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Cooperation with Russia in Syria Off the Table for Trump Team
President Donald Trump's national security team is not considering any increase in cooperation with Russia against the Islamic State group in Syria, according to multiple curr...
By Julianne Smith
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The Military Strategy Behind Bolstering U.S.-Backed Syrian Forces To Fight ISIS
In The News
In Syria, twin bombings on Saturday killed dozens of people in the capital Damascus. Militants say they were targeting allies of President Bashar al-Assad. The bloodshed came ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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The U.S. Troop Presence in Syria Is at Its Highest Ever. But How Long Are They on the Ground for and Why?
The Trump Administration is intensifying America’s involvement in the ground war in Syria, having announced on March 9 that it is sending 400 more troops to join the fight aga...
By Nicholas Heras
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Manbij and the Unforgiving Complexity of the Syrian War
Top U.S. defense officials believe all of the warring parties in Manbij got the message after American forces deployed an armored convoy through the Syrian city earlier this w...
By Julianne Smith
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IS Leaders Reportedly Fleeing Syrian De Facto Capital
Islamic State reportedly has moved some of its high-ranking commanders and their families from its de facto capital of Raqqa to the nearby Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, activ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Skirmishes Mar Fight Against IS in Northern Syria
Nearly one week after Islamic State fighters were driven from the strategic town of al-Bab, northern Syria is in military disarray with U.S.-supported factions fighting each o...
By Nicholas Heras
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Iraq Takes the Fight Against ISIS to Syria
Iraq’s air force on Friday carried out its first-ever strikes against Islamic State in neighboring Syria, the country’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said, marking a dramatic...
By Nicholas Heras
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Selling Trump a new Afghanistan commitment
The Trump administration is considering whether to plunge more resources and troops into the United States’ longest war — Afghanistan — as some of the president’s top generals...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Trump to greet Netanyahu by abandoning '2-state' doctrine
Benjamin Netanyahu has never had it so good in Washington. After eight years of visits to an Obama White House where he was seen as a political adversary and an obstacle to Mi...
By Michèle Flournoy
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U.S. official: Trump will not press ‘two-state’ peace track in first talks with Israel’s Netanyahu
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will formally inaugurate their partnership Wednesday in talks that could shape a new approach by Washington that ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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CNAS Press Note: What to Expect from the Trump-Netanyahu Summit
With President Trump set to meet Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Middle East Security Program Director Ilan...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Is Trump rethinking approach with Israel?
In The News
President Trump appears to be changing his tone regarding Israel. His administration has questioned new settlements and may be reconsidering an earlier push to move the U.S. E...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Diplomats: Nikki Haley Greenlighted U.N.’s Hiring of Salam Fayyad Before She Blocked It
In the days leading up to Friday’s surprise decision by the Trump administration to block the appointment of former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to a top U.N. job, ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Netanyahu may seek to reset U.S.-Israel relations in meeting with Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington on Tuesday hoping to find in President Trump a kindred spirit and compliant ally after eight years of personal ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump Meets Netanyahu: Where It Can Go Right (and Wrong)
Benjamin Netanyahu is going to stride in through the White House front door. Donald Trump is not going to grimace while Netanyahu lectures.The talk in Washington this week, at...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How will Trump deal with Israel's legalization of settlements?
In The News
Ilan Goldenberg joins CBS News to discuss Prime Minster Netanyahu's upcoming visit to Washington, Israel's legalization of settlements, the nuclear agreement with Iran, and me...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump wants to push back against Iran, but Iran is now more powerful than ever
President Trump’s tough talk on Iran is winning him friends in the Arab world, but it also carries a significant risk of conflict with a U.S. rival that is now more powerful t...
By Nicholas Heras
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Tough Tasks Await Tillerson at State Department
WASHINGTON—Rex Tillerson is expected to take the helm of the State Department this week with the U.S. facing a host of national-security issues and questions about President D...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Gen. Joseph Votel on Defeating the #Virtual Caliphate
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Middle East Security Program today released a new report by United States Central Command Commander General Joseph L. Votel and a...
By General Joseph L. Votel, LTC Christina Bembenek, Charles Hans, Jeffery Mouton & Amanda Spencer
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Bibi’s Revenge at U.N. Risks Israel’s Bid for Security Council Seat
The U.N. Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlements last month struck a significant blow to the Jewish state’s international credibility. But the resolution also thr...
By Ilan Goldenberg
