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A coalition of six organizations held a news conference to call on the U.S. to remove all military aircraft from Syrian airspace. Speakers argued that the U.S. military role in Syria is illegal and…

Brett McGurk, special presidential envoy for the global coalition to defeat ISIS, briefed reporters at the State Department on coalition efforts over the past six months in Iraq and Syria. He…

Anan Ameri, founder and former director of the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, talked about her book, The Scent of Jasmine: Coming of Age in Jerusalem and Damascus,…

President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron held a joint news conference in Paris following their bilateral meeting. They discussed counterterrorism, climate change, trade, and Syria. President Trump later…

Historian Stacy Farenthold talked about about why Syrians immigrated to the U.S. during the first World War and what they did once they arrived. This interview took place at the…

Alia Malek, author of The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria; Christopher Phillips, author of The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East; and Elliot…

Defense Secretary James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford provided an update on the military campaign to combat ISIS. Secretary Mattis said President Trump had ordered a…

Stuart Jones briefed the press on the latest diplomatic efforts in Syria. Mr. Jones told reporters recently declassified intelligence show that Syria is disposing of bodies of those killed…

The U.N. Security Council met in New York City to receive a briefing from Stephen O’Brien, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General focused on humanitarian affairs, on his latest reports from…

Sean Spicer briefed reporters and responded to questions on a range of issues. He told reporters the administration felt confident that there would not be a government shutdown at the end of the…

President Trump delivered remarks at a working-lunch with United Nations Security Council ambassadors at the White House. During the lunch, the president said the security council’s failure to adopt a resolution…

Defense Secretary James Mattis held a bilateral press conference with his Israeli counterpart, Avigdor Lieberman, during a trip to Tel Aviv, part of the secretary’s travel through the…

The chair and one of the commissioners of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, the U.N.-chartered organization charged with investigating…

Ambassador Ryan Crocker, former U.S. ambassador to six countries, including Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq, talked about recent tensions in both Syria and Afghanistan. He spoke via video link…

Ambassador Marc Ginsberg, who served as U.S. ambassador to Morocco in the Clinton administration, talked about the Trump administration’s policy toward Syria as well as tensions with Russia.

The U.N. Security Council met to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria. Syrian Ambassador to the U.N. Bashar al Ja’Afari said the U.S. missile strikes in his country would not stop Syria’s attempts…

Melissa Fleming talked about her book A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival, in which she tells the story of a young Syrian woman’s…

Defense Secretary James Mattis welcomed the Turkish defense minister to the Pentagon. At the top of their meeting, they delivered brief statements to the press on U.S.-Turkey relations, the…

Sean Spicer briefed reporters and responded to questions on a range of issues, including whether Russia had prior knowledge of the previous week’s chemical attacks in Syria. While talking about the attacks, which…

Emily Tamkin talked about Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s trip to Moscow and the future of U.S.-Russia relations after U.S. airstrikes in Syria the previous week.