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Trump wraps momentous Middle East trip with economic deals, Syria sanctions relief and warning to Iran
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Trump wraps momentous Middle East trip with economic deals, Syria sanctions relief and warning to Iran

By Caitlin McFall  | Fox News President Donald Trump on Friday wrapped up a momentous week in the Middle East and is headed home having finished the final leg of his three-nation trip to the UAE. While the trip, which first included stops in Saudi Arabia and then Qatar, was expected to be largely economically focused with massive investment deals secured with Riyadh, Doha and Abu Dhabi, the president also made geopolitical shockwaves by lifting decades-long sanctions on Syria, issuing another warning to Iran, and downplaying hard fought peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, which Moscow confirmed at the last moment would not be attended by Russian President Valdimir Putin. Here's a look at what happened this week: READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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Religious slaughter in Syria shows need for US, Europe to ‘keep a close eye’ on Islamist regime
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Religious slaughter in Syria shows need for US, Europe to ‘keep a close eye’ on Islamist regime

By Morgan Phillips | Fox News With hundreds left dead over the weekend under Syria’s new regime, Greek Foreign Minister Giorigios Gerapetritis warned Europe and the U.S. to "keep a close eye" on the ruling Islamist group that is working to gain acceptance by the West.  Syria contains a sizable population of Orthodox Christians, and Gerapetritis insisted the international community demand religious minorities be included in governance, or else leave sanctions in place.  "All ethnic and religious minorities should be included in the governance, rule of law," he told Fox News Digital in an interview conducted last week prior to the weekend's violence. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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Hindawi: If American media will chill, Syria can be made great again
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Hindawi: If American media will chill, Syria can be made great again

By Salam Hindawi | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Every time I scan American news outlets, especially the right-wing ones featuring the latest news on Syria, I get split between laughing or crying because of their outrageous panic about the future of Syria’s minorities. In the next few paragraphs, I’ll make the case for why Americans need to take a chill pill and calm down regarding the impending political transition in my home country. For the record, I’m no woke lefty with purple hair and pronouns in his bio. Rather, I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum: a staunch believer in free speech, religious freedom, the Second Amendment, the free market, family values and the fact that we have two genders (i.e. no one is born in the ‘wrong body'.) But the amount of doom I’ve s...
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Warning signs were there that Assad’s grip in Syria was faltering
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Warning signs were there that Assad’s grip in Syria was faltering

By Mike Brest | Colorado Politics via The Washington Examiner There were indications that Bashar Assad's regime could struggle to maintain its grip on power in Syria — but the military assault that ended his family's more than 50-year reign happened much faster than some experts expected. Assad relied on allies to maintain power during the civil war that commenced more than a decade ago, but when his forces were faced with a new threat starting in late November, they were on their own. Iran, Hezbollah, and Russia did not come to his aid, though Moscow did purportedly allow him to seek refuge there. The U.S. intelligence community often conducts assessments to determine a military's "will to fight," though it's not an exact science. Poor morale am...
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U.S., Israel conduct dozens of strikes, hit more than 75 targets in wake of Syria’s regime collapse
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U.S., Israel conduct dozens of strikes, hit more than 75 targets in wake of Syria’s regime collapse

By John Oyewale | Daily Caller The U.S. and Israel conducted dozens of airstrikes Sunday on targets in Syria following the dramatic collapse of the ruling Assad regime and amid concerns radical and terrorist groups could exploit Syria’s current situation. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it hit over 75 “known [Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham] ISIS camps and operatives in central Syria” using precision airstrikes. CENTCOM added that it struck the targets to “disrupt, degrade, and defeat ISIS” and render it incapable of exploiting the nation’s current state to regroup in central Syria. There was no indication of civilian deaths from the strikes, CENTCOM noted. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY CALLER
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