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Man suspected of vandalizing Hunter Biden’s paintings accuses art gallery of promoting ‘crime family’
A man claiming to be an artist allegedly vandalized Hunter Biden's latest exhibit in New York City's South of Houston Street (SoHo) neighborhood.A video shared on social media shows Rod Webber entering the Georges Berges Gallery in SoHo at about 4 p.m., on July 9. After finding a suitable wall, ...
Shamima Begum’s lawyers: ‘overwhelming evidence’ she was a victim of human trafficking
A court heard that there is 'overwhelming evidence' Shamima Begum was a victim of human trafficking when she left the United Kingdom.Shamima Begum, a jihadi bride who left the UK to join ISIS with her teenage friends but according to her lawyers, she was a victim of human trafficking and ...
US-led military convoy strikes Syria within hours of Biden taking office
A massive convoy of U.S. troops was sent into Syria on Thursday, Jan. 22, just 24 hours after Joe Biden was sworn in as president and took office as commander-in-chief, according to foreign media. According to an i24 News report, a convoy of about 40 trucks and armored vehicles entered northeastern ...
US increases sanctions under Caesar Act on Syria to pressure Assad to end civil war
With a State Department press release, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reported 14 new and even more radical sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seeking to end the civil war. After nearly a decade of war, amid a deep economic crisis, Assad faces a new blow from U.S. sanctions against him, ...
Iran defies US blockade and triples its oil exports
Tanker Tracking reported that Iran tripled its oil deliveries to Syria, defying export restrictions imposed by the United States and the European Union. Tanker Tracking satellite-tracked the large tanker that left Iran and docked at the Port of Baniyas in Tartous Governorate, Syria, according to an April 28 tweet. https://twitter.com/TankerTrackers/status/1255067426791870464 Syria has now ...
President Trump urges Russia, Syria and Iran not to kill civilians in Idlib Province
President Donald Trump on Thursday, Dec. 26, issued a warning to Russia, Syria, and Iran that are waging a military offensive to regain a rebel stronghold that relief groups said has displaced thousands of civilians. “Russia, Syria, and Iran are killing, or on their way to killing, thousands of innocent civilians ...
Pentagon chief plans to shift US focus to China and Russia
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday he still plans to shift the American military’s focus to competing with China and Russia, even as security threats pile up in the Middle East. Esper outlined his strategic goals and priorities in a speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum, an annual gathering of ...
President Trump says US on the hunt for new Islamic State’s leader
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that America now has its eye on a new Islamic State leader, telling the Economic Club of New York that "we know where he is." Trump didn't mention the name of the new target, but he is likely referring to Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the man ...
Israeli airstrike kills Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza home
A pair of Israeli airstrikes targeted senior Islamic Jihad commanders in Gaza and in Syria early on Tuesday, escalating Israel's confrontation with Iran across the region and threatening to unleash another devastating round of cross-border violence with Palestinian militants. In eastern Gaza, the Israeli strike killed Bahaa Abu el-Atta and his ...
Erdogan: Turkey captures slain IS leader al-Baghdadi’s wife
Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. Erdogan made the announcement while delivering a speech in the capital of Ankara but gave no other details. He did not say when or how the woman ...
Turkey says it captured slain IS leader’s sister in Syria
Turkey captured the elder sister of the slain leader of the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria on Monday, according to a senior Turkish official, who called the arrest an intelligence "gold mine." Little is known about the sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Turkish official said the 65-year-old known as ...
Baghdadi’s likely successor killed in separate US air raid in Syria
The terrorist most likely to succeed al-Baghdadi after U.S. military forces took him down on Saturday, Oct. 24, has also been killed in a separate raid. Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, married to one of Baghdadi's daughters, was the primary spokesman for ISIS; he was killed in northern Syria one day after Baghdadi ...
Timeline of the rise and fall of the Islamic State group
ISIS erupted from the chaos of Syria and Iraq's conflicts and swiftly did what no Islamic militant group had done before, conquering a giant stretch of territory and declaring itself a "caliphate." Its territorial rule, which at its height in 2014 stretched across nearly a third of both Syria and Iraq, ...
US armored reinforcements will protect Syrian oil fields, Mark Esper says
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced on Friday, Oct. 25, that the United States will be sending out armored reinforcements into eastern Syria to protect oil fields from potential ISIS terrorist attacks. President Donald Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting that it is necessary that a small number of U.S. ...
Military leader of Syrian Kurds thanked President Trump for cease-fire
The military leader of the Syrian Kurds, Gen. Mazloum Abdi, thanked President Trump on Wednesday, Oct. 23, for his tireless effort that stopped the brutal Turkish attack. In the statement that was announced via Twitter by Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the SDF, Mazloum said: GEN.Mazloum: 1- I just spoke with President Trump ...
Trump declares permanent ceasefire in Syria a ‘big success’; lifts sanctions on Turkey
President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, announced during a White House statement that he will be lifting all sanctions against Turkey and believes that a “permanent ceasefire” between Turkey and the Kurds has been reached. “Big success on the Turkey/Syria Border. Safe Zone created! Ceasefire has held, and combat missions ...
Pelosi delegation visits Middle East without authority to negotiate with foreign leaders
The House members have no authority to negotiate with foreign government leaders, but eight lawmakers followed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a visit to Jordan to discuss the Trump administration's decision to pull U.S. troops from Syria. The delegation was promoted as "bipartisan," although there was only one Republican on board, ...
Lindsey Graham changes his stance on removing US troops from Syria
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday, Oct. 20, said he is more optimistic about President Trump 's decision to remove U.S. troops from Syria. In the interview with Fox News moderator Maria Bartiromo, Graham said, he is now "increasingly optimistic that we can have some historic solutions" there. He shared that his ...
President Trump is right to stop endless wars, said congressman Davidson
President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of forces from Syria has been a long time in coming and America needs to return to traditional foreign policy. Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) has expressed his support on the decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria made by the president, saying that it is a beginning ...
President Trump says he would rather focus on US Southern border than Border of Syria
President Donald Trump said he would rather focus on the U.S. southern border than the northern border of Syria and announced Monday, Oct., 14 he would issue an executive order imposing economic sanctions on Turkey. "After defeating 100% of the [Islamic State] Caliphate, I largely moved our troops out of Syria. ...
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