A mysterious meeting with Syrian president is at the center of spy ...
1 day ago · The trip has gained new salience since President Donald Trump nominated the former Democratic lawmaker to be the nation’s spy chief. ... She departed on her 2017 trip to Syria just before Trump took office the first time. It was arranged by two Arab-American brothers, Bassam and Elias Khawam. ...
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to oversee US spy agencies, grilled …
20 hours ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence, faced sharp criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike Thursday during a fiery confirmation hearing focused on her past comments sympathetic to Russia, a meeting with Syria’s now-deposed leader and her past support for government leaker Edward Snowden.
U.S. Funding Freeze Threatens Security at ISIS Camps in Syria
1 day ago · President Trump’s sweeping executive order to halt foreign aid threatens to freeze a U.S. program supporting security forces inside a notorious camp in the Syrian desert that holds tens of ...
Tulsi Gabbard's meeting with Syria's Assad at center of lawmakers ...
2 days ago · A United Nationals panel and numerous other foreign governments came to the same conclusion. The Trump administration conducted airstrikes in response to the attack, an attack Gabbard opposed. The Syria Trip. She departed on her 2017 trip to Syria just before Trump took office. It was arranged by two Arab-American brothers, Bassam and Elias Khawam.
Trump says Syria 'not our fight'. Staying out may not be so easy
Dec 13, 2024 · When Donald Trump sat with world leaders in Paris last weekend to marvel at the restored Notre Dame cathedral, armed Islamist fighters in Syria were in jeeps on the road to Damascus...
Syria’s de facto leader declares himself president, abolishes ...
2 days ago · TEL AVIV — President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy was in Israel on Wednesday to meet with senior officials and tour Israeli military installations along the Gaza Strip, making his second ...
Trump has big plans at home, but Syria shows why he can’t
Dec 9, 2024 · Trump may have to quickly decide whether to maintain a deployment of hundreds of US troops in Syria to fight any resurgence of ISIS. President Joe Biden ordered a volley of US strikes against...
‘Not our fight’: President-elect Trump distances US from Syria’s ...
Dec 7, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has signalled that, under his administration, the United States would cease any involvement in Syria’s long-running civil war, hinting at a possible end to...
Trump Offers Confusing Clues on Syria - The New York Times
Dec 10, 2024 · President-elect Donald J. Trump will inherit a dangerous new Middle East crisis in Syria when he assumes office in January. But how he might approach a nation now controlled by rebels with...
Trump says US should 'NOT GET INVOLVED' in conflict in Syria
Dec 7, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday the U.S. should not be involved in the conflict in Syria, where rebel forces are threatening the government of President Bashar al-Assad.