Syria
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At Least Sean Spicer Held Briefings. His Pentagon Counterpart Hasn’t.
In the six months of the Trump administration, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has appeared before television cameras in the Pentagon briefing room only twice. It’s just another sign of the decreasing information available on US war efforts.
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We Spoke To Women Who Married Into ISIS In Syria. These Are Their Regrets.
“We were looking for paradise but all we got was hell.”
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The US Is Furious Turkey Published Location Of US Troops In Syria
A senior State Department official tells BuzzFeed News that the US has raised “strong concerns” to senior Turkish officials after a report details the location and numbers of US troops in Syria.
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Republicans Quietly Killed An Effort To Change How The US Fights Terrorism
Just a few weeks after progressive Rep. Barbara Lee convinced Republicans to repeal the 2001 legal basis for the war on terror and debate a new one, her amendment was stripped from a House bill without a vote.
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These British Guys Are Cycling All The Way To Saudi Arabia For Hajj
Eight men on bikes are cycling 3,500km to raise money for the humanitarian crisis in Syria and then perform Hajj.
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Looking For Details On Syria Ceasefire? Don’t Ask US Military.
President Trump hailed the new US–Russia ceasefire in Syria as a success on Sunday. But Pentagon officials on Monday said they knew nothing about how the ceasefire was being monitored or enforced.
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Putin And Trump Attended The Same Meeting But Reported Different Conversations
Awkward first date.
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A Progressive Lawmaker Just Convinced Some Of Her Republican Colleagues To Repeal A War Authorization
The move is a first step in repealing the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, which multiple administrations have used as the legal basis for the war on terror over the past 16 years.
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Why Does The Syrian Government Keep Looking To Use Chemical Weapons?
Deir Ezzor and the suburbs of Damascus are among the areas the Pentagon and outside observers believe would be prime targets should Assad defy the White House’s warning.
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The White House’s Warning To Syria Was Kept Close — But Not From Russia
The Trump administration has yet to make clear whether the late night warning to Damascus was part of a new policy on chemical weapons use.
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White House Says Syria May Be Preparing Another Chemical Attack, Warns Assad Will "Pay A Heavy Price"
On Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesperson said that there was evidence the regime was possibly preparing to use chemical weapons. But many in the department were left in the dark ahead of the White House statement.
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The US Says It Doesn’t Want To Fight Syria — But It Keeps Fighting Syria Anyway
The US and its allies used to fight against ISIS in eastern Syria in relative isolation. Now the Syrian government, Russia, and Iran are all pressing in closer, raising the chance of a miscalculation.
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Video Of Ayatollah Khamenei Goes Viral After Iran Launches Strikes Inside Syria
“They cannot slap us. We will slap them,” the country’s supreme leader said in a message posted on Instagram.
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Russia Says It’s Killed ISIS’s Leader, But The Pentagon Isn’t So Sure
A claim from the Russian military that it killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi two weeks ago has been met with intense skepticism inside the Pentagon.
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米軍特殊部隊はシリア反体制派に軍事指導をしている。ただし、非公式に
米軍の部隊がシリア南部に秘密裏に常駐し、反体制派に指導・支援を行っていることが、BuzzFeed Newsが関係筋から入手した情報で明らかになっている。
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The US Is Deporting Iraqi Christians, And Their Families Say It’s A Death Sentence
An ICE spokesman said the individuals all had criminal convictions and their arrests came due to a recent agreement between the US and Iraq.
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This Syrian Artist Wants World Leaders To Know What It Feels Like To Be Refugees
“Maybe they will feel what it feels like to be vulnerable,” said Abdalla Al Omari, who created a series of paintings that show prominent world leaders as displaced civilians.
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America’s Strikes On Syrian Forces Are Leaving Syrians Confused About WTF Is Happening
After the third strike against Syrian forces in the last month, opposition members are hoping that the US is going hard after the government — even though the US military denies it.
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The Big Showdown Over ISIS’s Capital Probably Won’t Be The Final Battle
Capturing the Syrian city of Raqqa, ISIS’s self-declared capital, has been the US military’s goal for years. But as the battle begins, the strategic importance of the city may not be what it once was.
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How Arab Countries’ Decision To Break Ties With Qatar Complicates Things For The US
An attempt to bludgeon Qatar into aligning its policies with the rest of the Arab countries could push it closer to the strategic orbit of Iran, Turkey, or Russia.
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The Syrian Airfield The US Hit Is Back In Business
Syria has begun moving planes scattered across regime-controlled territory back to the Shayrat airfield, the target of 59 US Tomahawk missiles.
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How Dallas Became One Of America’s Most Refugee-Friendly Cities
Samira Page has made it her life’s work to help other Christians — and all Americans — love and welcome foreign refugees. In Dallas, that work is paying off.
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US: Syria Is Secretly Executing Detainees And Burning The Remains
The State Department told reporters it believes the “building of a crematorium is an effort to cover up the extent of mass murders taking place in Saydnaya prison.”