Syria - Page 77

October 21, 2019

Dobbins and Martini: US, Turkey, Syria: What is possible (and impossible) for the Kurds now

The real choices before the Trump administration in eastern Syria were: staying indefinitely; preparing an orderly exit, thereby opening the way for the return of the Syrian state and its allies; or leaving suddenly without warning. The administration ultimately defaulted to the worst of these alternatives.

October 21, 2019

American troops leaving Syrian city controlled by Kurds pelted with potatoes, tomatoes

Videos circulating on social media show angry residents in a Kurdish-controlled Syrian city pelting departing U.S. armored vehicles with potatoes and other refuse. .

October 20, 2019

Kurdish military leader says his fighters still want to work with US, accuses Turkey of 'violating' cease-fire, 'ethnic cleansing'

The Kurdish military leader who serves as commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces revealed to Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin in a telephone interview Sunday from his base inside Syria that Turkey’s military has “violated” the planned cease-fire and was continuing to commit “ethnic cleansing.”

October 20, 2019

Trump says Pelosi should investigate Obama's Syria red line, Schiff should be 'deposed'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., should investigate the "red line" that Barack Obama said he would enforce in Syria during his presidency, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., should be "deposed" over his actions in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry, President Trump claimed in a heated a Sunday night tweetstorm. 

October 20, 2019

CNN's Brian Stelter calls out ABC News' gun-range video error: Network 'has not explained what happened'

ABC News still hasn't explained how it mistook footage from a Kentucky gun range for authentic video of fighting between Syria and Turkish forces but has promised to dole out internal "consequences" for the error, CNN's Brian Stelter said Sunday.

October 20, 2019

Lindsey Graham on Syria: 'I am increasingly optimistic that we can have some historic solutions'

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who has been a vocal critic of President Trump’s decision to move U.S. troops out of Syria, said on Sunday that he is now “increasingly optimistic that we can have some historic solutions” there.

October 20, 2019

Amash: Trump using US troops like 'paid mercenaries'

Rep. Justin Amash, I-Mich., continued on Sunday his criticism of President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. military forces from northern Syria, saying the president is using troops as “paid mercenaries” and questioning the role Congress should play in decision making.

October 20, 2019

Pompeo defends negotiated cease-fire between Turkey and Kurds as U.S. troops head to Iraq

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended the White House’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria ahead of Turkey’s invasion of the region as well as the four-day ceasefire between the Kurds and Turkey that he and Vice President Mike Pence negotiated late last week.

October 20, 2019

Colin Clarke: ISIS is big winner from US withdrawal from Syria

President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria could provide the ISIS terrorist group with the time and space to regrow its organization and extend its networks throughout the Middle East.

October 20, 2019

Pelosi, other US lawmakers arrive in Jordan for meetings on Syria

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers announced late Saturday U.S. time that they had arrived in Jordan for meetings with King Abdullah II and other officials regarding the situation in Syria.