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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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Cease-Fire Chaos: The Kurds, Turkey, and Trump Administration are Touting Different Strategies
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Vice President Mike Pence claims to have arranged a “cease-fire” between Turkey and the Syrian Kurds, but no one is on the same page.“This is not a cease-fire, this is a pause...
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
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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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As the U.S. withdraws, Assad and Putin are emerging as the winners in Syria
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In less than a week, the tectonic plates have shifted beyond recognition in the Middle East. The U.S. counterterrorism operation against the Islamic State militant group, or ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The Trump Administration Has Only One Move
Turkey had to have seen this coming. Granted, it didn’t feature in the phone call last week where Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan informed his American counterpart of ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Russia takes over key U.S. outposts in Syria, filling vacuum left by American withdrawal
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Russian troops have occupied positions in Syria that just days ago had been U.S. outposts, filling the vacuum left when President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of Americ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Desperate Kurds See Only Enemies Around Them. A Special Report From Qamishli, Syria
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It’s 9 P.M. and pitch black. On the M4 highway connecting the towns Tal Tamr and Qamishli, a checkpoint held by Kurdish forces is lit up like a Christmas tree. Cones on the as...
By Nicholas Heras
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Venezuelan oil output could be halved without Chevron waiver extension: analysts
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Venezuelan oil production, already averaging a historic low near 600,000 b/d, could quickly plummet below 300,000 b/d if the Trump administration allows a waiver for Chevron a...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Pentagon to withdraw 1,000 troops from Syria within weeks, pulling back in fight against ISIS
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The Pentagon will pull virtually all its troops from Syria over the next few weeks, reversing years of U.S. policy on fighting Islamic State terrorists in the Middle East, as ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Hundreds of ISIS prisoners are escaping from camps in northern Syria amid Turkish offensive
Islamic State fighters are seizing a chance to escape and regroup as U.S.-allied Kurdish forces turn their attention from guarding thousands of captive extremists to defending...
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Bewildering twists and turns around Trump’s Syria withdrawal decision
Only a week ago, a senior US official insisted that the Trump administration was not about to pull out troops from Syria. But that that was upended by US President Donald Tru...
By Nicholas Heras
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Pullback Leaves Green Berets Feeling ‘Ashamed,’ and Kurdish Allies Describing ‘Betrayal’
American commandos were working alongside Kurdish forces at an outpost in eastern Syria last year when they were attacked by columns of Syrian government tanks and hundreds of...
By Nicholas Heras
