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ngered the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, which does not recognize the Kurdish authorities

a little-known firm helmed by politically connected former military and diplomatic officials has already angered the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, which does not recognize the Kurdish authorities as autonomous." Partners at the company, Delta Crescent Energy LLC, include "former U.S. ambassad

l with the Taliban." The AP also reports "the peace accord aims to recruit the Taliban to battle the militants from IS, which US officials have told The Associated Press is the Americans' biggest foe in Afghanistan." The AP describes the Taliban and ISIS as "staunch rivals." Reuters (8/3, Sultan, Sediqi) reports Afg

an Oil, Mining, And Construction Projects. The Washington Post (5/20, 10.52M) says that "as the fighting winds down across much of Syria, President Bashar al-Assad's two main backers, Iran and Russia, have been competing for influence and the spoils of war." According to the Post, "Both have been vying for contra

s down across much of Syria, President Bashar al-Assad's two main backers, Iran and Russia, have been co

or sold as much as $1 million of stock in medical and tech companies that had a stake in the virus response, according to an analysis of records by The Associated Press. The trades were just one slice of a stock buying and selling spree by the congressman in 2020, worth as much as $3.2 million, that he did not prope

cyber and covert war have had some effect, and the unraveling situation in Syria -- where Iran has remained a stalwart ally of embattled President Bashar al-Assad -- has isolated Tehran even further. Meanwhile, the Israelis can keep the world focused on their agenda and on the edge of their collective chairs

her. At the same time, Iran is committed to at the very least developing the capacity to weaponize, should it decide to do so. And the fall of the Assads, when it comes, may only add to Tehran's fear of Sunni encirclement and accelerate its drive for the ultimate weapon. None of this means it ain't

el to do. But the comments of Israel's top officials suggest that its patience is wearing thin and that it may act soon, in weeks if not months. As the Associated Press put it, "Israeli leaders, who have long issued veiled threats against Iran, now appear to be preparing the country for war. ... The heightened rhet

ars ago but not sorry for meeting with Bashar al-Assad, the man known as the butcher of Damascus, in Sy

s on immigration and guns. Tulsi Gabbard said she was "deeply sorry" for anti-gay comments she made a few years ago but not sorry for meeting with Bashar al-Assad, the man known as the butcher of Damascus, in Syria. Joe Biden expressed regret last weekend in South Carolina for his comments about working with

Force general tapped as the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of sexual misconduct. From the AP's Lolita C. Baldor: "The officer told The Associated Press that Gen. John Hyten subjected her to a series of unwanted sexual advances by kissing, hugging and rubbing up against her in 2017 while she was one

ammad Suleiman, a top aide to President Bashar al-Assad who had been working with North Korea to build a

71 184 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS 2008. It revealed that a group of Israeli commandos killed General Muhammad Suleiman, a top aide to President Bashar al-Assad who had been working with North Korea to build a nuclear facil- ity in Syria. Israel had destroyed that facility in Operation Orchard nearly a year e

y documents. —EDWARD SNOWDEN, Moscow, 2013 A CRITICAL MISSING PIECE in the Snowden enigma is the where- abouts of the NSA documents. Greenwald told the Associated Press that the documents that Snowden had taken from the NSA constituted “the instruction manual for how the NSA is built” and that they “would allow someb