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Syrian Army, U.S-Backed Forces Rub Shoulders In Eastern Syria
U.S.-backed militias and the Syrian Army are less than 10 miles from each other as they converge on the Islamic State stronghold of Deir Ezzour in eastern Syria, which still h...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S.-backed forces announce anti-ISIS push in Syria’s oil-rich east
BEIRUT — U.S.-backed forces in Syria announced a fresh offensive around the Islamic State’s most important remaining stronghold Saturday, accelerating a global scramble for co...
By Nicholas Heras
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Israeli general calls for new security system to pave way to peace
An Israeli general says Israel should start implementing a new multi-layered security system that could help pave the way to a two-state peace deal with the Palestinians and a...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Coalition commander says Raqqa police force paid by US as vetted force
Major General Rupert Jones, the deputy commander of the US-led coalition against ISIS, said that the Raqqa Internal Security Force (RISF) are paid by the United States as a ve...
By Nicholas Heras
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CNAS Press Note: Kushner’s Visit to the Middle East
Press Note
White House Advisor Jared Kushner is currently in the Middle East, meeting with leaders from the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. As Kushner heads...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Iraqi forces retake three districts of ISIS bastion Tal Afar
Iraqi forces on Tuesday (Aug 22) recaptured from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group the first three districts of its bastion Tal Afar as the Pentagon chief visit...
By Nicholas Heras
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Former US Official Explains Tensions Over Syria
WASHINGTON – On Monday evening, President Donald Trump addressed the nation regarding his administration’s new war plans to address the 16-year-old conflict in Afghanistan. Wh...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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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
