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U.S. Says It Shot Down Syrian Aircraft
Keywords: Syria, U.S. Syria, Trump Syria,
U.S. president Trump and plain talk on Syria
04/12/2017
Grouped Articles
Trump Says Putin Is Partly to Blame for Syrian Crisis
The New York Times 04/12/2017
U.S. Says It Shot Down Syrian Aircraft
WSJ 06/19/2017
Opinion | Trump shouldn’t repeat Obama’s mistake in Iraq and Syria
Washington Post 10/22/2017
U.S. and world opinion on president Trump's decision to launch airstrikes in Syria after the use of chemical weapons in 2017
04/08/2017
Grouped Articles
Donald Trump Gets Rare Bipartisan Backing for Syria Strike
WSJ 04/07/2017
Trump’s Syria Strike Sends Russia a Signal
WSJ 04/07/2017
U.S. Strike in Syria Raises Tensions With Iran
WSJ 04/07/2017
Trump, Jolted by Images, Forged Decision to Launch Airstrikes in Syria
WSJ 04/07/2017
Tillerson Jabs at Russia Over Syria’s Chemical Weapons Use
The New York Times 04/09/2017
For Obama, Syria Chemical Attack Shows Risk of ‘Deals With Dictators’
The New York Times 04/09/2017
The efforts of Britain's Cameron and France's Hollande in 2013 to provide arms to the Free Syrian Army and opposition forces
03/15/2013
Hollande says we cannot stand by and let a people be massacred. Hollande and Cameron prepare to take up this issue at an EU meeting in March 2013 to lift a EU arms embargo for Syria. This follows the earlier effort by Cameron and Sarkozy to provide arms to opposition forces in Libya leading to the fall of the Gaddafi regime.
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What if the U.S. doesn’t intervene in Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
Why did Mr. Obama overrule his advisers on Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
U.K. Parliament Rejects Syria Action
Wall Street Journal 08/30/2013
Hollande Backs Action in Syria
Wall Street Journal 08/30/2013
For France, U.S. delay on Syria fuels doubts - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/07/2013
Book Review: 'Unhappy Union' by John Peet and Anton La Guardia
Wall Street Journal 06/26/2014
The Washington Post's insights on Syria in 2015 and how it happened- U.S. inaction and the refugee crisis
10/02/2015
Grouped Articles
How we got to the Syria mess - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/2015
More waffling on Syria - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/2015
The U.S. cannot pass Syria on to Putin - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/2015
Obama’s Syria debacle - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/2015
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2015
Teaming up with Russia in Syria could be a dangerous false step for the U.S. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/19/2015
U.S. president Obama and handling of Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq- policy failures and corrective course
09/28/2014
Grouped Articles
Obama Acknowledges U.S. Erred in Assessing ISIS
New York Times 09/28/2014
Iraq and U.S. Find Some Potential Sunni Allies Have Already Been Lost
New York Times 11/15/2014
Months of Airstrikes Fail to Slow Islamic State in Syria
Wall Street Journal 01/15/2015
Coalition Has Reclaimed Territory from Islamic State, Kerry Says
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2015
New York Times 02/07/2015
Obama’s Dual View of War Power Seeks Limits and Leeway
New York Times 02/11/2015
U.S. relations with Iran following the sectarian strife in Iraq and the spillover from the war in Syria
06/16/2014
Grouped Articles
U.S. Is Exploring Talks With Iran on Crisis in Iraq
New York Times 06/16/2014
U.S. to Send Up to 300 Military Advisers to Iraq
New York Times 06/19/2014
Challengers Emerge to Replace Divisive Maliki
New York Times 06/19/2014
Iraq Crisis: Nouri al-Maliki Quits
Wall Street Journal 08/15/2014
New York Times 08/15/2014
Obama Wrote Secret Letter to Iran’s Khamenei About Fighting Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 11/07/2014
The U.S., France and the UK's response to the chemical weapons attack in Syria in August 2013
08/29/2013
Grouped Articles
U.K. Parliament Rejects Syria Action
Wall Street Journal 08/30/2013
Hollande Backs Action in Syria
Wall Street Journal 08/30/2013
U.S. Prepares for Solo Strike On Syria After Britain Balks
Wall Street Journal 08/30/2013
Wall Street Journal 08/29/2013
For France, U.S. delay on Syria fuels doubts - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/07/2013
9 questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask | WorldViews
Washington Post 09/07/2013
The evolution of the war in Syria in different phases after the Arab Spring- 2011-2017
11/18/2015
Liz Sly of the Washington Post provides an excellent account of the different phases of the war in Syria from its beginning in the Arab Spring in 2011 as a democracy protest movement, to rebels fighting the Assad regime, the entry of Russia and Iran into the conflict, to current situation with the Islamic State and other rebel groups in control of different areas in Syria. The war ends up turning half of the Syrian population of 22 million into refugees or displaced status, with millions in refugee camps in Turkey, and hundreds of thousands moving towards Germany for asylum. As the conflict evolves it becomes more complicated than when pro-democracy rebels were fighting the government in Damascus- as Russia intervenes in the conflict and the U.S. stays on the sidelines, the Kurds defending their areas with Turkey worried about Kurdish autonomy, and the Shia-Sunni sectarian aspect dividing the Shia Iran supported government in Iraq and Sunnis in Iraq, and France under Hollande switching earlier policy to conduct an air campaign after terrorist attacks in 2015.
Grouped Articles
The long war against Islamist extremism has become more complicated than ever - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/18/2015
Teaming up with Russia in Syria could be a dangerous false step for the U.S. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/19/2015
NATO faces new Mideast crisis after downing of Russian jet by Turkey - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/24/2015
Moscow promises retribution after Turkey downs military jet - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/25/2015
Range of Frustrations Reached Boil as Turkey Shot Down Russian Jet
New York Times 11/25/2015
On the Front Line Against Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 12/05/2015
Trump in 2017, and Obama in 2013 after the Syria chemical attack- contrasts in response and action
04/08/2017
Grouped Articles
Trump, Jolted by Images, Forged Decision to Launch Airstrikes in Syria
WSJ 04/07/2017
Tillerson Jabs at Russia Over Syria’s Chemical Weapons Use
The New York Times 04/09/2017
For Obama, Syria Chemical Attack Shows Risk of ‘Deals With Dictators’
The New York Times 04/09/2017
Tillerson Says U.S. Will Punish ‘Crimes Against the Innocents’ Anywhere
The New York Times 04/10/2017
White House Accuses Russia of Cover-Up in Syria Chemical Attack
The New York Times 04/11/2017
White House Says Russia Tried to Cover Up Syrian Chemical Attack
WSJ 04/11/2017
The U.S. Navy in the war in Iraq and Syria 2014-2015- the U.S.S. Carl Vinson and the carrier fleet
12/15/2014
Grouped Articles
A Desert War on ISIS, Fought From a Floating City
New York Times 12/15/2014
Firmly Committed to Growing the U.S. Fleet
Wall Street Journal 03/17/2015
S.O.S. for a Declining American Navy
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2016
U.S. Says It Shot Down Syrian Aircraft
WSJ 06/19/2017
Saudi and U.S. arms support to the Free Syrian Army and the Southern Front in Syria in 2014, including anti-aircraft missiles
02/15/2014
Grouped Articles
Saudis Agree to Provide Syrian Rebels With Mobile Antiaircraft Missiles
Wall Street Journal 02/15/2014
Saudi Arabia Replaces Key Official in Effort to Arm Syria Rebels
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2014
Want to Defeat ISIS? Help the Syrian Opposition
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2014
Gulf States and Qatar Gloss Over Differences, but Split Still Hampers Them
New York Times 12/20/2014
U.S. to Give Some Syria Rebels Ability to Call Airstrikes
Wall Street Journal 02/18/2015
King Salman Upends Status Quo in Region and the Royal Family
New York Times 05/10/2015
The use of chemical weapons by the Assad government in Syria and the failure of the U.S. Obama administration's response in Syria
08/23/2011
The western world looks on as chemical weapons are used repeatedly by Syria's Assad government, according to some reports. The lack of leadership from the U.S., France, Britain and Germany. The failure of the Russian government under Putin to separate global geopolitics from the aspirations of the people of Syria for freedom and democracy and the use of artillery and bombing of civilian population.
Grouped Articles
Israel Says Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons
New York Times 04/23/2013
New York Times 04/22/2013
Obamaâs Vow on Chemical Weapons Puts Him in Tough Spot
New York Times 05/04/2013
Pentagon Plans for the Worst in Syria
Wall Street Journal 05/07/2013
What if the U.S. doesn’t intervene in Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
Why did Mr. Obama overrule his advisers on Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
The consensus in the Obama administration to support Syria's democracy forces in summer 2011, and the U.S. president's failure to act
08/23/2011
Defense Secretary describes the plans supported by key members of the National Security team to support Syrian democracy forces in the summer of 2011- supported by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Secretary of State Clinton, General Dempsey of the Joint Chiefs, and CIA director Petraeus. The president failed to act because of approaching elections and the general hesitation to act that was displayed since the start of the democracy movement in Tunisia, and then through the movement's spread to Egypt, Libya, followed by Syria. The U.S. failed to grasp an opportunity for the Free World and create goodwill in the Arab world by standing up to its ideals of democracy and freedom.
Grouped Articles
Israel Says Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons
New York Times 04/23/2013
New York Times 04/22/2013
Pentagon Plans for the Worst in Syria
Wall Street Journal 05/07/2013
What if the U.S. doesn’t intervene in Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
Why did Mr. Obama overrule his advisers on Syria? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
New York Times 05/05/2013
Gen. Keane and Pletka on the U.S. option to degrade air defense system in Syria in 2013- "no fly zone" option
05/22/2013
Gen. Keane and Pletka say inaction can be more risky than action with the spillover of the war in Syria to neighboring countries. The Assad regime's attack on civilian populations and use of chemical weapons, the democracy movement in Syria, and the support from the Arab world and Turkey, are critical factors that would bring the U.S. credibility in the region and gain the respect of people in the region, if action is taken in 2013. They point out that the air defense system in Syria even with Russian systems can be rendered inactive without much effort.
Grouped Articles
Jack Keane and Danielle Pletka: How to Stop Assad's Slaughter
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2013
Russia Outmaneuvers Obama Over Syria
Wall Street Journal 06/14/2013
Behind Obama's About-Face on Syria
Wall Street Journal 06/15/2013
Wall Street Journal 08/22/2013
Andrew Roberts: Syria's Gas Attack on Civilization
Wall Street Journal 08/25/2013
A Veteran Saudi Power Player Works To Build Support to Topple Assad
Wall Street Journal 08/25/2013
The situation in Syria in 2017- negotiations between the U.S. supporting Kurdish forces in the north, Russia, and Turkey
03/09/2017
By 2016 Turkey sets aside its goal of supporting rebel forces in Syria to focus on what it perceives as a threat from Kurdish forces on its border with Syria. Russia supports Turkey against the Kurds, as the U.S. sends ground forces in small numbers to support the Kurds in the north, and negotiations take place between the three countries.
Grouped Articles
Arrival of US troops intensifies struggle for influence in Syria
The Guardian 03/09/2017
Turkish military expert: Putin uses Turkey to achieve his own ends | News | DW.COM | 09.03.2017
DW.COM 03/09/2017
Turkey’s Wars: Quelling Kurdish Uprisings, and Suffering From Terror Attacks
The New York Times 03/31/2017
Turkey’s Wars: Quelling Kurdish Uprisings, and Suffering From Terror Attacks
The New York Times 03/31/2017
U.S. Is Caught Between Ally Turkey and Kurdish Partner in Syria
WSJ 05/04/2017
U.S. Says It Shot Down Syrian Aircraft
WSJ 06/19/2017
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