
View ArticleRockets hit Iraqi base with US troops less than a week after Biden officials...
Summary List PlacementAn Iraqi base hosting US troops was targeted with at least 10 rockets on Wednesday, a US-led coalition spokesperson said. The attack came less than a week after President Joe...
View ArticleBiden changed his plan for the strike on Iran-backed militias at the last...
Summary List PlacementWith strike aircraft already in the air and on their way to the targets, President Joe Biden made last-minute changes to the plans for his first major military order as commander...
View ArticleBiden supports Congress scrapping post-9/11 laws that led to 'forever wars'
Summary List PlacementPresident Joe Biden intends to work with congressional lawmakers to repeal laws passed in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks that effectively gave every commander-in-chief...
View ArticleBiden's airstrikes in the Middle East are a far cry from the diplomacy he...
Summary List Placement"Diplomacy is back!" declared President Joe Biden at the Munich Security Conference on February 4. Three weeks later, a pair of American F-15 fighter jets were dropping bombs on...
View ArticleThere are no victories left to win for US troops in Iraq and Syria. It's time...
Summary List PlacementThe United States will engage in a "strategic dialogue" with Iraq this month, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said last week. The key agenda item, she explained, was the US...
View ArticleA Navy P-8A patrol plane drew a large '46' over the Mediterranean on its way...
Summary List PlacementOn April 3, 2021, a P-8A Poseidon aircraft with the Patrol Squadron 46 (VP-46) Grey Knights launched from NAS (Naval Air Station) Sigonella, Italy, carried out a sortie over the...
View ArticleMass killing in Myanmar has 'clear echoes of Syria,' UN human rights...
Summary List PlacementMyanmar is on the verge of a "full-blown conflict," a top United Nations official warned Tuesday, urging the world community not to repeat the passive observation that allowed the...
View ArticleUS troops in Syria seem to be getting hit with directed-energy attacks, and...
Summary List PlacementThe US is investigating what appears to be directed-energy attacks on US troops, and the Pentagon suspects Russia is behind them, Politico reported.Four national-security...
View ArticleRussia says it can now operate nuclear-capable bombers from its air base in...
Summary List PlacementMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had the ability for the first time to operate long-range strategic nuclear-capable bombers from its air base in Syria, expanding its...
View ArticleBashar Assad's inevitable presidential victory is another sign of the limits...
Summary List PlacementSyria's presidential election last week was "neither free nor fair," as a joint statement from the United States, the UK, France, Germany, and Italy said the day of the...
View ArticleThe US military likely killed 23 civilians in 2020, according to a new report...
Summary List PlacementThe US military killed at least 23 civilians in 2020, according to a new report from the Department of Defense, a steep decline from previous years as offensive operations were...
View ArticleThe UK's new aircraft carrier has joined the fight against ISIS, and Russia...
Summary List PlacementEASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA (AP) — Britain's newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is helping to take on the "lion's share" of operations against the Islamic State group in...
View ArticleUS carried out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on facilities used by Iran-backed...
Summary List PlacementThe Pentagon carried out airstrikes Monday morning in Iraq and Syria on facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said Sunday."At...
View ArticleBiden faces blowback from progressives over airstrikes against Iran-backed...
Summary List PlacementProgressive Democrats are raising questions about the rationale behind airstrikes that President Joe Biden ordered against Iran-backed militias on the Iraq-Syria border on Sunday,...
View ArticleFour journalists set up a refugee-led news outlet in Madrid after fleeing Syria
Summary List PlacementFour journalists set up shop in Madrid after upending their lives and fleeing their homes in Syria due to war and other difficult conditions. The journalists — Ayham al-Gareeb,...
View ArticleBiden's latest reasons for bombing Syria defy logic and the Constitution
Summary List PlacementThe Biden administration launched airstrikes against Iran-linked militias in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon confirmed Sunday, reportedly killing five militia members and, if Syrian...
View ArticleThe war isn't over: A UN official reveals how Russia is jeopardizing lives in...
Summary List PlacementA majority of the those who live in the last opposition-held sliver of northwestern Syria are internally displaced, having already fled Russian and regime bombing campaigns...
View ArticleGOP lawmakers say Biden hasn't responded strongly enough to Iranian-backed...
Summary List PlacementRepublican lawmakers said President Joe Biden is not responding strongly enough after numerous attacks against US personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iran-backed militias, Politico...
View ArticleRussia and Israel may be on a collision course in Syria
Summary List PlacementRecent statements by a Russian admiral and an anonymous Russian source have prompted speculation about whether Russia is changing its approach regarding Israeli strikes on Iranian...
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