A burnt vehicle outside a hospital, which, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, was damaged during recent shelling by Azeri armed forces in the fighting over …
France Teacher’s Killer Had ‘Contact’ With Jihadist In Syria
The investigation into the murder in France of a teacher for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in class turned to Syria on Thursday, where the killer had a jihadist contact, a source close to …
Trump Administration Will Not ‘Change American Policy’ for US Captives in Response to Syria Demands
Two days after Newsweek reported that Syria asked for sanctions relief and troop withdrawal from the Al-Tanf garrison, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. would “compartmentalize” working to …
Pompeo says Syria not forthcoming on missing Americans
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that Syria’s regime has not revealed all it knows about two missing Americans despite a rare visit by a US official.
U.S. Will Not Change Syria Policy to Win Release of Americans: Pompeo
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the United States will not change policy toward Syria to obtain the release of U.S. journalist Austin Tice and other detained Americans. “Our ask …
Trump envoy traveled to Syria for talks on missing Americans
A senior White House official made an unusual, secret visit to Syria for high-level talks aimed at securing the release of two Americans who have been missing for years amid the country’s long civil w …
Commentary: Trump missed an opportunity in Syria to succeed where Obama failed
It meant that our nation abdicated its moral responsibility toward Syrians and other persecuted people and that the U.S. was not open anymore to the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” But …
Turkey evacuates large military post in northwest Syria
Turkish troops in northwestern Syria have been evacuating one of their largest military bases in the area, which was surrounded by Syrian government troops for months, activists said Tuesday. There …
Trump secretly sent officials to Syria to try to negotiate release of Austin Tice, sources say
Sources say the president quietly sent senior officials to Damascus in a bid to get kidnapped journalist Austin Tice home before the election, but they couldn’t make a deal.
Missing Marine vet Austin Tice’s release part of White House official’s secret Syria visit
Kash Patel, a deputy assistant to Donald Trump, went to Syria as part of an administration effort to secure the release of Americans overseas, including missing journali …