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Former ambassador now living in Maine says U.S. policy in Syria ‘was always going to end badly’

Robert Ford of rural Beaver Cove says President Trump made the right decision to pull American troops out of Syria.

by ZEKE MILLER and ROBERT BURNS October 17, 2019October 17, 2019

The agreement essentially gives the Turks what they had sought to achieve with their military operation in the first place.

by LAURIE KELLMAN and JONATHAN LEMIRE October 16, 2019December 27, 2019

The alliance between the president and the South Carolina senator is fraying.

by ERIN CUNNINGHAM and Dan Lamothe October 16, 2019October 16, 2019

The Turkish president calls for Kurdish fighters to drop their weapons and rejects mediation, saying, ‘Nobody can stop us.’

Though small in number, they express fear and concern for their kinsmen who are under Turkish attack.

by Angus King, Tammy Duckworth and Johnny Isakson May 17, 2019December 27, 2019

To save Iraq, we need to remain engaged with the country’s government and its people.

by SARAH EL DEEB March 1, 2019

Thousands of civilians have been evacuated, many of them women and children.

by BASSEM MROUE February 9, 2019February 9, 2019

U.S.-led coalition warplanes are giving cover to the advancing fighters.

by DEB RIECHMANN December 31, 2018December 31, 2018

The president insists he’s merely making good on a campaign promise.

by MWC Bot September 18, 2018

The zone will be established in October and have troops from Russia and Turkey conducting patrols.