US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

Publisher: Al Jazeera

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6 Feb 2019

Saudi Arabia, UAE gave US arms to al-Qaeda-linked groups

Saudi Arabia and its coalition partner in Yemen, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) transferred US-made weapons to al-Qaeda-linked groups and a Salafi militia whose commander who once "served with" the Yemeni branch of ISIL, a CNN investigation has found.
Saudi Arabia and its coalition partner in Yemen, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) transferred US-made weapons to...
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foreign policy, isis, saudi arabia, yemen
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Publisher: NYTimes

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29 Jan 2019

U.S. Intelligence Chiefs Contradict Trump on North Korea and Iran

A new American intelligence assessment of global threats has concluded that North Korea is “unlikely to give up” all of its nuclear stockpiles, and that Iran is not “currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons-development activity” needed to make a bomb, directly contradicting two top tenets of President Trump’s foreign policy.
A new American intelligence assessment of global threats has concluded that North Korea is “unlikely to give up” all...
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competence, foreign policy, iran, isis, north korea, nuclear weapons, trump agenda
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Publisher: NYTimes

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20 Dec 2018

Putin Welcomes Trump’s Syria Withdrawal: ‘Donald’s Right’

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday welcomed President Trump’s announcement of a withdrawal of American troops from Syria, calling it “the right decision.” Mr. Trump said on Wednesday that he was ordering the withdrawal because the United States military had achieved its goal of defeating the Islamic State militant group in Syria. But the move caught many by surprise, including some of his military and diplomatic advisers.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday welcomed President Trump’s announcement of a withdrawal of American...
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donald trump, foreign policy, isis, russia
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Publisher: US News & World Report

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9 Dec 2017

Defector Says Thousands of Islamic State Fighters Left Raqqa in Secret Deal

A high-level defector from Kurdish-led forces that captured the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State has recanted his account of the city's fall, saying thousands of IS fighters - many more than first reported - left under a secret, U.S.-approved deal.
A high-level defector from Kurdish-led forces that captured the Syrian city of Raqqa from...
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foreign policy, isis, syria
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Publisher: Independent

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21 Jun 2017

The US seems keener to strike at Syria’s Assad than it does to destroy Isis

The extraordinary destruction of a Syrian fighter jet by a US aircraft on Sunday has precious little to do with the Syrian plane’s target in the desert near Rasafa – but much to do with the advance of the Syrian army close to the American-backed Kurdish forces along the Euphrates. The Syrians have grown increasingly suspicious in recent months that most Kurdish forces in the north of Syria – many of them in alliance with the Assad government until recently – have thrown in their lot with the Americans.
The extraordinary destruction of a Syrian fighter jet by a US aircraft on Sunday has precious little to do with the...
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foreign policy, isis, syria, warmongering
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Publisher: Huffington Post

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14 Jun 2017

Trump’s War To ‘Annihilate’ ISIS Is Raising Civilian Casualties

Overturning more than a decade of careful “hearts and minds” military operations, the United States has  signaled that the major U.S.-backed combat offensives against ISIS in  Iraq and Syria should proceed regardless of the cost to civilians.
Overturning more than a decade of careful “hearts and minds” military operations, the United States...
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civilian deaths, foreign policy, isis, trump agenda, warmongering
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Publisher: ThinkProgress

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11 Jun 2017

Republican congressman praises ISIS attack in Iran, says US should consider supporting ISIS

“We have recently seen an attack on Iran, and the Iranian government, the mullahs, believe that Sunni forces have attacked them. This may signal a ratcheting up of certain commitments by the United States of America. As far as I’m concerned, I just want to make this point and see what you think, isn’t it a good thing for us to have the United States finally backing up Sunnis who will attack Hezbollah and the Shiite threat to us? Isn’t that a good thing? And if so, maybe this is a Trump — maybe it’s a Trump strategy of actually supporting one group  against another, considering that you have two terrorist organizations.”
“We have recently seen an attack on Iran, and the Iranian government, the mullahs, believe that Sunni forces...
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foreign policy, iran, isis, republicans, terrorism
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Publisher: alaraby

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30 May 2017

US-led anti-IS coalition obscures, under-reports civilian casualty

Civilian casualties in coalition operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria are being significantly under reported,  monitoring groups say, with non-US partners refusing to release data about military operations in which their forces may have killed non-combatants. Since the anti-IS international coalition was formed in August 2014, there have been at least 21,820 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, according to monitoring group Airwars.
Civilian casualties in coalition operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria are being significantly...
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civilian deaths, foreign policy, isis, syria, terrorism, trump agenda
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Publisher: Washington Post

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18 May 2017

Trump to unveil plans for an ‘Arab NATO’ in Saudi Arabia

The United States and Saudi Arabia are putting together one of the biggest arms sales in history and looking toward a new regional security architecture. Behind the scenes, the Trump administration and Saudi Arabia have been conducting extensive negotiations, led by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. After years of disillusionment with the Obama administration, the Saudi leadership was eager to do business. “They were willing to make a bet on Trump and on America,” a senior White House official said.
The United States and Saudi Arabia are putting together one of the biggest arms sales in history and looking toward a...
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donald trump, foreign policy, iran, isis, military complex, saudi arabia, trump agenda, warmongering
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Publisher: Washington Post

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3 Feb 2017

Obama’s White House worked for months on a plan to seize Raqqa. Trump’s team took a brief look and decided not to pull the trigger.

Planning for the final assault on Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State’s caliphate, had been grinding on for more than seven months. There had been dozens of meetings of President Barack Obama’s top national security team, scores of draft battle plans and hundreds of hours of anguished, late-night debates. Obama hoped that his last-minute preparations would clear the way for Trump to authorize a swift assault on the Islamic State’s most important stronghold, where U.S. intelligence officials say militants are plotting attacks outside Syria. Instead of running with the plan, Trump’s national security team deemed it wholly insufficient and swiftly tossed it.
Planning for the final assault on Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State’s caliphate, had been grinding on for more...
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donald trump, foreign policy, isis, obama
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