Although the Islamic State extremist group is battered and scattered, it cannot be fully defeated until the world finds a way to reconcile and resettle the thousands of people displaced by years of …
Top US general in the Mideast says ISIS in Iraq and Syria still long-term threat
While no longer a major security threat, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie said ISIS is never going to be defeated unless the international community can address the indoctrination of refugees displaced by …
Golan Heights ‘a central part of Israel’, Pompeo says
Mike Pompeo has become the first US secretary of state to visit the occupied Golan Heights. Israel seized the strategic plateau from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed it. In 2019, …
Pompeo says Iran isolated, Israel’s Syria airstrikes show otherwise
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Iran is more isolated in the wake of the Abraham Accords between Israel and two Gulf states. This, along with messages about new sanctions, were part of the …
Israeli airstrikes target Iranian forces inside Syria
We will not allow Iranian military entrenchment against us in Syria,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Whoever tries to attack us or attacks us will bear the consequences.” …
Virus threat ‘a new terror’ in Syria’s scarred Idlib region
IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Nurses hover over a patient to insert a breathing tube as his condition suddenly deteriorates. ICU beds fill up almost overnight. As one patient dies of the coronavirus and is …
How to combat Putin’s financial aggression
Putin’s chef Yevgeny Prigozhin runs his own military company in Syria, Libya and elsewhere in Africa. In 2019, the United States sanctioned him for running the St. Petersburg Internet Research …
Pompeo and Bahraini Minister Visit Israel After Strikes on Iranian Forces in Syria
Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes in Syria hours before a meeting in Jerusalem with the Bahraini foreign minister and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Israel strikes Syria, killing 3 troops, after finding bombs
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck Iran-linked targets in Syria overnight after troops uncovered roadside bombs along the frontier in the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said …
Israel Strikes Syria and Iranian Forces as Pompeo Flies In
Israel launched the retaliatory airstrikes in Syria hours before a meeting in Jerusalem with the Bahraini foreign minister and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.