An apparent suicide bombing in Manbij, northern Syria, has taken the life of four US service members and several civilians. ISIS has taken credit for the attack. Neocons cite the attack as proof that we should stay. The rest of us cite the attack as
Sen. Rand Paul strongly suggested that President Donald Trump is poised to begin scaling back the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and will follow through on his promise to pull out of Syria, the Kentucky Republican told reporters Wednesday.
Syria - On Monday, Trump and Turkey's Erdogan reportedly discussed establishing an illegal 20-mile-deep, 286-mile-long security zone in northern Syria, bordering Turkish territory.
update: A US official speaking to Reuters has confirmed 4 US soldiers killed in Wednesday's suicide bomb attack on a Manbij restaurant in northern Syria:
Four U.S. soldiers were killed and three wounded in a blast on Wednesday in the Syrian t
Contrary to assurances from Trump's National Security Advisor, neocon John Bolton, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who suggested earlier this week that US troops would remain in Syria for at least a little while longer...
The U.S. military has begun the process of withdrawing troops from Syria, a U.S. defense official confirmed to CBS News on Friday, saying it was expected to take between 90 and 120 days.
President Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton (along with the Secretary of State and other neocons) are openly defying the president's stated policy of a rapid withdrawal of US troops from Syria. The president does not seem too bothered by
On the first of April last year I published an article titled "Ignore The Words Of US Presidents. Watch Their Actions Instead.", about Trump's claim that his administration would be pulling troops out of Syria "very soon".
Speaking to CNBC on Monday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought to reassure the public that Turkey's President Erdogan has made a personal commitment to President Trump that the Turks won't slaughter the Kurds as US forces draw down in Syria.
President Trump will only withdraw American troops from northern Syria if the Turkish government guarantees it won't attack US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces, according to national security adviser John Bolton on Sunday.
The White House-appointed Syria and anti-ISIL coalition envoy James Jeffrey has asked Syrian Kurdish leaders backed by the United States to hold off on making any deals with President Bashar al-Assad's government while the Trump administration trie
The Republican-held Senate's first order of business as it reconvened on Friday for 2019 was to push back against President Trump's planned Syria withdrawal, as the first bill Republican leadership introduced, led by hawk Marco Rubio, is being descri
Syria - The prospect of Washington, under Republicans or undemocratic Dems, turning a page for peace in Syria or any of its active war theaters is polar opposite reality.