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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson departs after a closed classified briefing for members of the Senate on North Korea and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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Smoke is seen following an airstrike on the western frontline of Raqqa on July 17, during an offensive by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a majority Kurdish and Arab alliance, to retake the city from ISIS fighters. (Bulent Kilic/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE via Getty Images)
Trump’s Big Decision in Syria
As the US-led coalition accelerates its campaign to destroy ISIS’ remaining strongholds in Syria, the Trump administration faces a big decision about the future: Does it want to keep some US troops inside the country to help stabilize Syria after the jihadists...Caption:
Jeannie Rousseau at age 23 in Paris, at the time she was also working as a spy. (Family photo)
A Diminutive Woman — and a Spy who Defined Courage
Jeannie Rousseau de Clarens, one of the remarkable spies of World War II, died last week in France at the age of 98. Like so many intelligence officers, she had a gift for getting people to talk. But she had something else: dauntless, unblinking courage in facing the...Caption:
US President Donald Trump. (AFP)
Trump’s Afghanistan Strategy isn’t to Win. It’s to Avoid Losing.
Will President Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy alter the dynamics of America’s longest and most frustrating war? Do commanders really have any better chance of succeeding now than when this conflict began 16 years ago? I put those questions by phone Tuesday to Gen....Caption:
Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / Kremlin Pool/European Pressphoto Agency)