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Russia & Syrian regime seeking to poach US-backed fighters
Russia and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are attempting to entice US-backed rebels based at the At Tanf garrison in southern Syria to switch sides, US officia...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump's three possible paths out of the Iran deal
Campaigning last year for the presidency, Donald Trump said the Iran nuclear agreement was the “worst deal” he had ever seen.It was never exactly clear, however, what he inten...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump is thinking of breaking the Iran deal. Here’s how he could do it.
Campaigning last year for the presidency, Donald Trump said the Iran nuclear agreement was the “worst deal” he had ever seen. It was never exactly clear, however, what he inte...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Clashes continue at holy site in Israel
In The News
Violence erupted again Thursday in Jerusalem, after Israeli police removed controversial security measures that had angered Muslim worshippers. Ilan Goldenberg, a senior fello...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Video: End of CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels
In The News
Defense News Associate Editor Aaron Mehta is joined by CATO Institute’s Trevor Thrall and Nick Heras of the Center for New American Security to discusses President Trump’s dec...
By Nicholas Heras
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Can Trump Find a Better Deal Than the U.S. Air Base in Qatar?
President Donald Trump recently boasted that he could shutter a critical U.S. air base in the tiny Gulf kingdom of Qatar, and “ten countries” in the region would line up to bu...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow
President Trump has decided to end the CIA’s covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels battling the government of Bashar al-Assad, a move long sought by Russia, a...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Iraqi Kurds Want America as Their Divorce Lawyer
Iraqi Kurds are mounting a campaign in Washington this week to rally U.S. government support for an independence bid before a referendum in September. But Baghdad opposes talk...
By Nicholas Heras
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Rex Tillerson still has a skeleton crew at the State Department to deal with North Korea
North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile this week was condemned by the Pentagon, which said the missile was of a type "we've not seen before." North Kore...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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'The closer we get, the more complex it gets.' White House struggles on strategy as Islamic State nears defeat in Iraq and Syria
With American-backed ground forces poised to recapture Mosul in Iraq and Raqqah in Syria, Islamic State’s de facto capitals, U.S. commanders are confident they soon will vanqu...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Russia just threatened to target US jets in Syria — but the last thing it wants is an air war with the US
In the wake of a US F/A-18 shooting down a Syrian Su-22, Russia issued strong warnings to the US by threatening to target US and US-led coalition planes in Syria. Read the fu...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S. on collision course with Syria and Iran once de facto Islamic State capital falls
Trump administration officials, anticipating the defeat of the Islamic State in its de facto Syrian capital of Raqqa, are planning for what they see as the next stage of the w...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump still lacks Syria strategy as fighting escalates
The U.S. military’s role in Syria has steadily escalated since President Trump took office, but even as fighting intensifies, the administration has said little to the public ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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U.S. risks further battles as it steps deeper into Syrian quagmire
BEIRUT — The United States is becoming more perilously drawn into Syria’s fragmented war as it fights on increasingly congested battlefields surrounding Islamic State territor...
By Nicholas Heras
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Russia Threatens To Shoot Down US Fighter Jets
Russia has threatened US fighter jets flying missions in parts of Syria. The announcement comes after an American jet shot down a Syrian jet on Sunday. Watch the full video on...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S. Shoots Down Syrian Warplane for First Time
A U.S. fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane on Sunday, marking an unprecedented new escalation in the conflict between the U.S. and its allies and the Assad regime in Syria...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
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Implications of Trump’s arms sale to Saudi Arabia
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia bearing a $110 billion dollar arms agreement. While much of that sale may never materialize, the offer sent a powerful sign...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Saudi allies ramp up sanctions on Qatar
Qatar is promising not to surrender in the face of sanctions imposed on it last week. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain halted land, air and sea traffi...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump is breaking all of Obama's rules in Syria — and it seems to be working
As US President Donald Trump enjoyed chocolate cake with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago in April, he ordered the military to do something his predecessor hadn't da...
By Nicholas Heras
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The United States Is Getting Dragged Into the Fight for Syria’s South
AMMAN, Jordan — In recent months, the Syrian war finally seemed to be tilting in the direction of Muhannad al-Talla, the commander of a U.S.-backed rebel force. His group, Mag...
By Nicholas Heras
