The US strike on Syria carries convenient victories for both Putin and Trump
The US attack on an airfield believed to have been used by Syrian President Bashar Assad's military to launch a deadly chemical-weapons attack early last week has given Russia a renewed purpose for...
View ArticleMattis gives ominous warning: Syria would be 'ill-advised' to use chemical...
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the Syrian regime would be "ill-advised" to use chemical weapons in the future, foreshadowing a potentially greater US response than the cruise missile strike that was...
View ArticleSpicer: 'You can't have ISIS marching through Syria and worry most about who...
White House press secretary Sean Spicer made clear Monday that defeating the terrorist group ISIS — not ousting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad — is the top priority for the Trump...
View ArticleUS official: Russia knew in advance that Syria would launch chemical-weapons...
The US has concluded that Russia knew in advance about the chemical attack in Syria last week that killed dozens of civilians and is believed to have been carried out by Syrian President Bashar Assad's...
View ArticleRussia and the US seem to be edging closer to war over the Syrian...
The US on Monday accused Russia of having known about and trying to cover up the April 7 chemical attack in Syria, while Russia threatened "real war" with the US and its allies if the US sanctioned it...
View ArticleSean Spicer just hinted at a potential major shift in US policy toward Syria
White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday signaled a significant shift in US policy toward Syria, saying the Trump administration would respond to the Syrian regime barrel bombing...
View ArticleRussia sends 2 additional warships to Syria amid tensions over US cruise...
Russia sent two corvettes, an oiler, and a tug boat to the Eastern Mediterranean off the coast of Syria days after two US Navy ships fired 59 cruise missiles at an airfield controlled by Syrian...
View ArticleHere's why the US can't just take out Assad
The Trump administration has done an abrupt about-face on Syria, contradicting its own nascent foreign policy.Within 24 hours, it went from calling out the Assad regime for using chemical weapons to...
View ArticleG7 nations are standing firm with Tillerson's tough stance on Russia
LUCCA, Italy — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations met in Italy on Monday, looking to put pressure on Russia to break its ties with Syrian President Bashar...
View ArticleTurkey: The Syrian government still has chemical weapons capacity
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday that Ankara's findings showed the Syrian government still possessed chemical weapons capacity and urged for measures to...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn refuses to answer questions on Syria as the audience boos...
LONDON — Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refused to answer questions on Syria in a press conference on Tuesday morning, despite his press team telling journalists that he would be happy to do so just...
View ArticleRex Tillerson just gave Russia an ultimatum
LUCCA, Italy — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued an ultimatum to Russia on Tuesday: Side with the US and like-minded countries on Syria, or embrace Iran, the militant group Hezbollah, and...
View ArticlePutin is floating a bizarre new conspiracy theory about the US's intervention...
Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Tuesday that he had information to suggest that the US was planning to frame Syrian President Bashar Assad for a "false flag" chemical attack on a...
View Article'The reign of the Assad family is coming to an end': Tillerson says Russia...
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Russia must choose between aligning itself with the US and its allies or Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime, Iran, and Hezbollah. Following is a...
View ArticlePUTIN: The US is planning false-flag attacks in Syria to frame Assad for...
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has "intelligence" that the US was planning false-flag attacks in Syria to frame Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime of using chemical weapons. He...
View ArticleEric Trump says his 'heartbroken and outraged' sister Ivanka helped persuade...
Eric Trump, President Donald Trump's 33-year-old son, told The Daily Telegraph on Monday that his sister Ivanka told their father to strike Syria following a chemical weapons attack on civilians last...
View ArticleISIS fighters got inside the wire during a hellish firefight with US Special...
US forces in southern Syria came under attack by Islamic State militants around midnight local time on Saturday, joining with local partner forces to repel the assault in an hours-long fight that...
View ArticleEric Trump says Syria strike shows there is no 'tie' between President Trump...
Eric Trump, President Donald Trump's 33-year-old son, told The Daily Telegraph on Monday that his father's cruise missile attack on Syria last week proves that the Trump administration will not be...
View ArticleWHITE HOUSE: 'It's clear the Russians are trying to cover up what happened'...
Senior national security officials at the White House said on Tuesday that "it is clear the Russians are trying to cover up what happened" in Syria via a "disinformation campaign" following a chemical...
View ArticleSean Spicer makes bizarre claim that Hitler never used chemical weapons
The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, made the bizarre claim on Tuesday that unlike Syrian President Bashar Assad, Adolf Hitler never stooped to the level of using chemical weapons.When asked...
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