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Kurdish Commander Laments American Betrayal, Urges U.S. to ‘Be Loyal’
In The News
Polat Can spent much of the past five years fighting the Islamic State alongside other members of the U.S.-led coalition in northern Syria. A commander in the Kurdish People’s...
By Nicholas Heras
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Like Trump, troops say we should watch Iran — but maybe not by increasing our forces in Iraq
Troops agree with President Donald Trump that we should keep an eye on Iran — but that doesn’t mean they want a big presence in Iraq to do so, the results of a recent Military...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump's policy on ISIS and the Middle East
In The News
Nicholas Heras from The Center for a New American Security joins CBSN to discuss President Trump's policies in the Middle East, his approach to the fight against ISIS and U.S....
By Nicholas Heras
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Intel: Why plans to send 10,000 fighters to the Turkey-Syria border are seen as a ‘game’
As Turkey and the Syrian Kurds lobby the Donald Trump administration on rival visions of a safe zone in northern Syria, a new proposal to deploy 10,000 Arab and Kurdish fighte...
By Nicholas Heras
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Kurdish lobby struggles to slow US pullout from Syria
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Reeling from President Donald Trump’s decision to pull US troops out of Syria, the political wing of the Pentagon-backed Kurdish group that has spent the past four years fight...
By Nicholas Heras
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Iraq Fortifies Syrian Border to Keep Out Islamic State Militants
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As U.S.-backed forces close in on Islamic State’s last territory in Syria, some militants are fleeing to Iraq—using longstanding smuggling networks and posing as nomadic sheph...
By Nicholas Heras
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Press Release
Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
A Realistic Path for Progress on Iran: 12 Guiding Principles to Achieve U.S. Policy GoalsWashington, January 30 - The Trump administration has adopted an aggressive Iran strategy. Under this approach, the United States seeks to achieve – via the application of max...
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The once vast ISIS ‘caliphate’ is now reduced to a pair of villages in Syria
A pair of dusty villages in the Syrian desert is all that remains of the vast expanse of territory the Islamic State once called its caliphate, and the complete territorial de...
By Nicholas Heras
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Damascus ready to cooperate with Ankara if it withdraws from Syria
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The Syrian government says it could cooperate with Turkey if it stops violating the Adana Agreement and withdraws from Syria, pro-government news agency SANA reported on Satur...
By Nicholas Heras
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US-backed SDF forces close to victory in last ISIS-held pocket: Monitoring group
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Wednesday claimed the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are getting close to defeating the Islamic State in the countr...
By Nicholas Heras
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Congress in no hurry to act as Palestinians reject security aid
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Palestinian officials today announced that they will no longer accept US security assistance amid fears that doing so could open them up to terrorism-related lawsuits. The con...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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US-Turkey talks on Syria intensify ahead of Erdogan’s meeting with Putin
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US talks with Turkey about a safe zone in Syria intensified this week before a highly anticipated trip by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Moscow on Wednesday. Followin...
By Nicholas Heras
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Uncertainty remains over future of Syria safe zones
A "safe zone" in Syria? The US tried it with Turkey before. It didn't work. President Donald Trump has tweeted twice about the possibility of establishing a "20 mile safe zon...
By Nicholas Heras
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ISIS-claimed attack on Americans in Syria renews criticism of Trump policy
Wednesday’s attack on U.S. forces in Syria has stoked fresh criticism over President Donald Trump’s claim that the so-called Islamic State has been defeated renewed debate ove...
By Nicholas Heras
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How Trump's Withdrawal Threatens The Secretive Hunt For ISIS Members In Syria
President Trump’s order to withdraw US troops from Syria threatens to cripple US-led efforts to kill and capture ISIS members who continue to launch insurgent-style attacks ac...
By Nicholas Heras
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American Troops Die in Syria as Trump Team Squabbles
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Two U.S. service members and two Department of Defense personnel were killed in an explosion in Syria on Wednesday, the U.S. military confirmed, even as President Donald Trump...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Iran deal, Saudi murder: Turbulent year shakes up Middle East
In The News
A murdered Saudi journalist. A scrapped Iran nuclear deal. The two events alone have undone years of diplomacy in the Middle East, testing old alliances and shaking up the reg...
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkey's Slap to the Face of America's Syria Policy
Press Note
Yesterday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the beginning of a military operation against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern and eastern Syria, crea...
By Nicholas Heras
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No removal of border walls amid Turkish threats, but fear remains in Serekaniye
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The mixed town of Serekaniye (Ras al-Ain) was quiet on Thursday and, despite some rumors, there was no sign of Turkey removing any wall along its southern border with Syria. K...
By Nicholas Heras
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Syrian Kurds: Threat of Turkish Action Impacts Anti-IS Fight
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Kurdish officials in Syria say any Turkish military action against them would affect their efforts in defeating Islamic State in its last stronghold in the country. The commen...
By Nicholas Heras
