After days of back and forth over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out American troops from Syria, a U.S. military official said Friday the process of withdrawal has begun, declining to comment on specific timetables or movements. Continue reading
During a Cabinet meeting at the White House in front of reporters, Trump said he had never discussed a reported four-month timetable for the withdrawal of 2,000 American troops stationed in Syria amid a battle against Islamic State militants. Continue reading
“I think we’re slowing things down in a smart way,” Graham said. Continue reading
Some Israeli officials have said that the U.S. withdrawal from Syria could help Iran by removing a U.S. garrison that stems the movement of Iranian forces and weaponry into Syria from Iraq. Continue reading
The United States’ main ally in Syria on Thursday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Islamic State militants have been defeated and warned that the withdrawal of American troops would lead to a resurgence of the extremist group. Continue reading
The United States is considering a total withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria as it nears the end of its campaign to retake all of the territory once held by Islamic State. Continue reading
The public split between the White House and Nikki Haley this week over Russia sanctions threw a spotlight on her at-times uneasy relationship with Donald Trump. Continue reading
Donald Trump said building a good relationship with Russia is a “good, not bad” thing. Continue reading
A false alarm set off Syrian air defense systems early on Tuesday, the military said, denying earlier reports of an “outside aggression” and incoming airstrikes and underscoring the chaotic nature of the multiple actors in Syria’s theater of war. Continue reading
There will be no new sanctions against Russia on Monday, White House officials confirmed, after American UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said otherwise. Continue reading