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Reuters
Middle East
Islamic State defeated, 'caliphate' eliminated: U.S.-backed SDF
Reuters - Reuters Editorial
FILE PHOTO: Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stand together in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria, March 20, 2019. Picture taken March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said/File
POLITICO
Israel Defense Forces
Trump's Golan Fiasco
POLITICO - By TAMARA COFMAN WITTES and ILAN GOLDENBERG
Recognizing the disputed territory won't help Israel. But it will reverberate all over the world. Tamara Cofman Wittes is a senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.
Reuters India
Syrian Democratic Forces
Does Islamic State still pose a threat?
Reuters India - by Angus McDowall
BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed fighters say they have captured Islamic State's last shred of ground in eastern Syria - but while its era of territorial rule may be over for now, there is near universal
Reuters
Mike Pompeo
U.S. pressure on Hezbollah, Iran is working, Pompeo says in Beirut
Reuters - by Lisa Barrington
BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. sanctions on Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah are working, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday on a visit to Beirut, calling on Lebanon to stand up to the Shi’ite
The Conversation UK
Trump Administration
Donald Trump: Golan Heights bombshell reverses 40 years of US policy and throws Middle East into turmoil
The Conversation UK - Scott Lucas
With one tweet of 35 words, Donald Trump has changed almost 40 years of US policy towards Israel and Syria: As with other Trump impulses, such as his …
The Daily Beast
Golan Heights
Syria Vows to Take Back Golan Heights After Trump Tweet
The Daily Beast
Fresh tensions flared across the Middle East with Syria vowing to take back control of the Golan Heights after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted …
The Washington Post
Benjamin Netanyahu
Trump’s statement on Golan Heights sparks accusations of election meddling in Israel
The Washington Post - By Loveday Morris
JERUSALEM — President Trump’s statement that the United States should recognize the Golan Heights as part of Israel was widely welcomed by Israelis on Friday but also triggered criticism that he was interfering
Syrian Democratic Forces
After ISIS ‘defeat,’ what comes next? - analysis
jpost.com - Seth J. Frantzman
Elimination of last ISIS bastion leads to new challenges as US faces off against Iran, Russia and Turkey in its Syria policy. A displaced woman from …
Reuters
Syrian Democratic Forces
Trump says Islamic State no longer holds any territory in Syria
Reuters - Reuters Editorial
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that U.S.-backed forces had dislodged the Islamic State militant group from its last holdout in Syria. “Here’s ISIS on Election And
The Guardian
Islamic State (ISIS)
The rise and fall of the Isis 'caliphate'
The Guardian - Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent
The last days On a midwinter night in early January, the most wanted man in the world entered a home in a forsaken town near the Syrian border for a rare meeting with his surviving aides. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
The Washington Times
Iraq
Q&A: The end of the Islamic State group's "caliphate"
The Washington Times - ZEINA KARAM
BEIRUT (AP) - The announcement of victory over the Islamic State group in Syria marks the end of the extremists’ self-styled caliphate, a proto-state …
Bloomberg
Syrian Democratic Forces
Islamic State Last Syria Outpost Falls to U.S.-Backed Forces
Bloomberg - Dana Khraiche, Vivian Nereim
Islamic State, the militant group that once controlled parts of Iraq and Syria, is completely eradicated from its last pocket of territory on the …
Los Angeles Times
Hezbollah
Pompeo denounces Iran in Lebanon, even as he meets with its proxies
Los Angeles Times - By Nabih Bulos and Tracy Wilkinson
One day after President Trump signaled a change in U.S. policy certain to alienate Arab allies, America’s top diplomat traveled to Beirut on Friday to denounce Iran and urge that its proxies be removed
AlJazeera
Free Syrian Army
ISIL defeated in final Syria victory: SDF
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announce elimination of ISIL in Syria, ending four-year battle. The US-backed fighters in Syria's east have declared their final victory over ISIL, ending a four-year
Euronews
Golan Heights
Outcry as Trump backs Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights
Euronews
It's another dramatic shift in US foreign policy, and one that's fast drawing international condemnation. President Donald Trump said on Thursday (March 21) it was time for the United States to fully Israel's
Reuters India
Syrian Democratic Forces
Heavy fighting continues with Islamic State in Syria - SDF official
Reuters India - By Angus McDowall
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is still battling Islamic State at the jihadist group's last pocket at Baghouz in eastern Syria, a spokesman for the SDF said on Twitter on Friday
Michelle Obama
Thousands listen to Michelle Obama's message of tolerance in Vancouver
cbc.ca - GP MENDOZA BIO SHOT
Thousands of people walked out of Vancouver's Rogers Arena feeling inspired Thursday night after listening to a talk from former U.S. first lady …
Fox News
Iranian
Trump administration slaps new sanctions on Iran
Fox News - Brooke Singman
The Trump administration announced Friday that it is slapping new sanctions on more than two dozen Iranian individuals involved in the country’s nuclear and missile research programs, as Secretary of Mike
The Inquisitr
Islamic State (ISIS)
White House Announces That ISIS Territory In Syria Is Offically 100% Eliminated
The Inquisitr - Kristine Lofgren
After promising earlier this month that the ISIS-held territory in Syria would be completely eliminated, the White House announced that the caliphate …
AlJazeera
Hezbollah
Pompeo tells Lebanon to choose Hezbollah or independence
AlJazeera - Anchal Vohra
US Secretary of State Pompeo says sanctions on Iran and Hezbollah are working, but experts are divided. Beirut, Lebanon - A seven-minute media address by United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on
NBC News
The White House
White House says ISIS territory ‘eliminated’ in Syria
NBC News - NBCNews.com
All ISIS territory in Syria has been “eliminated” the White House said today, after the terror group’s last stronghold in the small Syrian town of Baghouz fell earlier this week.
AlJazeera
Golan Heights
What will be the outcome of Trump's Golan Heights tweet?
AlJazeera - Inside Story
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967. It's been an occupied territory ever since, in defiance of multiple resolutions by the United Nations. In a tweet on Thursday, US President Donald
Reuters
Islamic State (ISIS)
Hungary detains Syrian Islamic State member accused of killings
Reuters - Reuters Editorial
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian authorities detained a Syrian man on Friday accused of taking part in beheadings in Syria as a member of Islamic State, Budapest prosecutors and the European judicial co-operation
Reuters India
Donald Trump
Russia says Trump call to recognise Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights is irresponsible - RIA
Reuters India - by Christian Lowe
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's call for Washington to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights was irresponsible, RIA news agency
The Telegraph
Al-Nusra Front
Kidnapped German journalist who gave birth in Syria speaks for first time
The Telegraph - By Justin Huggler
A German documentary maker who was kidnapped in Syria when she was seven months pregnant and gave birth to a son while being held hostage has spoken out about her ordeal for the first time. “I was fully
Golan Heights
Does the Middle East care about Trump's Golan announcement?
jpost.com - Seth J. Frantzman
One reason that the Golan issue does not echo in the Middle East is because the Syrian regime is not well-liked. U.N. peacekeepers patrol Mount …
The Atlantic
Golan Heights
Trump Recognizes Israel Sovereignty Over Golan Heights: The Politics Daily
The Atlantic - Elaine Godfrey
The president’s latest executive order on campus free speech is largely redundant. Plus: Trump calls on the U.S. to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. It’s Thursday, March 21. ‣ Flooding
Axios
Golan Heights
The risks of turning Trump's Golan Heights tweet into official U.S.-Israel policy
Axios - Richard Haass
It was another day of diplomacy in the age of Twitter, with @realDonaldTrump tweeting: "After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully …
Reuters India
Golan Heights
Erdogan says Trump's Golan Heights statement threatens new crisis
Reuters India - by Ezgi Erkoyun and Ali Kucukgocmen
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's statement that it was time to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights has brought the region to the edge of a new crisis, Turkish President
Reuters
Golan Heights
In major shift, Trump says time for U.S. to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Golan
Reuters - Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was time to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights that Israel seized from Syria in 1967, marking a dramatic shift U.S.