News Roundup: Did Ivanka Trump persuade POTUS to act in Syria? Chimp assassin, SEAL fakery

News Roundup: Did Ivanka Trump persuade POTUS to act in Syria? Chimp assassin, SEAL fakery

Nobody voted for Ivanka Trump: Donald Trump’s daughter persuaded him to strike targets in Syria, according to reports of a diplomatic memo. A cable briefing to Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson by Britain’s ambassador to Washington Sir Kim Darroch said Ms Trump was influential in bringing about the bombings, those who saw the memo said. […]

Op-Ed: Let’s have a real talk about perception, comments sections, and Syria

Op-Ed: Let’s have a real talk about perception, comments sections, and Syria

Ah, the Facebook comments section.  A place where well-informed discourse gives way to emotional rants intended to insult an author or entire site.  Honestly, I don’t mind it – we all need a way to blow off some steam, and not everyone shares my hobbies.  For me, my punching bag is… well, a punching bag.  […]

Russia’s Lavrov and U.S. Tillerson spoke by phone about situation in Syria

Russia’s Lavrov and U.S. Tillerson spoke by phone about situation in Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke by phone on Saturday about the situation in Syria after the U.S. strikes on a Syrian air base, the Russian ministry said in a statement. Lavrov pointed out that “an attack on a country whose government fights terrorism only plays into the […]

Reaction to the US Missile strike on Syria

Reaction to the US Missile strike on Syria

While several countries have admonished the US’ missile strike against Syria’s airfield on Thursday, there has also been an overwhelming response in support of President Donald Trump’s answer against the Syrian government’s use of nerve agents that killed more than 80 people earlier this week. Here are the nations that have supported, opposed, or remained […]

US officials: Russian drone may have turned camera off, right before Syrian attack

US officials: Russian drone may have turned camera off, right before Syrian attack

US officials say they suspect Russia may have played a role in the use of chemical weapons that killed at least 80 people in northeastern Syria earlier this week. Russia may have been operating an unmanned drone and military aircraft in the region, according to US military officials cited by BuzzFeed News on Friday. Two officials […]

U.S. and China end summit with 100-day plan to boost trade and cooperation

U.S. and China end summit with 100-day plan to boost trade and cooperation

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The United States and China wrapped up a two-day presidential summit here by announcing a 100-day plan to improve strained trade ties and boost cooperation between the rival nations. But they appeared to reach no clear path forward on North Korea, and the Trump administration’s unexpected military strike in Syria — […]

Syrian forces defiantly take off from airfield hit by onslaught of US cruise missiles

Syrian forces defiantly take off from airfield hit by onslaught of US cruise missiles

  Less than 24 hours after two US Navy destroyers pulled up to Syria’s Mediterranean coast and let fly a blistering salvo of 59 cruise missiles, Syrian warplanes took off from the damaged air base targeted by the strike, according to the Syrian Human Rights Observatory. The US strike, retaliation for a chemical attack in […]

Trump counters sarin gas with Tomahawk cruise missiles

Trump counters sarin gas with Tomahawk cruise missiles

59 American cruise missiles rained down on Syria yesterday as punishment for the Assad regime allegedly deploying chemical weapons against civilians in Idlib.  The chemical weapon used was most likely sarin gas, a nasty type of nerve agent that causes respiratory failure.  Images from Syria showed dead women and children, limp and lifeless as if someone […]

Read the official Russian response to Thursday’s missile strike in Syria

Read the official Russian response to Thursday’s missile strike in Syria

The United States launched a strike against the Syrian air base on Thursday that was believed to be tied to Tuesday’s chemical weapon attack that left dozens, including children dead.  Immediately following the strike, reports began to emerge of the United States providing Russian troops in the region an early warning, in order to prevent a […]

Russia arrests possible accomplices of presumed St. Petersburg bomber

Russia arrests possible accomplices of presumed St. Petersburg bomber

MOSCOW — Russian investigators said Thursday that they have arrested eight possible accomplices in the St. Petersburg subway attack Monday that killed 14 people and wounded dozens more, and a Russian news agency reported that the suspected bomber may have trained with the Islamic State in Syria. The explosion in the heart of Russia’s cultural capital shocked […]

International Community Supports Trump’s Syria Air Attack

International Community Supports Trump’s Syria Air Attack

While the fallout from the US airstrike that hit the Syrian airbase at Shayrat on Thursday night was mixed here in the United States, the majority of the reactions coming from the international community is one of mainly support. At 3:45 a.m. local time, US Navy warships launched a reported 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at […]