October 13, 2019 Hundreds of ISIS supporters escape camp in Syria as Turkish troops approach, Kurds say Hundreds of people affiliated with the Islamic State escaped a camp where they were being held on Sunday after Turkish forces approached the Kurdish-held town, Kurdish officials said.
October 12, 2019 Trump says Obama 'hiding' from questions about Bidens and Ukraine: 'I think he knows all about it' Former President Barack Obama has been hiding from questions about former Vice President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and Hunter's work for a gas company in Ukraine, President Trump insisted Saturday night.
October 12, 2019 Trump OKs $50M to aid Syria amid outrage over US military pullout, Turkish offensive President Trump announced Saturday that he had authorized the release of $50 million in aid to human rights groups and other aid organizations in Syria in an apparent attempt to counter criticism of his pullout of U.S. forces there.
October 12, 2019 Erdogan senior adviser denies Turkey fired at American troops in northern Syria A senior adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told 91±¬ÁÏ on Saturday that Turkey didn't fire on American soldiers in northern Syria days after launching an offensive.
October 12, 2019 Andrew McCarthy: Bad impeachment news for Trump – GOP senators enraged by Turkey’s invasion of Syria By redeploying a few dozen American troops in Syria, the president acceded to a Turkish invasion of territory occupied by the Kurds. Ostensibly, that has nothing to do with the impeachment frenzy over Ukraine, whose government Democrats accuse the president of pressuring to dig up dirt on a political rival. But Turkey’s aggression could crack the president’s impeachment firewall.
October 12, 2019 Turkish forces capture center of key Syrian border town Turkish forces captured a key Syrian border town under heavy bombardment and fierce fighting Saturday on the fourth day of an offensive that has drawn international condemnation.
October 12, 2019 CNN's stand-alone Turkish network appears to contradict American coverage of Turkey's Syria invasion CNN’s stand-alone Turkish network CNN Turk, which has long been criticized for being a tool of Turkey’s increasingly anti-American dictator, is directly contradicting the narrative American CNN viewers are being fed.
October 11, 2019 Turkish artillery rounds land near US forces in Syria, no injuries Turkish artillery rounds landed near U.S. forces in northern Syria outside the city of Kobane, but no American troops were harmed, a U.S. official confirms to 91±¬ÁÏ.
October 11, 2019 Russian radio hosts prank Lindsey Graham into thinking he's on phone with Turkey's defense minister Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., became the latest high-ranking target of two notorious Russian pranksters who have been fooling politicians by posing as foreign officials.
October 11, 2019 Sen. Graham pleads with Trump to 'change course' in Syria: 'The reemergence of ISIS is on the way' Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., urged President Trump Friday to urgently change course on his withdrawal of U.S. forces from northern Syria, saying his warnings are "coming true in spades."