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ilitancy. Indeed, in a twist of calculations, America may actually now share Iran's interest in seeing ISIS's other major foe, the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, go after Sunni extremists. Mr. Assad's warplanes are now bombing militants on the Iraqi border, which they were not doing last week. Iran and the

and Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei. Yet President Obama has followed a deliberate policy of disengagement from the world's quarrels. He failed to bluff Assad with his "red line" threat and then turned the Syrian bloodbath over to Mr. Putin, showing a weakness that no doubt emboldened the Russian presiden

creative-writing program in the United States (UNESCO has designated Iowa City as one of its seven "Cities of Literature," along with the likes of Dublin and Edinburgh). Thanks to my time in the university's English department, I was able to recruit study subjects from the workshop's ranks of disting

s" in the Syrian city of Daraa "with government forces and former rebels clashing amid a wave of assassinations, revealing the difficulty President Bashar al-Assad faces in maintaining control over areas he says he has pacified." The Post says the violence in the city is "eroding the image Assad has tried to po

dent Bashar al-Assad faces in maintaining control over areas he says he has pacified." The Post says the violence in the city is "eroding the image Assad has tried to portray as he urges Syrians who fled the country to return home to government-controlled territory. He has promised that no harm will b

ver, "first he will have to overcome resistance from some on the left and questions about whether he is accruing too many plum posts in the caucus." Durbin "is popular in the caucus and may already have the job locked down because of his seniority," but "some prominent progressives are pushing" for Sen

he Syrian uprising began nearly a decade ago" are now "stuck between untenable options: ongoing instability and violence back in Syria as President Bashar al-Assad consolidates control, and deteriorating conditions in cash-strapped Lebanon, where politicians are pressing refugees to leave." Studies have found "

rians "say they want to return - but don't think conditions will be safe enough for several more years." But, "Lebanon says it's time to leave. And Assad, in need of money and resources for reconstruction, has been urging Syrians to come back." Filipinas Say They Were Trafficked To Syria. The Washin

is standing in the way. ... We will move forward and decide on the organizing resolution where Democrats make the decisions, not Mitch McConnell." Durbin: McConnell's Demand For Filibuster Protection A "Non-Starter." Politico (1/24, Hooper, 6.73M) reports Senate Majority Whip Durbin on Sunday said McC

an city of Daraa "with government forces and former rebels EFTA00148763 clashing amid a wave of assassinations, revealing the difficulty President Bashar al-Assad faces in maintaining control over areas he says he has pacified." The Post says the violence in the city is "eroding the image Assad has tried to p

dent Bashar al-Assad faces in maintaining control over areas he says he has pacified." The Post says the violence in the city is "eroding the image Assad has tried to portray as he urges Syrians who fled the country to return home to government-controlled territory. He has promised that no harm will b

er, "first he will have to overcome resistance from some on the left and questions about whether he is accruing too many plum posts in the caucus." Durbin "is popular in the caucus and may already have the job locked down because of his seniority," but "some prominent progressives are pushing" for Sen

ulgaria, seen its activities disrupted in Cyprus and Thailand, and worked to plot attacks elsewhere. It is helping to prop up the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria; and it acts as a proxy for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the region and beyond. In doing so, Hezbollah is putting the well

elping to prop up the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria; and it acts as a proxy for Iran's Isla

to head the Central Intelligence Agency, launched the opening salvo in an effort to break the silence. Speaking last October at a policy event in Dublin, Ireland, Brennan (who currently serves as Obama's top counterterrorism advisor) publicly chastised the Europeans for failing to include Hezbollah

can State • Switzerland to Try Syria's Rifaat Al-Assad for War Crimes • Gaza Airdrops Take Huge Effort

it had removed the acting warden, Arthur Dulgov, as well as the associate warden and two other top leaders at the Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said it had installed new leaders to overhaul the facility in Dublin, Calif., about 40 miles east of San Francisco. T