Posts Tagged: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
Trump Ousts Secretary of State Tillerson, Taps CIA Director Pompeo as Replacement
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had replaced Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, and had tapped Gina Haspel...
Turkey, Russia and Iran to Hold Summit on Syria in April
Turkey, Russia and Iran will hold a summit in April to discuss Syria and potential steps in the region, the spokesman for the Turkish Foreign...
Two Top White House Advisers May Leave Over Tensions With Trump: Sources
Longstanding friction between US President Donald Trump and two top aides, the National Security Adviser and the Chief of Staff, has grown to a point that either or...
US and Turkey Agree to Mend Ties; Turks Propose Joint Deployment in Syria
The United States and Turkey agreed on Friday to try to rescue a strategic relationship that Washington acknowledged had reached a crisis point, with Turkey...
Tillerson Says Hezbollah a Threat to Lebanon
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday warned Lebanon over the Iran-backed Hezbollah group's growing arsenal and said the Shi'ite movement's involvement in regional...
Tillerson Says US Mideast Peace Plan ‘Fairly Well Advanced’
The US administration's work on a new Middle East peace plan is "fairly well advanced" and President Donald Trump will decide when to announce it,...
Countries Who Fought Islamic State Must Help Rebuild Iraq: Tillerson
The United States urged members of the coalition fighting the Islamic State on Tuesday to help rebuild Iraq or risk the reversal of the gains...
US Secretary of State Says Washington Backs Egypt in Fight Against Terrorism
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday that the United States supports Egypt's fight against Islamic State but reiterated that it advocated free...
Russia’s Lavrov, US’ Tillerson Discuss North Syria Situation
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the Syrian conflict in a telephone call, in particular ways to bring...
European States Push US for Detailed Israeli-Palestinian Peace Proposals
Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and Italy called on the United States on Friday to put forward detailed proposals for peace between Israel and the Palestinians...
At State Department Briefing, Taboo Words on Jerusalem Are Finally Said Aloud
For the first time since Israel's creation in 1948, a senior US State Department official has uttered the six words concerning the city of Jerusalem...
State Department Says US Wants PLO’s Washington Office to Stay Open
The United States wants the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to keep its Washington office open and is in talks with Palestinian officials about the issue...
Palestinian Authority Freezes Contacts With Visiting US Officials Over Threatened Closure of PLO Office in DC
JNS.org – Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he has frozen all contact with the US over the Trump administration’s move to shutter the...
Secretary of State Tillerson: US Sanctions Target Iran’s ‘Malign Behaviors’
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that US sanctions against Iran targeted the country’s “malign behaviors” and were aimed at helping the Iranian people...
