Donald Trump ISIS

• Bashar al-Assad calls Trump ‘best American president’ in state TV interview

  The Syrian president said he gives Trump credit for being transparent about his interests, namely oil.

  World

  Nov 1, 2019
  
• New phase for ISIS begins as 80K members still detained, despite leader’s death

  With news of the extremist group's leader's death, Kurdish security forces worry about the possibility of attacks or rioting at facilities which hold more than 80,000 members and supporters of the militant group, including women and children.

  World

  Oct 28, 2019
  
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• Trump meets with U.S. military leaders to discuss ISIS, peace talks with Taliban

  U.S. President Donald Trump is at the Pentagon where his talks are expected to touch on the final battle to retake the Islamic State group's last pocket of territory in Syria.

  World

  Mar 15, 2019
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• Fact check: Syrian fighters counter Donald Trump’s claim that Islamic State is ‘defeated’

  U.S. President Donald Trump is declaring victory over the Islamic State group in Syria, but the militants remain a deadly force, and U.S. partners warn a premature U.S. withdrawal will allow them to storm back.

  World

  Dec 20, 2018
• Donald Trump says end of Islamic State ‘is in sight’

  Donald Trump says the end of the Islamic State "is in sight" after the militant group was driven out of Raqqa, its self-declared capital in Syria.

  Politics

  Oct 21, 2017
• Donald Trump’s meeting with Malaysian PM under scrutiny

  Left unsaid by either leader: anything about the massive corruption scandal swirling around Prime Minister Najib Razak's multibillion-dollar state fund.

  Money

  Sep 12, 2017
• U.S. considers deploying 1,000 ‘reserve’ troops to ISIS battle

  The option is claimed to provide U.S. commanders on the ground greater flexibility to quickly respond to unforeseen opportunities and challenges on the battlefield.

  World

  Mar 8, 2017
• Mother slams Donald Trump for labelling daughter’s killing in Australia as terrorism

  The mother of a backpacker killed in an Australian hostel wrote an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday, rejecting the decision to label her daughter's death as a "terror attack."

  Politics

  Feb 8, 2017
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• Donald Trump accuses media of not reporting attacks by Islamist militants

  President Donald Trump accused the news media of ignoring attacks by Islamist militants in Europe, without giving specific examples.

  Politics

  Feb 6, 2017
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• Trump administration to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam

  The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters. The program, “Countering Violent Extremism,” or CVE, would be changed to “Countering Islamic Extremism” or “Countering Radical Islamic Extremism,” the sources...

  Politics

  Feb 1, 2017