by Ricky Zipp | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – A Russian-ordered daily cease fire to allow delivery of humanitarian aid appears to be having little benefit, as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces began ground attacks against rebel forces on Wednesday in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta. The...
by Kevin Schmidt | Feb 23, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Being a member of NATO is a comfortable club to be in, but it’s not cheap. Its 29 member countries must allot two percent of their GDP for NATO defense spending, although only a handful of alliance members actually do. NATO Secretary General Jens...
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by Ricky Zipp | Feb 23, 2018 | Featured, National Security
Update: WASHINGTON — The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Saturday calling for a 30-day cease-fire across Syria, but not before continued airstrikes and shelling in the eastern suburbs of Damascus left at least 22 more people...
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by Ricky Zipp | Feb 22, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – One of Syria’s deadliest periods in its seven-year long civil war continued unabated Thursday, amid efforts at the United Nations to impose a 30-day cease fire to permit the delivery of humanitarian aid to besieged Eastern Ghouta. The UN Security...
by Casey Egan | Feb 22, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Critics of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson say his proposals to slim down the State Department have hurt America’s ability to conduct diplomacy abroad. In a rare interview with 60 Minutes Sunday, he was on the defensive, saying the...
by Ricky Zipp | Feb 21, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Assad regime continued its bombing of a rebel held stronghold in Eastern Ghouta for a fourth day on Wednesday, escalating what was already one of the bloodiest periods in the prolonged Syrian war. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human...
