Step inside Russia's only navy base outside the former Soviet Union
The Russian navy base in Tartus, Syria, is Moscow's only such facility outside the territory of the former Soviet Union.Russia, working with the regime of Bashar Assad, has increased its at Tartus in...
View ArticleInside the Syrian camp that is a 'ticking time bomb' for another wave of ISIS...
A refugee camp in northeastern Syria is being flooded by the fleeing families of ISIS fighters.After ISIS was militarily defeated earlier this year, thousands of people were sent to al-Hawl, a camp...
View ArticleUS to withdraw its troops in northeast Syria and pave the way for Turkish...
The White House on Sunday said US forces in northeastern Syria would move aside and clear the way for an expected Turkish assault.For months, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to...
View ArticleTrump defended his controversial decision to pull US forces out of Syria in a...
President Donald Trump defended his decision to withdraw US forces from northern Syria — a move which critics say could open the way for ISIS to regroup and for Turkey to attack the US' Kurdish allies....
View ArticleLindsey Graham, one of Trump's staunchest defenders, is slamming the...
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a consistently passionate supporter of President Donald Trump, slammed the president over his decision to pull US troops out of northeastern Syria to allow Turkey to...
View ArticleLindsey Graham says Congress will call for Turkey to be suspended from NATO...
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on Monday said he expects bipartisan, veto-proof sanctions against Turkey if it attacks the Kurds in Syria. Graham also said Congress would call for Turkey's suspension...
View ArticleTrump's shocking decision to pull US troops out of Syria could lead to...
ISIS could use the confusion caused by a US withdrawal from northern Syria to attempt to free thousands of captured fighters, a Syrian official told Business Insider.President Donald Trump ordered the...
View ArticleTrump's decision to abandon the Kurds in Syria sends a dangerous message to...
President Donald Trump's decision to abandon the Kurds in Syria to a Turkish invasion sends a dangerous message to US allies.The Kurds played a key role in the fight against ISIS, losing thousands of...
View ArticleTrump threatens to 'totally destroy and obliterate' Turkey's economy if it...
President Donald Trump threatened to demolish the Turkish economy on Monday if it engages in actions that are "off-limits" during an anticipated military offensive against US-allied Kurdish fighters in...
View ArticleThe US troop withdrawal from northern Syria could reinvigorate ISIS
The Trump administration said Sunday that US troops would pull out of northeastern Syria ahead of a possible Turkish military operation in the area.The withdrawal, and the Turkish operation, could set...
View ArticleRepublicans and former US officials rip into Trump for abandoning the Kurds...
President Donald Trump received rare criticism from Republican and media allies over his decision to withdraw US troops from northeastern Syria and abandon the Kurds to a potential Turkish military...
View Article'The President eats his own': Military veterans in Congress unload on Trump...
US veterans in Congress sounded off in protest to President Donald Trump's decision to condone an anticipated Turkish assault against the US-supported Kurdish militia in northeastern Syria.The decision...
View ArticleHere are the 5 major players that will feel the impact from Trump's decision...
President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that US troops would soon be pulling out of northeastern Syria.The White House said in a late-night statement that the move was prompted by a phone call...
View ArticleTrump's abrupt decision to pull out of Syria was reportedly made...
President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw US forces from northern Syria was prompted by a Sunday phone call with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, The New York Times reported Monday.Trump's...
View ArticleTrump says he's a master dealmaker, but his record of dancing to the tune of...
President Donald Trump is unequivocal: He knows the art of the deal. He's the master negotiator. He'll make great deals for the US, which is why he was elected president.But a closer look at Trump's...
View ArticleTrump is threatening to wage economic war on a country the US bases nukes in
US President Donald Trump has threatened NATO ally Turkey if it crosses a line in the northeast of Syria, where the US is pulling back troops and allowing a Turkish incursion.The US-Turkey relationship...
View ArticleKurdish forces in Syria fear Turkey will launch attacks rapidly to take...
Turkey wasted no time in moving troops to key points on its border with Syria Tuesday, in an apparent attempt to mitigate any u-turn from the White House over the US withdrawal of troops from the...
View ArticleA day after Trump threatened Turkey with economic ruin, he says Turkey's...
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet at the White House next month.Trump's announcement came just a day after he threatened Turkey with...
View ArticleTrump's rapid Syria withdrawal is making life near the border with Turkey...
Turkey and Syria have enjoyed periods of relative calm, but tensions have risen between the two countries and the many forces fighting there since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011.After...
View ArticleThe US pulling out of both Syria and Open Skies Treaty would be the best...
Russian President Vladimir Putin's birthday was on Monday, October 7. And he was potentially (and inadvertently) gifted two foreign policy wins from the United States.The Trump administration made two...
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