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October 16, 2019

Dems storm out of Syria meeting with Trump: 'We have to pray for his health'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced at a news conference outside the White House on Wednesday that they had just walked out of a meeting with President Trump on Syria policy, after he apparently called Pelosi a "third-rate politician" and angrily suggested the Democrats probably appreciated communist Islamic State terrorists in the Middle East.

October 16, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard slams CNN, New York Times for 'absurd' hostility toward her

Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard responded to what she considered hostility toward her by CNN and The New York Times, among other outlets.

October 16, 2019

US jets destroy anti-ISIS coalition base in Syria after withdrawal, official says

Two Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) F-15 jets destroyed a base that was the headquarters of the anti-ISIS coalition in northern Syria on Wednesday after it had been vacated, according to a military official.

October 16, 2019

Trump warns Erdogan in letter: 'Don't be a tough guy. Don't be a fool!'

President Trump sent Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan an ominous letter last week after their Oct. 6 call and when Trump later announced that the U.S. would withdraw all troops from northeast Syria ahead of a Turkish military operation in the region.

October 16, 2019

Lindsey Graham pledges to be Trump's 'worst nightmare' on Syria if necessary

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., unleashed a series of criticisms of President Trump on Wednesday, apparently responding to the president's previous statements about the senator's foreign policy.

October 16, 2019

Susan Rice says Trump's comments about Kurdish forces are among his 'most dishonest, craven' ever

Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice sharply criticized President Trump after he claimed that Kurdish forces were a "more of a terrorist threat in many ways than ISIS."

October 16, 2019

On Syria, Trump accuses Graham of wanting 'to stay in the Middle East for the next thousand years’

President Trump on Wednesday accused Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., of wanting to “stay in the Middle East for the next thousand years” as he pushed back against criticism of his decision to remove forces from northern Syria from Graham and others.

October 16, 2019

Dan Hoffman: There's a 'distinction' between endless war and 'ongoing presence' to fight ISIS in Syria

Negotiations with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan will likely not result in a positive outcome, former CIA Station Chief and Fox News contributor Dan Hoffman predicted on Wednesday.

October 16, 2019

President Trump says Turkey's invasion of Syria is 'not our problem'; Kurds 'are not angels'

President Trump on Wednesday once again defended his decision to remove U.S. military forces from northern Syria – saying before a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the White House that Turkey’s invasion of Syria is “not our problem.”

October 16, 2019

Turkey’s Erdogan says he will meet Pence and Pompeo about Syria following apparent snub

Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan snubbed Vice President Pence and a U.S. delegation heading to Ankara Wednesday by announcing that he will only speak to President Trump about any potential cease-fire deal in Syria.