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July 11, 2020

UN Security Council passes resolution authorizing cross-border aid to Syria, after Russian opposition

The U.N. Security Council on Saturday passed a resolution authorizing a Syrian aid program that will deliver aid to the rebel-held northwest via just one border crossing -- after previous efforts to authorize more crossings were torpedoed by Russia and China.

July 11, 2020

Russia, China block latest UN Security Council attempt to extend Syria cross-border aid program

The U.N. Security Council failed again on Friday to extend a cross-border humanitarian aid program in Syria, after Russia and China vetoed a resolution backed by other members to extend the program -- while failing to drum up enough support for their own resolution to restrict it.

July 9, 2020

Russian resolution to cut US-backed Syrian cross-border aid program fails at UN Security Council

A Russian effort to slash a cross-border aid program to Syria’s northwest failed on Wednesday, a day after both Russia and China killed off a U.S-backed effort to expand the crossing points to the northeast -- as experts warned of a brewing humanitarian crisis.

July 8, 2020

Massive 'ISIS drug bust' in Italy connected to the Syrian regime, not the terrorist group, analysts argue

When Italian authorities announced last week that they had seized 15.4 tons of counterfeit Captagon produced by ISIS in Syria to fund terrorism it was lauded as one of the largest drug busts in history.

July 7, 2020

Ambassador Craft hits China, Russia for backing Syrian regime's 'campaign of brutality'

Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution to extend cross-border humanitarian aid from Turkey into Syria for another year, despite warnings that Syrian citizens rely on the aid.

July 2, 2020

UN Ambassador Craft warns of 'mass graves' if Russia won't back down in Syrian aid impasse

U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft is warning of “mass graves” if the United Nations Security Council fails to extend a vital Syrian cross-border aid program, as she races against the clock to overcome Russian opposition.

July 2, 2020

Sen. Tom Cotton: When Trump gets hawkish on Russia, Dems 'curl up in the fetal position'

Although Democrats claim to be outraged over explosive reports alleging that President Trump had been aware of classified intelligence indicating that Russia offered bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of American soldiers, when the administration gets "hawkish" on Russia they "curl up in the fetal position," Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said.

July 1, 2020

Pompeo warns Iran will become arms dealer 'to the Maduros and the Assads' if arms embargo expires

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned that the Iranian regime will become an arms dealer to despots in places such as Syria and Venezuela if a 13-year-old arms embargo is allowed to expire -- and that more people will die in the Middle East as Tehran gets its hands on weapons.

July 1, 2020

Italy confiscates $1B worth of amphetamines made by ISIS in Syria

Italian police seized 14 tons of amphetamines with a street value of approximately $1.15 billion, which they suspect was headed for the home base of a notorious European crime clan in Naples and outsourced from ISIS drug producers in Syria.

July 1, 2020

The rise and fall of Syria’s first lady: Why the US is going after Asma Assad?

For the first time ever, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's British wife Asma has been targeted with economic restrictions of her own.