While there’s conflicting statements within the Trump Administration over whether the U.S. will pull troops out of Syria, the latest rhetoric from White House officials is increasing tensions between the U.S. and its NATO allies.

U.S. officials are visiting Turkey today to begin discussions about the extradition of Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen. But the timing of this exchange is raising questions about the true motive behind the meeting.

The tit-for-tat battle between the United States and China continues to escalate, and now China is accusing the U.S. of fabricating facts in its cyber hacking claims.

Tensions could soon increase between NATO allies as Turkey has announced that it plans to launch a new military operation to drive out US-backed Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria.

Earlier this year, while the worst humanitarian crisis in the world was reaching new heights in Yemen, the United States was apparently pledging its support to Saudi Arabia by launching a new operation in the war.

The United States is responsible for destabilizing the region, arming and training so-called rebel groups, and bombing and displacing innocent civilians—all in a quest to illegally overthrow a foreign government. But while there are many ways in which the U.S. can be credited with breaking Syria, it does not appear that it will be nearly as quick to rebuild it.

It only took the U.S. government 17 YEARS of war in Afghanistan, thousands of innocent lives, and more than $2.4 TRILLION to admit that there is no way to defeat the Taliban militarily.

The State Department announced that the U.S. is pledging $40 million to “support a variety of efforts to counter Russian, Iranian and Chinese disinformation and propaganda.”

In Syria At least 117 White Helmets members and their families are now resettling in four major provinces in Canada after they were evacuated from Syria by western governments—but the group’s history of ties to Al-Qaeda is raising some concerns.

The Pentagon released a report calling China a major threat the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex as tensions continue to increase in the midst of an ongoing trade war between the two countries.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought a new set of props to his speech before the United Nations General Assembly this year, and he made the claim that Iraan has a “Secret Atomic Warehouse” in Tehran. 

he United States and Cuba have pledged to put politics aside for a new research partnership that is dedicated to finding new treatments for cancer.

Israel has vowed to continue airstrikes in Syria, choosing to ignore strict warnings from Russia.

The United States has pledged to work with Russia in space—even if tensions are increasing here on Earth.

The Start Department announced today that it has authorized sanctions against 33 Russian individuals and entities connected to defense and intelligence structures. 

North Korea is welcoming leaders from South Korea this week as leaders from the countries participate in talks that the South claims could bring the North closer to denuclearization.

As tensions continue to increase in the province of Idlib, there are growing reports of protests as multiple factions prepare to fight for control of Syria’s northwestern region—but who is behind the protests, and what is truly motivating them?

As tensions increase in Idlib, Russia is now accusing the White Helmets of using orphans to film videos simulating a chemical attack to be blamed on the Syrian government.