Posts Tagged: US Syria relations
‘We Have to Help Them’: Syrian Kurdish Leaders See New US Interest
President Donald Trump's announcement in April that he wanted to pull US troops out of Syria left the country's Kurds fearing they would be abandoned...
US State Dept. Spokeswoman Says Report of Damascus Meeting Does Not Reflect Reality
A US State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday that a report that US officials visited Damascus in June to meet with Syrian officials did not reflect reality. "It...
US, Syrian Security Officials Reportedly Met in Damascus in June
A US delegation including security and intelligence officials visited Damascus in June and met Syria's security chief, an official in the regional alliance backing President Bashar...
US Plans to Release American Captured in Syria in September
The US government said on Wednesday it would release in Syria an American citizen detained on suspicion of being an Islamic State member, a move the...
Syrian Opposition Says US Cannot Afford to Leave Syria Yet
Syria's chief opposition negotiator said the United States cannot afford to leave Syria as it has yet to achieve any of its goals in the...
Tillerson to Present US Strategy on Syria to European, Arab Allies
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will give an outline of the United States' strategy to stabilize Syria and push ahead with a political solution when...
US to Send Additional Military Personnel to Syria to Help Fight ISIS
The US plans to send up to 250 additional military personnel to Syria to help local forces fighting Islamic State, significantly expanding the small American...
Obama Admin Secretly Communicated With Assad Regime for Years, Officials Say
The Obama administration pursued secret communications with elements of Syria’s regime over several years in a failed attempt to limit violence and get President Bashar al-Assad to...
White House Rejects Netanyahu’s Request for US Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan Heights
JNS.org - The Obama administration will not accept Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal for American recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a senior White...
Putin Claims Russia’s Military Strikes in Syria Are More Effective Than US Efforts
Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his air and cruise-missile strikes on terror targets in Syria as two Saudi Arabian officials softened their government’s position on...
U.S. Blasts Assad Regime as Worst Since the Nazis
Daily Beast - Tens of thousands of photographs showing the Syrian government's torture, murder, and mass starvation are evidence of the kind of systematic atrocities...
