Romney slams ceasefire deal, calls Trump's Syria move 'a...
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) ripped the administration over the recently announced cease-fire in Syria, calling President Trump's decision to withdraw troops "a bloodstain in the annals of American...
View ArticleHouse Foreign Affairs leaders introduce Turkey sanctions bill
The bipartisan leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee have officially introduced their bill to sanction Turkey over its invasion of northern Syria.The bill would target Turkish officials...
View ArticleEx-special ops commander: 'Our republic is under attack from the...
Retired Adm. William McRaven argued in an op-ed Thursday that President Trump is "destroying" the United States, warning that the future of the country is "in peril" if Trump is not removed from...
View ArticleOvernight Defense — Presented by Boeing — Pence says Turkey agrees to...
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View ArticlePompeo to meet Netanyahu as US alliances questioned
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo finds himself in a difficult position ahead of Friday’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the withdrawal of troops from northern Syria and...
View ArticlePelosi, Schumer hit 'flailing' Trump over 'sham...
Top congressional Democrats lashed out President Trump for agreeing to drop recently announced sanctions against Turkey as part of a cease-fire agreement announced Thursday.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
View ArticleFighting continues in Syrian town despite cease-fire deal
Fighting continued in northern Syria Friday morning despite a five-day cease-fire deal between the United States and Turkey announced the day before. A spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic...
View ArticlePentagon chief to travel to Middle East amid Syria cease-fire
Defense Secretary Mark Esper will travel to the Middle East and Brussels this weekend to meet with his Turkish counterpart and other NATO allies following the fragile cease-fire announced in Syria on...
View ArticleOvernight Defense — Presented by Boeing — Trump insists Turkey wants...
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View ArticleMcConnell: Trump's troop pull back in Syria a 'grave strategic...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday ripped President Trump's decision to pull back troops from northern Syria, urging the administration to reverse course. "Withdrawing U.S. forces...
View ArticleArmy National Guard captain: US withdrawal from Syria 'immoral' and...
Alan Kennedy, a captain in the Colorado Army National Guard who spent the summer serving in northern Syria, said in a recent video that President Trump’s removal of U.S. troops from the region is...
View ArticleAmash rips Trump over move to send troops from Syria to Iraq
Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) on Sunday called out President Trump over the administration's decision to move U.S. troops from northern Syria to Iraq, saying it conflicts with Trump's repeated calls to...
View ArticleDemocratic senator: Pompeo 'lives in a parallel alternate universe'...
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, blasted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s optimistic assessment of the cease-fire between Turkey and Kurdish...
View ArticleButtigieg: Trump undermining US credibility 'is going to cost us for...
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) said Sunday that President Trump’s approach to foreign policy will “cost us for years and years” on the world stage.Buttigieg, appearing on NBC’s “Meet the...
View ArticleTrump leaning toward keeping a couple hundred troops in eastern Syria: report
President Trump is reportedly considering a plan that would leave a small force of roughly 200 U.S. troops in eastern Syria.The New York Times reported Sunday that Trump is considering a plan floated...
View ArticleUS troops leaving Syria cross into Iraq
U.S. troops leaving Syria started crossing into Iraq on Monday, Reuters reports. The news service reports that one of its staffers saw more than 100 vehicles crossing into Iraq from the northeast tip...
View ArticleUS pulling troops from Afghanistan despite lack of Taliban peace deal
The U.S. has begun winding down its troop presence in Afghanistan despite the lack of a working peace deal with Taliban forces, the top American commander in the country said Monday.Gen. Scott Miller...
View ArticleTrump says Israel, Jordan asked US to leave troops in Syria
President Trump said Monday that Israel and Jordan had asked him to leave a limited number of troops in Syria.He also said he doesn’t believe it will be necessary to leave U.S. troops in Syria except...
View ArticleHouse chairman joins with European counterparts to slam Trump's Syria...
The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee released a joint statement Monday with several of his European counterparts condemning Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria and expressing “regret” at...
View ArticlePompeo: Trump 'fully prepared' to use military force if necessary
President Trump “is fully prepared” to use military force should it be “needed,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday when asked about Turkey's invasion of Syria.CNBC's Wilfred Frost in an...
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