December 16, 2019 White Helmets rescue group founder died from fall in Istanbul, investigators say James Le Mesurier, the former British soldier who founded the White Helmets volunteer rescue group, died from a fall, Turkish forensic experts said.
December 12, 2019 Senate passes resolution formally recognizing Armenian genocide The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution recognizing as genocide the Ottoman Empire’s mass killing of Armenians a century ago, a move which aggravated already-tense relations between Turkey and the U.S.
December 7, 2019 Newsweek reporter quits, claiming outlet 'suppressed' story on global chemical weapons watchdog Journalist Tareq Haddad said on Satruday that he had resigned from his position at Newsweek because the outlet "suppressed" details potentially "inconvenient" to the U.S. government.
November 25, 2019 Syria watchdog accused of making misleading edits in report on chemical weapons attack A member of an international watchdog tasked with investigating an alleged Syrian chemical weapons attack accused his superiors of inserting bias and language that “misrepresents the facts” in an early summary of his team’s findings, an email published by WikiLeaks shows.
November 18, 2019 Iran continuing construction on army base along Iraq-Syria border, images show Iran is continuing construction on an army base along the Iraq-Syria border, according to satellite images taken Sunday and obtained by Fox News.
November 17, 2019 Russian troops take over abandoned US airbase in northern Syria: report Russian troops took over the Kobani airfield in northern Syria last week, one day after U.S. troops moved out, according to a report.
November 16, 2019 Car bomb rocks Syrian town held by Turkey, more than a dozen killed A car bomb exploded Saturday in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters, killing at least 18 people and wounding several others, Syrian opposition activists and Turkey’s Defense Ministry said.
November 15, 2019 Syria’s Assad claims Jeffrey Epstein didn’t commit suicide: 'He was killed because he knew a lot of vital secrets' The “Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself” meme appears to have now gone international.
November 15, 2019 Missouri man from Bosnia who aided ISIS gets 8-year prison term, faces deportation A Missouri man who came to the U.S. from Bosnia was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for supporting terrorists, including an ISIS leader in Syria.
November 14, 2019 US-born Alabama woman who joined ISIS is not an American citizen, judge rules A federal judge ruled Thursday that an American-born woman who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS) group and now wants to return to her family in Alabama is not a U.S. citizen.
