ISIS

Children play at the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey.

Beltway Confidential

Turkey’s alleged ties to ISIS can’t be ignored

Kaylee McGhee White · October 8, 2019 9:12 pm

State Department official switches speech topics amid questions about Syria strategy

Joel Gehrke · October 8, 2019 7:31 pm

President Donald Trump, joined by, from left, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, speaks to the media during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House.

National Security

‘Disaster in the making’: Congress comes together in opposition to Trump’s Syria withdrawal

Jamie McIntyre · October 8, 2019 3:28 pm

Wounded Kurdish fighters hold portraits of comrades who were killed while fighting against Islamic State militants, during a demonstration against an anticipated Turkish incursion targeting Syrian Kurdish fighters, in front the United Nations building, in Qamishli, northeast Syria, Monday, Oct. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Ahmad Baderkhan)

Trump insists he is not abandoning Kurds after GOP backlash against Syria withdrawal

Rob Crilly · October 8, 2019 3:21 pm

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Trump abandons allies and enables enemies

Washington Examiner · October 7, 2019 7:47 pm

McConnell warns Trump that most of Senate opposes Syria troop withdrawal

Susan Ferrechio · October 7, 2019 6:55 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cited a dangerous deterioration in America's military supremacy. "History shows that when America is not prepared is when the danger is by far the greatest," he said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s Syria withdrawal bravely puts America First, the establishment last

Brad Polumbo · October 7, 2019 5:12 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters as he arrives to begin a markup on immigration policy on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. The Senate Judiciary Committee is engaged in a heated battle over immigration policy as chairman Lindsey Graham threatens to upend the rules to advance a detention bill that Democrats oppose. Itâs one last battle, being led Thursday by a top ally of President Donald Trump, before senators break for a long August recess and the start of 2020 campaigning.

Lindsey Graham threatens bipartisan sanctions and NATO suspension if Turkey invades Syria and attacks Kurds

Zach Halaschak · October 7, 2019 3:47 pm

In this Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 photo, Turkish forces artillery pieces are seen on their new positions near the border with Syria in Sanliurfa province, Turkey.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s Syria decision will be responsible for ISIS 2.0

Michael Rubin · October 7, 2019 3:16 pm

Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017.

‘Impulsive decisions with no knowledge or deliberation’: Trump’s former envoy on ISIS slams Syria pullout

Caitlin Yilek · October 7, 2019 1:41 pm

In this April 16, 2017, photo a Christian militiaman stands guard during Easter mass in Qaraqosh, Iraq.

USAID announces new funding for northern Iraq genocide victims, bringing total above $400M since 2017

Jeffrey Cimmino · October 2, 2019 7:15 pm

More than eight in 10 (83 percent) said it is important President Obama to discuss the Islamic State, with 62 percent saying it is "very important" and 21 percent saying "somewhat important." (AP Photo)

Despite $380M in US aid for religious minorities persecuted by ISIS, 1 million from Nineveh Plains remain displaced

Jeffrey Cimmino · September 26, 2019 11:18 pm