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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 18, 2019

Mollie Hemingway rips 'double standard' among Dems on Trump's Syria policy

President Trump has been subjected to criticism about his handling of Turkey's invasion of Syria partially because of the view that the United States has to be involved in the Middle East, said the senior editor of The Federalist, Mollie Hemingway, on Friday.

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

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 14, 2019

Trump says US troops in Syria to be withdrawn, redeployed in region

President Trump announced on Monday that U.S. troops in northeastern Syria will be withdrawn from the country as planned, and redeployed "in the region to monitor the situation and prevent a repeat of 2014," when the Islamic State made major territorial gains.

October 13, 2019

Jim Hanson: To halt fighting between Turkey and Kurds in Syria and prevent return of ISIS, US must do THIS

Trump is right to oppose endless wars, but we must not cede the battlefield in Syria to our enemies and let ISIS create a new caliphate.

October 13, 2019

Rand Paul: Troops in Saudi Arabia create 'magnet for all the crazy jihadists around the world'

An increased American military presence in Saudi Arabia creates a "magnet" for Islamic extremism in the region, and presents an open target for radical Jihadists, said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., during a Sunday television interview. 

October 13, 2019

Hundreds of ISIS supporters escape camp in Syria as Turkish troops approach, Kurds say

Hundreds of people affiliated with the Islamic State escaped a camp where they were being held on Sunday after Turkish forces approached the Kurdish-held town, Kurdish officials said.

October 10, 2019

Reporter's Notebook: In Syria, Fox News was embedded with Kurdish forces battling ISIS

Fox News was embedded with Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria back in March. It was the final days of the Islamic State caliphate deep in the country’s southeast, and optimism was high.

October 10, 2019

US to move about 50 ISIS fighters from Syria to Iraq amid Turkish assault, officials say

Around 50 Islamic State fighters that the U.S. removed from Syria in recent days amidst a Turkish military assault are headed to Iraq, officials there say.