During NBC’s coverage of the American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities on Saturday, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel responded to hopes that the strikes will get Iran to come back to the negotiating table by saying that “Iran has always
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Briefing,” NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel stated that Iranian officials told him “they didn’t want a conflict,” and “There are hardliners in Iran who were stressing that this was a waste of
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel stated that some of the claims that an Israeli airstrike hit a hospital in Gaza “might be disinformation, if Hamas does, in fact, know that
NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel delivered a harsh report of the state of Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover over the capital.
Democrats and multinational media corporations will always put greed and their left-wing political agenda before American lives (ask Ferguson and Baltimore about that).
While speaking on MSNBC on Wednesday, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel stated that China feels they are being scapegoated by people calling the coronavirus the Wuhan flu, Wuhan virus, or China virus. And that the virus “came from
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” NBC News chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel said people were fleeing a “war-zone dynamic” in Central America. Partial transcript as follows: TODD: Richard Engel returned last night from a trip to El Salvador where
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel told a story about “right-wing anti-immigration” Hungary being unwilling to separate immigrant children from their families. Engel said, “What I haven’t seen before is this family separation. As
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” during an interview with NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, a senior official at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Lu Kang, wanted to make it “100 percent” clear to President Donald Trump that
NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel reported on the Syria ceasefire agreement Saturday on MSNBC. According to Engel, there is “not very much hope” this ceasefire will last the full seven days. He said, “If that seven-day ceasefire can
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel stated that “We’re already seeing the rise of the right wing. We’re already seeing rise of hate attacks, where people will use the kind of terrorist attacks, these kind of incidents, to vilify
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel argued that under the Obama administration “we had quite a bit of an inconsistent policy” towards the Middle East on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time.” Engel began by saying that “ISIS is undoubtedly
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel stated that despite President Obama’s rhetoric about international coordination against ISIS, “we are seeing just the opposite” on Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live.” Engel said of the rhetoric at President Obama’s press conference, “we’ve heard
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Pres,” NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said ISIS’s “level of sophistication” has taken the Obama administration by surprise. Host Chuck Todd said, “Now to the key diplomatic problem. Although there seems to be global
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel stated that the US troops who will be sent to Syria “are going to be involved in combat” on Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” Engel said, “These troops are going to be involved
NBC News Terrorism Analyst Col. Jack Jacobs accused the White House of “trying to play politics” over whether US boots are being put on the ground to fight ISIS during a report aired on Wednesday’s “Today.” Jacobs stated, “Anybody in combat
Sunday on “Meet the Press,” while discussing the Syrian refugee crisis, NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said of President Barack Obama’s Syrian policy “the administration drew red lines but they were crossed time and again.” Engel said, “War
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said in reaction to the nuclear deal the Obama administration announced this morning with Iran “There’s a lot of anger” in Israel and “many capitals in the Arab
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “NewsNation,” NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel discussed the new strategy of the Obama administration’s coalition against ISIS to take back the city of Ramadi and called it “almost laughable.” Engel said, “The Iraqi government is not being
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel blasted the US’ ISIS strategy as “all over the place,” “confused,” and “self-contradictory” on Friday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. Engel started by agreeing with Richard Haass’ characterization that Iranians fighting ISIS is “putting
Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Rundown With José Díaz-Balart,” while discussing ISIS now controlling more than half of Syria, NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engel said ISIS success “raises enormous questions” about the Obama administrations strategy. He added, “The definition
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel said “I don’t think we have a really very rosy picture of the Middle East right now” on Friday’s broadcast of “The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart” on MSNBC. Engel stated, “Well, I think
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said he has the unique perspective of bouncing between the Arab and Israel world and is stunned how they are united in opposition to a nuclear agreement
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reported Israel and Arab states such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan were finding “common cause” in “their opposition to US policy” towards Iran on Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live.” “Israel, however, and several countries across
Friday on MSNBC’s “NewsNation,” NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said many in the military and policy analysts have told him the Obama administration’s Middle East policies are “incoherent.” Engel said, “It is actually more contradictory than that, because
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reported that Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen are taking territory “almost unopposed” on Wednesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC. “It’s going from bad to worse for the US-backed government and the US-backed president who
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reported that US military officials he had spoken to “think that Yemen is on the path to becoming a new Syria” on Monday’s “NewsNation” on MSNBC. “I’ve spoke to US military officials who
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel declared that ISIS is “effectively taking over a new country” Libya on Tuesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. “I would not be overly optimistic that they [ISIS] are back on their heels, frankly. There’s
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” reporting on the impact of ISIS’s mass beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians on a beach in Libya last week, NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said, “Something else was murdered 21 times
Friday on MSNBC’s “The Rundown With José Díaz-Balart,” while discussing the Obama administrations unusual move of announcing a planned military assault on the Iraq city of Mosul, NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said there are “enormous questions” about
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” after returning form Iraq, reporting from Istanbul, NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said he was “incredibly depressed” by the complete confusion and chaos Iraq has fallen into. When asked about the conditions
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reported that both Kurdish fighters and American advisers are upset with the lack of support provided by the United States in the fight against ISIS on Friday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC. “We
