Tag: Syria
President Biden breaks Trump peacetime record: Launches air strikes against Syria
LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) —President Biden broke the Trump peacetime record and launched air strikes against Syria.
The United States...
Turkey, Russia to discuss grave situation in Syria’s Idlib
GEIR MOULSON
Associated Press
MUNICH (AP) — A Turkish delegation will travel to Russia on Monday to discuss the situation in Syria's Idlib province amid...
Senior US envoy in Syria highly critical of troop withdrawal
MATTHEW LEE
AP Diplomatic Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior State Department envoy has written a highly critical assessment of the Trump administration's abrupt withdrawal...
US role in Syria grows more complex with Trump claim to oil
ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — By claiming a right to Syria's oil, President Donald Trump has added more complexity...
Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey, says cease-fire permanent
AAMER MADHANI
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will lift sanctions on Turkey after the NATO ally agreed to permanently...
Russia, Turkey hold talks on future of border region
SUZAN FRASER and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — As the leaders of Russia and Turkey sought to work out the fate of...
‘America is running away’: Syrian withdrawal turns chaotic
SARAH EL DEEB and LEE KEATH
Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — The crowd hurled potatoes that thudded on the sides of the hulking U.S. armored...
US may now keep some troops in Syria to guard oil fields
LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Even as American forces make a hasty and chaotic withdrawal from northeastern Syria, the U.S. is...
Defense chief: US troops leaving Syria to go to western Iraq
LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that under current plans all U.S. troops leaving...
Officials: Blast at Afghan mosque kills 62 during prayers
RAHIM FAIEZ
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion rocked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan as dozens of people gathered for Friday prayers, causing...