Bashar al Assad
Lindsey Graham Gets The Kurds And Syria Backwards
Senator Graham has a point about the government of Turkey’s enmity toward an independent Kurdistan and the danger a Turkish incursion poses to independence-minded Kurds, but he has it all backwards about the United States “abandoning” the Kurds.
Conservatives Question Possible Syria Strike
The Constitution gives the war-making power to Congress, not the executive branch. "Promising war by tweet, insults not only the Constitution but every soldier who puts their life on the line,” Senator Rand Paul tweeted, referring to President Trump’s tweet singling out Russia for chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
Trump’s Quiet Live-Fire Confrontation With Iran
- al-Tanf
- Bashar al Assad
- David Perdue
- Donald Trump
- Fred Fleitz
- Hillary Clinton
- IGRC
- Iran deal
- Iran Nuclear Review Act of 2015
- ISIS
- Islamic State
- James Mattis
- JCPOA certification statement
- John Bolton
- John Kerry
- Julian Borger
- Kim Jung-un
- Marco Rubio
- North Korea
- nuclear weapons
- Obama
- Paula DeSutter
- Qassem Soleimani
- Rex Tillerson
- Syria
- Ted Cruz
- Tom Cotton
- WMDs
U.S. forces have opened fire on Iranian-backed forces in Syria at least three times since May. Three of the incidents took place at al-Tanf, a remote desert outpost near the point where the Syrian, Iraqi and Jordanian borders meet.