Politics

INTERVIEW: US envoy James Jeffrey on ISIS, the Syrian border, Idlib, Rukban and Iraq

US envoy James Jeffrey talks about the US role in Syria and the effort to fully dismantle ISIS in Iraq in a wide-ranging interview

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Germany extends Saudi arms sales embargo by 6 months

Germany has extended by six months a weapons export freeze against Saudi Arabia imposed a year ago over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

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Trump says US is ‘locked and loaded’ after attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure

President Donald Trump said the US is "locked and loaded" to respond to attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure sent oil prices soaring

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South Korea agrees to share military intelligence with Japan through US

South Korea said it will share military intelligence with Japan through the US after terminating a pact to exchange information directly

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South Korea to end military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan

South Korea said it will terminate its military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid intensifying trade and diplomatic disputes

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UAE denies it supports Yemen’s southern separatists capture of Aden

The UAE rejected accusations it supported Yemeni separatists in their seizure of the government's de facto capital Aden

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Russia urges moratorium on missile deployment after US quits INF treaty

Russia called on the US to implement a moratorium on deploying intermediate-range nuclear missiles, as Washington withdrew from the INF treaty

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US Senate fails to override Trump’s Saudi weapons sales veto

The US Senate failed to prevent $8 billion in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, after President Donald Trump vetoed resolutions blocking the deal

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Turkey rejects latest proposals on Syria safe-zone, accuses US of stalling

Turkey rejected the latest US proposals to establish a controversial safe zone in SDF-controlled northeast Syria

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Mark Esper sworn in as US defense secretary

Former soldier Mark Esper was sworn in as US secretary of defense after Senate confirmation, filling America's longest Pentagon leadership vacuum

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