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CNN’s Jake Tapper crushed by Tulsi Gabbard, ‘Why is US supporting Al Qaeda, when Al Qaeda attacked US on 9-11, not Syria’
US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard just returned from a secret trip to Syria and spoke with CNN’s Jake Tapper in a CNN Exclusive interview.
Jake Tapper continued to toe the “fake news” lie that Assad is “responsible for thousands of deaths” in a “5 year liong civil war”.
Gabbard made it clear that Assad is the President of Syria, and any reconciliation would have to involve Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.
Syrian army pushes ISIS back in Deir Ezzor
Reports from Deir Ezzor are sketchy, and it is clear that the crisis there is far from over. However over the last few days there have been mounting indications that the worst of the crisis may be over, with the Syrian army apparently succeeding in seizing local hilltop positions and strongpoints from ISIS, as it seeks to break ISIS’s siege of Deir Ezzor’s vital airport.
Trump’s Talk Of Seizing Iraq’s Oil Sparks Concern
In this Jan. 21, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
WASHINGTON — No one knows how seriously to take President Donald Trump’s threat to seize Iraq’s oil.
Doing so would involve extraordinary costs and risk confrontation with America’s best ground partner against ISIS, but the president told the CIA this weekend, “Maybe you’ll have another chance.”
Reflections on Astana, an imperfect settlement to an unnecessary conflict
Those who had high hopes for the Astana peace talks were ultimately naïve. The most the conference could accomplish is preventing a very bad situation from getting worse. At the moment it appears that such a thing might be happening. I say so with caution.
The biggest obstacle to progress is the fundamental different way in which each party views peace.
Did Russia bomb ISIS with US help?
A report from the Russian Defence Ministry yesterday 23rd January 2017 caused a minor flap when it said that Russian aircraft had bombed ISIS position near Al-Bab on the basis of coordinates provided by the US military.
This caused some excitement, with some seeing this report as the first sign that under the new Trump administration US policy in Syria is at last changing, and that the US and Russia are finally working together to fight ISIS.
US Drone Strikes Hit Al-Qaeda & ISIS in Yemen
21st Century Wire says…
According to reports, the first drone strikes under the new Trump Administration have killed a number Al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen with reports of continued bombing of Islamic State forces in Syria and Iraq as well.
Is this a sign of the Trump administration making good on campaign promises to “eradicate” radical terrorism?
Cost of US Air War Against ISIS Climbs to $11 Billion
US planes have destroyed or damaged about 8,000 buildings.