They are looking to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria: the fate of Kurdish forces that the U.S. considers key allies against Islamic State and that Turkey regards as a national security threat.
The White House has decided to ease some of the sanctions that were imposed on Türkiye in 2019. These sanctions were introduced after Türkiye launched Operation Peace Spring, a military operation in northern Syria aimed at protecting its borders and eliminating terrorist groups.
The president-elect may want to withdraw U.S. troops from the area, but if he does, he’d put a victory he’s proud of at risk.
With the shocking collapse of Bashar Assad’s dictatorship in Syria, the U.S. intelligence community is once again on the hook to produce the intelligence that will inform national security policy.
Since the fall of President Bashar Assad regime, tensions across the Middle East have continued to remain high.
Outgoing President Biden announces removal of Cuba's designation as state sponsor of terrorism, in exchange for release of 553 political prisoners from Cuban prison.
The move is one of many executive actions focused on the federal workforce enacted since Trump took office Monday afternoon. His other actions addressed DEI hiring more broadly, froze hiring in most executive agencies and directed a return to in-person work for many federal employees, among other directives.
TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew was seated on the dais at Trump’s inauguration Monday, signaling a budding alliance with the president. Massie, the Republican who co-sponsored the bill to repeal the ban, posted a photo he’d taken of Chew from the crowd on X. “Tick tock, the TikTok ban is about to end,” Massie wrote.
Rep. Elise Stefanik pledged Tuesday to push President Donald Trump's "America First" stance if confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
In a statement the following day, Trump’s acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman announced that the Biden administration’s guidelines on these areas were being rescinded, as well as an end to what the Trump administration has termed the “the broad abuse of humanitarian parole.”
Donald Trump on Monday signed multiple executive orders after he took oath as the 47th President of the United States. Executive orders are a key tool for any US president wanting to make their mark on government policy.