Tag: Bashar al-Assad

The Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, issued a statement urging President Bashar al-Assad's forces to "assert control over the areas our forces have withdrawn from, in particular Manbij, and to protect these areas against a Turkish invasion." The YPG…

U.S. officials say there's mounting evidence Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has given the green light for his military to use chlorine gas in Idlib province; Benjamin Hall reports. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to…

With the Syria strikes over, President Trump is furiously tweeting about James Comey's new book. NPR's Michel Martin and the Washington Post's Robert Costa consider the state of the Trump presidency. But many more of his tweets were dedicated to aggressive personal attacks on former FBI Director James Comey and Comey's new book, which will be available to the public starting this week. ROBERT COSTA: Great to be with you. MARTIN: Well, the big news this weekend was the U.S.-led strikes on Syria. MARTIN: So let's talk about the other aspect of this story, which is the United States ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said today that new sanctions are going to be announced tomorrow against Russia because of Russia's support for the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. And how do we understand this administration's evolving Russia policy? MARTIN: So let's talk about the story that a lot of us have been following today, which is the president's tweets about former FBI Director James Comey and his book. But the real big picture that's worrying this administration, based on my reporting, is the midterm elections, and you look at the news last week of Speaker Paul Ryan announcing his decision not to seek re-election. MARTIN: That was Washington Post national political reporter Robert Costa.

Retired Major General Melvin Spiese joins Hugh Hewitt to discuss the message that the U.S. strikes on Syria send as well as the impact it will have on the region going forward. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is…