All posts tagged "U.S."
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Voting Technology Firm: Official Venezuela Election Tally Off by at Least 1 Million Votes
August 3, 2017The CEO of a voting technology company said on Wednesday that the results of a recent...
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As Senate Moves Forward on Sanctions, Trump Says He May Scrap Iran Nuclear Deal in September
July 31, 2017President Trump, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last Thursday, said he expects Iran...
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Report: ISIS Had The Ingredients For A Frightening Weapon: “Fires Off Just Enough Radioactivity Upfront To Kill You”
July 24, 2017When the Islamic State captured the city of Mosul in its 2014 blitzkrieg, the militant group...
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Demands for Regime Change Recede in Syria Talks
July 18, 2017Chances for progress in drawing down the Syrian war have improved after the latest round of...
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Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Syria Set to Double Under Trump
July 17, 2017The number of civilian casualties inflicted in the U.S.-led coalition's war on the Islamic State is...
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A Young Syrian’s Take on the War
July 17, 2017In the six years since the Syrian civil war erupted on the heels of the Arab...
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Spreading the Patriotism: U.S. Sells Patriot Missiles to Several East European Nations
July 12, 2017The United States in the last week has initiated Patriot missile sales to multiple East European...
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The Latest Russian Plot: Hacking Nuclear Power Plants
July 12, 2017Yet another Russia story is being reported breathlessly from our nation's finest major media outlets, this...
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Ceasefire Holds in Southwest Syria
July 10, 2017A ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States and Russia was implemented in Southwestern Syria on...
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Trump, Putin Meet at G20 Summit to Discuss Geopolitics
July 7, 2017U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart appeared to have a productive discussion on the...
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Kurdish Militia Commander: Clashes with Turkey May Come “Within Days”
July 6, 2017The head of a prominent Syrian Kurdish militia said Turkish military deployments in northwestern Syria amount...
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Gen. Townsend: U.S. Has Role In Iraq “Long After ISIS”
July 3, 2017The commander of anti-ISIS operations in Iraq and Syria, Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, in an interview...
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Russia, Syria Respond to White House Chemical Attack Allegation, Threaten Retaliation
June 30, 2017The Syrian and Russian governments have responded to allegations by White House officials made earlier this...
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Report: Syrian Government Not Responsible for Alleged Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Attack
June 26, 2017Early on the morning of April 7, American warships stationed in the Mediterranean Sea fired 59...
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Syrian White Helmets Volunteer Caught on Video Dumping Mutilated Corpses
June 23, 2017A volunteer with the Syrian Civil Defense, more commonly known as the White Helmets, has been...
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The Daily Sheeple’s Will Porter on the Foreign Policy Focus Podcast #57
June 23, 2017Daily Sheeple staff writer Will Porter joins Kyle Anzalone to discuss recent foreign policy developments in...
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UAE Warned U.S. it Would End Intel Cooperation Over JASTA Legislation
June 22, 2017The United Arab Emirates warned that it would halt intelligence-sharing with the United States in an...
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Russia, U.S. Trade Threats As Tensions Heat Up Over Syria
June 20, 2017After Sunday's shoot-down of a Syrian war plane over the Raqqa countryside, hostilities are flaring between...
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U.S. Downs Syrian Jet, May be Preparing for Long-term Occupation
June 18, 2017The U.S. military shot down a Syrian aircraft on Sunday after it allegedly bombed U.S.-backed rebels...
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4,000 Additional Troops to be Deployed to Afghanistan
June 16, 2017In an attempt to turn around the war the Secretary of Defense says America is losing,...
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Russia Sanctions Bill Passes in Senate 97-2
June 15, 2017The Senate voted to impose a new round of sanctions on Russia on Wednesday over “aggressive...
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U.S. Authorizes $12 Billion Arms Deal with Qatar
June 15, 2017Just days after condemning the Gulf monarchy for its ties to terrorism, the Trump administration on...
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Senate Kills Bill That Would Halt Saudi Arms Deals
June 14, 2017The Senate voted to support a sale of $510 million in precision-guided munitions to the Kingdom...
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Defense Secretary Mattis: “We Are Not Winning the War in Afghanistan”
June 13, 2017Secretary of Defense James Mattis said the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan...
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North Korea Releases American Prisoner, Said to be in Coma
June 13, 2017American university student Otto Warmbier has been released after 17 months of captivity in North Korea,...
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Despite U.S. Resistance, Syrian Forces Reach Iraqi Border
June 12, 2017In what the Syrian Army General Command called a “turning point” in the conflict, the Syrian...
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Trump Backs NATO Mutual Defense Pact
June 9, 2017Abandoning statements made during his presidential campaign that NATO was “obsolete,” President Trump on Friday came...
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Senate Moves Forward on Iran Sanctions Bill
June 9, 2017Hours after a pair of deadly terrorist attacks in Iran's capital city left at least 40...
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U.S. Strikes Pro-Assad Forces for Third Time in One Month
June 8, 2017In what has quickly become a trend, American bombers yet again struck pro-Assad militia forces stationed...
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U.S. Bombs Pro-Assad Forces, Again
June 7, 2017American warplanes again targeted Shia militia forces allied to the Syrian government on Tuesday, the second...