The district of al-Bab is part of a territory controlled by the Syrian National Army, an umbrella group for armed Syrian opposition factions. ### The town is part of the zone guaranteed by Turkey’s Euphrates Shield operation since 2016. ### “According to hospitals in al-Bab and our count, 15 [were] killed. 12 bodies [have been] […]
Read MoreThat break was the arrest in May of one of al-Baghdadi’s brothers-in-law, Mohammed Ali Sajet al-Zubaaei, who joined ISIS in 2015 and had become one of the leader’s trusted guides. ### It was a culmination of Iraq’s tactic of following al-Baghdadi by looking for those closest to him, said Lt. Gen. Saad al Allaq, the […]
Read MoreMaybe I didn’t get the memo, but I hadn’t heard the word “Daesh” used to describe ISIS until our recent trip to Israel and Jordan. Now, since the attacks in Paris, even President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry have been saying it. As The Guardian explained earlier this year, “The term is based on […]
Read MoreWhere can you find Zendaya when she’s not putting in hard work on set or glamming it up on a red carpet? The 19-year-old star has big plans to travel the world in her future. While chatting with the K.C. Undercover star about her new shoe line, Daya by Zendaya, the actress and singer mentioned […]
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Read MorePresident TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump opens new line of impeachment attack for Democrats Bloomberg to spend 0M on anti-Trump ads in battleground states New witness claims first-hand account of Trump’s push for Ukraine probes MORE on Friday defended his tweet earlier in the day attacking former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchMarie YovanovitchLive coverage: Ex-Ukraine ambassador […]
Read MoreWelcome to Friday’s Overnight Health Care. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenBloomberg to spend 0M on anti-Trump ads in battleground states Obama cautions 2020 hopefuls against going too far left What are Democrats going to do once Donald Trump leaves office? MORE introduced her transition plan for Medicare for All, the Trump administration wants to force hospitals […]
Read MorePartisan sniping over the House’s impeachment inquiry is seeping into what has been a bipartisan realm in past years: the annual defense policy bill. House Democrats and Senate Republicans were already pointing fingers at each other over the delay of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), blaming an impasse over funding for President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP […]
Read MoreHappy Monday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I’m Rebecca Kheel, and here’s your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. THE TOPLINE: President TrumpDonald John TrumpFive landmark moments of testimony to Congress Lindsey Graham basks in the impeachment spotlight Democrats sharpen their message on impeachment MORE on Monday […]
Read MoreTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan got an earful from a handful of GOP senators during a White House meeting this week. Republican senators said they raised concerns about Turkey’s military incursion into northern Syria against Kurds and the Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S.-allied rebel group, while also objecting to Ankara’s reliance on a Russian military system. Two GOP senators who attended the meeting […]
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