Press
Showing 3961-3980 of 9032 Items
-
Trump, Pentagon Diverge on Need to Control Syrian Oil Fields
Pentagon leaders and President Donald Trump diverged Monday on the rationale behind keeping U.S. forces in northeastern Syria, with the president renewing his insistence that ...
By Nicholas Heras
-
ISIS Leader Killed on Turkey’s Doorstep
President Donald Trump broke up three weeks of dismal news about Syria with cause for celebration in both America and the Middle East. ISIS (Islamic State) leader Abu Bakr al-...
By Nicholas Heras
-
U.S. Pushes Skeptical Allies to Step Up ISIS Fight in Syria
In The News
Less than two days after a U.S. special operations raid led to the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, State and Defense Department officials are p...
By Jim Townsend
-
As Kurds Tracked ISIS Leader, U.S. Withdrawal Threw Raid Into Turmoil
In The News
When the international manhunt for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, zoomed in on a village in northwestern Syria, the United States turned to its local a...
By Nicholas Heras
-
In The News
Technology & National Security
How Commandos Could Quickly Confirm They Got Their TargetWhen President Trump announced on Sunday morning that a Special Operations forces raid had resulted in the death of the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, he said two ...
By Kara Frederick
-
US Humanitarian Trade Channel for Iran Gets Positive British Response
A U.S. proposal to boost global humanitarian trade with Iran in accordance with U.S. sanctions has sparked a positive British response and a debate about whether the plan’s go...
By Peter Harrell
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Europe can’t fill the U.S. void in Syria
“I thought that the United States and Turkey were in NATO, and then I discovered by tweet that the U.S. had decided to withdraw its troops and pave the way [for Turkey to laun...
By Jim Townsend
-
Pentagon chief to focus on Turkey, Syria at NATO, but short on options
In The News
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
-
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
-
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
-
Turkey, Russia reach accord on north Syria—and Trump applauds
In The News
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
-
SDF Commander-in-Chief thanks President Putin for ‘protecting the Kurdish people’
In The News
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
-
Outfoxed and Outgunned: How China Routed the U.S. in a U.N. Agency
In The News
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
-
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
-
Turkey’s nuclear future
In The News
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
-
Pentagon guardianship of Syrian oil fields faces pushback
In The News
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
