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Kurds in Syria call for no-fly zone to prevent Turkish attacks
Syrian Kurds, Kurdish activists on the social media and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) have been calling for establishing a no fly zone since 26 April, under the hash tag...
By Nicholas Heras
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Kurds call on US to set up no-fly zone after Turkish attacks
Tensions between Turkey and the United States are poised to escalate after the Turkish air force carried out a series of pre-dawn strikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq’s S...
By Nicholas Heras
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Is The Afghan War Going To Be Another Vietnam For The U.S.?
Rachel Martin talks to Chris Kolenda, a former senior adviser to the Defense Department, about the failures of the U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan, and how it risks beco...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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The Trump administration just quietly admitted that the Iran deal is workingi
In February, President Donald Trump said that the Obama administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran was “one of the worst deals I’ve ever seen.” His comments were a direct ec...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Erdogan charts victory lap in Washington
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s push for international legitimacy after narrowly winning a fraud-tainted referendum on expanding the powers of his office is gaining g...
By Nicholas Heras
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Syrian Democratic Forces set up post-ISIS Raqqa council
The Kurdish-Arab alliance of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), leading a multi-pronged battle against ISIS near the city of Raqqa, announced on Tuesday the creation of a “ci...
By Nicholas Heras
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Trump delights in watching the U.S. military display its strengthAmid the often jarring inconsistency of President Trump’s foreign policy, one thing has always been crystal clear: He loves a big show of American military force. “You gotta k...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump Gives Generals More Freedom on ISIS FightU.S. military commanders are stepping up their fight against Islamist extremism as President Donald Trump’s administration urges them to make more battlefield decisions on the...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Democratic Syria hawks love Trump's airstrikes
The question tormented Obama administration officials for years: Should we strike at Syrian dictator Bashar Assad or not? Under President Barack Obama, the answer was always n...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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After reports of civilian deaths, U.S. military struggles to defend air operations in war against militants
The Pentagon has struggled in recent weeks to effectively explain what lies behind a surge in reported civilian casualties in its air campaign against the Islamic State, fueli...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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In major foreign policy move, Trump orders airstrike in Syria
In what is seen as a foreign policy aboutface, President Donald Trump last night ordered a missile strike on an airfield in Syria, after the use of chemical weapons by Bashar ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump’s Syria shift confounds foreign policy experts
With his first major military action, President Donald Trump has, once again, confounded experts struggling to interpret his approach to the world. Until now he has refused to...
By Richard Fontaine
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‘Horrible’ pictures of suffering moved Trump to action on Syria
When President Trump began receiving his intelligence briefings in January, his team made a request: The president, they said, was a visual and auditory learner. Would the bri...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
Syria strikes just the latest mission for the Navy's Spain-based workhorsesWhen President Trump decided to strike at the Assad regime, two names that have become familiar to commanders in Washington, to Russia and the rest of the region were mentione...
By Jerry Hendrix
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After Syria strikes, US and Russia spiral into confrontation
After President Donald Trump's election victory, the United States and Russia appeared headed toward their smoothest ties in decades. Not anymore. The former Cold War adversar...
By Julianne Smith
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Why Obama Avoided Military Intervention In Syria
On Thursday night, President Donald Trump authorized the military to launch several dozen cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea at a Syrian airfield. The strike was meant...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump's approach to the Middle East
This episode offers broad analysis of the current situation in the Middle East and the choices the new administration faces. We also look at the state of the US State Dep...
By Nicholas Heras
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The King of Jordan Meets the King of Queens
U.S. President Donald Trump met Jordanian King Abdullah at the White House Wednesday. The meeting was hotly anticipated, and not without reason — a president who ran on the id...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Donald Trump’s chemical reaction to Syria attack
It was a dramatic way to herald a potential policy shift that could change the course of the six-year- old war in Syria and the future of its dictator, Bashar al-Assad. When U...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Tested by Syria, North Korea CrisesA confluence of crises in Syria and North Korea is forcing President Donald Trump to re-evaluate his fledgling foreign policy, deciding which advisers he will listen to and wh...
By Richard Fontaine