The White House expressed growing concerns about the ISIS resurgence in Syria. It comes as the Biden administration is taking a final diplomatic push in the Middle East before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
The president-elect faces hard choices about the country’s post-Assad future. His vows not to get involved might be hard to keep.
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President-elect Donald Trump's commitment to ending U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts could be tested in Syria after jihadist rebels succeeded in toppling the Assad regime.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual press conference where he discussed the state of the economy and the war against Ukraine. Putin also said he has not yet met Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad and added he is prepared to speak to Donald Trump in the future.
Joe Biden is still president, but the world's leaders and its crises are knocking on Donald Trump's door. The contrast from last time is striking.
Given the fall of Assad regime, Carla Martínez Machain says it’s unlikely U.S. will attack Syria anytime soon.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that Turkey will "hold the key" to what happens in Syria, where rebels backed by Ankara toppled the government of Bashar al-Assad earlier this month. Making his first comments on how he views the NATO ally's role in post-conflict Syria,
Donald Trump said on Monday that he believed Turkey was behind the rebel group that toppled Syria’s dictator Bashar al-Assad, claiming Ankara had mounted an “unfriendly takeover” of its neighbour.
President-elect Trump claimed Turkish President Erdogan was behind the fall of Assad’s regime in Syria and hailed Erdogan as "very smart."
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President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard is facing fresh scrutiny about her proximity to Russian-ally Syria amid that country’s sudden collapse of its hardline Assad regime.