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Trump’s Jerusalem moves spark a fire in the Middle East
There is a small constituency in the United States that genuinely cares about the location of the American Embassy in Israel. Evangelicals and a right-wing, pro-Israel lobby w...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump’s Jerusalem Decision Has No Upside
On Tuesday, President Trump told Israeli and Palestinians leaders that the U.S. would be recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. It is looking very likely that he will...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’ has been toppled in Iraq and Syria. Why isn’t anyone celebrating?
BAGHDAD — Every day for more than three years, the U.S.-led coalition bombed Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, for a total of nearly 30,000 strikes. But on Nov. 26, not...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump administration considers moving U.S. embassy in Israel
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem ahead of a legislative deadline this week, a move that would ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ moment
After major losses in Syria and Iraq, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) is seen as a diminishing threat — and President Donald Trump has declared the armed group defeat...
By Nicholas Heras
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White House considering recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital soon
The Trump administration is seriously considering recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in early December, even as President Donald Trump signs a waiver to keep the e...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Tillerson under pressure after White House plan leaks
Rex Tillerson’s days at the State Department appear to be numbered. Speculation about Tillerson’s future as secretary of State reached a fever pitch on Thursday after multip...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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We'll take Pompeo over Tillerson, frustrated diplomats say
Mike Pompeo may have a partisan reputation, hawkish instincts and little diplomatic experience, but morale at the State Department is so low that many career diplomats would b...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The U.S. Moves Its Embassy to Jerusalem
Press Note
There are a number of reports in the American and Israeli press indicating that the White House is seriously considering moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Th...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Has Trump Ditched the Kurdish Fighters Who Defeated ISIS? Maybe Not.
ERBIL, Iraq—After U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, talked on the phone last Friday, Erdogan’s foreign minister announced the Amer...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S. moves toward open-ended presence in Syria after Islamic State is routed
The Trump administration is expanding its goals in Syria beyond routing the Islamic State to include a political settlement of the country’s civil war, a daunting and potentia...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump cedes Syrian postwar planning to Putin
WASHINGTON — Six months after President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike against a Syrian government airbase, an act his aides said would give the U.S. renewed leverage acros...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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US-backed Forces Deny They Allowed IS Fighters to Evacuate Raqqa
Officials of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are dismissing claims they brokered a covert deal with the Islamic State last month to allow safe passage to hundre...
By Nicholas Heras
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Expert Views: After ISIS, Who Controls Syria’s Natural Resources?
AT THE HEIGHT of its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria, the so-called Islamic State was making millions of dollars every day from harvesting the output of seized oil a...
By Nicholas Heras
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Duterte May Stand Accused Of Extralegal Killings, But Trump Will Meet With Him Anyway
WASHINGTON – Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has been accused of ordering the killings of thousands of his citizens in his “war on drugs.” He has told human rights activ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The U.S. is on a collision course with Iran in the Middle East
President Trump’s assertive new strategy toward Iran is already colliding with the reality of Tehran’s vastly expanded influence in the Middle East as a result of the Islamic ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Iraqi forces clash with Kurdish troops near strategic border with Syria
Iraqi forces backed by Iranian-allied militias began an assault Thursday to reclaim more Kurdish-held territory in Iraq, advancing toward a crossing in the country’s western b...
By Nicholas Heras
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Israel willing to resort to military action to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons: minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - Israel is willing to resort to military action to ensure Iran never acquires nuclear weapons, the intelligence minister said on Thursday in Japan where he is...
By Peter Harrell
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ISIS may be dispersed, not destroyed
In November 2001, the Taliban abandoned Kabul without a fight, and a month later the U.S. triumphantly installed Hamid Karzai as the new Afghan president. But in reality, the ...
By Nicholas Heras
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US Secretary of State to tour Saudi Arabia and Qatar
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will arrive in Saudi Arabia on Friday for a visit that will highlight improved relations between Riyadh and Baghdad and elements of Donald ...
By Nicholas Heras
