Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus along with his wife, Asma, the Syrian president’s office announced Monday.
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Democrats React to President Trump’s Retaliatory Strike on Syria’s Use of Chemical Weapons
Democratic lawmakers have responded with mixed reactions to President Donald Trump’s decision to carry out military strikes on a Syrian air base that was the site of a chemical attack on Syrian civilians this week.
EXCLUSIVE – Jordan Investigates Alleged Islamic State Attempt to Conquer Second-Largest City
TEL AVIV – Jordanian authorities are looking into an alleged plan by Islamic State militants to conquer the Jordanian town of Irbid near the Syrian border, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem. Four jihadi militants and a Jordanian security officer were killed early on Wednesday when troops clashed with gunmen in the kingdom’s second-largest city.
Assad Regime Protests U.S. Strikes on Islamic State Oil
Amid reports that the new strategy of hitting ISIS economic targets, including its cash reserves and oil infrastructure, is significantly harming the Islamic State comes a complaint from the Syrian government that it is harming them as well.
ISIS Captures Iraqi Town, Threatens Airbase Where U.S. Marines Are Training Iraqi Troops
Reuters reports that the Islamic State has taken over most of the Western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, putting them dangerously close to the Ain al-Asad air base, where 320 U.S. Marines are engaged in training soldiers from the Iraqi 7th Division.
Bashar al-Assad’s Message to Troops: ‘No One Is Celebrating the New Year’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited his Syrian troops in Jobar to discuss the damage various anti-government factions have done to the state. Speaking just northeast of Damascus as the beleaguered country entered its fourth year of a civil war, he had little hope to offer his troops.
