Sourced USA Today By Dennis Ross (Former Ambassador Dennis Ross is counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served in senior national security positions in the Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama administrations) President Trump is looking anew at American allies and partners. While saying he will preserve these relationships, he wants them to pay… Continue reading FORMER U.S AMBASSADOR DENNIS ROSS : QATAR NEEDS TO STOP FUNDING ISLAMISTS
Month: May 2017
TURKEY, U.S AT ODDS OVER FORCE TO FIGHT ISIS
Sourced : The Wall Street Journal By Raja Abdulrahim Turkey is assembling a contingent of thousands of Syrian Arab fighters who it insists should lead the offensive to retake Islamic State’s stronghold of Raqqa instead of the Syrian Kurdish militia the U.S. favors, according to commanders of the force. The Arab force is central to… Continue reading TURKEY, U.S AT ODDS OVER FORCE TO FIGHT ISIS
PUTIN HAS A NEW SECRET WEAPON IN SYRIA, CHECHEN AND INGUSH COMMANDOS
Sourced : Foreign Policy By Neil Hauer Τhe Russian intervention in Syria has been, by most accounts, a success. And Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to do everything he can to keep it that way. Beginning with an air campaign on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in September 2015, Russian forces have not… Continue reading PUTIN HAS A NEW SECRET WEAPON IN SYRIA, CHECHEN AND INGUSH COMMANDOS
TURKEY THREATENS U.S FORCES IN SYRIA AS PUTIN PRESSES FOR SAFE ZONES
Sourced : Foreign Policy By Paul McLeary Α top aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hinted Wednesday that U.S. commandos in northern Syria could be targeted by Turkish rockets if they continue to work with Kurdish fighters along the border with Turkey. The comments by Ilnur Cevik, a senior political advisor to Erdogan, came… Continue reading TURKEY THREATENS U.S FORCES IN SYRIA AS PUTIN PRESSES FOR SAFE ZONES
OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL GIVES US NAVY $21 BILLION FOR SHIPBUILDING AND $16 BILLION FOR MORE AIRCRAFT
Sourced : USNI News By: Megan Eckstein House and Senate appropriators reached an agreement to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year that includes a $593-billion defense spending package to allow the Navy and Marine Corps to continue with planned ship and aircraft procurement and readiness increases. This bill represents a compromise… Continue reading OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL GIVES US NAVY $21 BILLION FOR SHIPBUILDING AND $16 BILLION FOR MORE AIRCRAFT
TRUMP WOULD BE “HONORED” TO MEET NORTH KOREA’S LEADER
Sourced : DW US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would be honored to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “under the right circumstances.” “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be honored to do it,” Trump told the New York-based Bloomberg News… Continue reading TRUMP WOULD BE “HONORED” TO MEET NORTH KOREA’S LEADER