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Protecting oil: Trump's latest Syria strategy under question
In The News
After abruptly pulling US troops who protected Kurdish fighters, President Donald Trump has identified protecting oil as the new goal in Syria. But experts question if the new...
By Nicholas Heras
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Soldiers, Bradley armored vehicles in Kuwait eyed for deployment to Syria
In The News
The Pentagon is planning to send soldiers and Bradley armored vehicles based in Kuwait to guard Syrian oil fields from ISIS fighters, according to a U.S. official. The deploy...
By Nicholas Heras
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Pentagon weighs options to deter Russians in Syria
The Pentagon proposed deploying tanks to eastern Syria as an option to guard the region’s oil fields after the US was concerned Russia would cross a deconfliction line on the ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump decided to leave troops in Syria after conversations about oil, officials say
President Trump was persuaded to leave at least several hundred troops behind in Syria only when he was told that his decision to pull them out would risk control of oil field...
By Nicholas Heras
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Pentagon chief to focus on Turkey, Syria at NATO, but short on options
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U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper is expected to focus on Turkey’s offensive into Syria and the fight against Islamic State when he meets NATO partners in Brussels this week, ...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Trump’s focus on protecting oil in Syria highlights an evolving U.S. mission
President Trump on Thursday vowed that the United States would prevent the Islamic State from regaining control of oil fields in eastern Syria, emphasizing his interest in the...
By Nicholas Heras
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Pentagon planning to send tanks, armored vehicles to Syrian oil fields
The Pentagon is preparing to send tanks and armored vehicles to Syrian oil fields, according to a U.S. official – a stunning reversal of President Trump's decision to withdraw...
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkey, Russia reach accord on north Syria—and Trump applauds
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Following a six-hour-long meeting in the Russian resort city of Sochi on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan concluded an agre...
By Nicholas Heras
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SDF Commander-in-Chief thanks President Putin for ‘protecting the Kurdish people’
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he Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander-in-Chief, Mazlum Abdi, in a video call with Russia’s military leadership, thanked President Vladimir Putin for protecting the Kurdi...
By Nicholas Heras
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Outfoxed and Outgunned: How China Routed the U.S. in a U.N. Agency
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In mid-January, Kevin Moley, the senior State Department official responsible for overseeing U.S. relations with the United Nations and other international organizations, issu...
By Kristine Lee
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US mulls changes to Syrian withdrawal, amid continued uncertainty
Some two weeks after the White House first announced it was withdrawing US troops from northeast Syria, President Donald Trump said on Monday that a limited number of US force...
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkey’s nuclear future
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While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan complains that Turkey cannot have nuclear weapons of its own, some U.S. officials are concerned that keeping U.S. nuclear missiles...
By Nicholas Heras
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Pentagon guardianship of Syrian oil fields faces pushback
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For days now, despite Turkish forces jeopardizing a fragile US-brokered cease-fire in northern Syria, President Donald Trump has insisted that American forces have secured oil...
By Nicholas Heras
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Inside the Iran Hawks' Hijacking of Trump's Syria Withdrawal Plan
President Donald Trump says he wants to “end endless wars.” But the counter-Iran, counter-Russia hawks on his national security team are planning to sneak in a long-term U.S. ...
By Nicholas Heras
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‘They are livid’: Trump’s withdrawal from Syria prompts rare public criticism from current, former military officials
A cascade of criticism by current and former military officials of President Trump’s abrupt withdrawal from Syria has thrust into plain sight internal debates over the militar...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Turkish-US deal gives boost to Erdogan as he prepares for meeting with Putin
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Turkey and the United States have agreed on a 5-day pause in the fighting and the establishment of a Turkish-controlled “security zone” in northern Syria that could provide An...
By Nicholas Heras
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The Intelligence Fallout From Trump’s Withdrawal in Syria
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This version of the forever war in Iraq and Syria was built around the work done by local U.S. allies. The fight against ISIS was America’s, but it was also being fought by Sy...
By Nicholas Heras
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Kurds’ Sense of Betrayal Compounded by Empowerment of Unsavory Rivals
The United States had encouraged its Kurdish allies to dismantle their defenses in northern Syria, saying it would make it easier to assure Turkey that the Kurds posed no thre...
By Nicholas Heras
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Can Damascus-Ankara face off in Syria flare up?
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A week-old Turkish invasion of northeast Syria combined with a US withdrawal have redrawn the lines and left Russian-backed Syrian regime troops and Ankara’s forces standing f...
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkey deal may ease domestic criticism of Trump but doubts remain
Turkey's agreement to suspend military operations against the Syrian Kurds may give President Donald Trump a reprieve from accusations he abandoned the US allies but it is als...
By Nicholas Heras
