Syria on HotAir

Syria

Oct 2016

John Kerry: ‘I’ve argued for the use of force’ in Syria

John Sexton Oct 03, 2016 1:01 PM

“I lost the argument.”

Sep 2016

The siege of Aleppo and what the U.S. is doing about it

John Sexton Sep 29, 2016 6:01 PM

“The bombings at night are the worst.”

Secretary Kerry’s ultimatum to Russia: Stop bombing Aleppo or cooperation with U.S. ends

John Sexton Sep 28, 2016 3:01 PM

“The burden remains on Russia to stop this assault…”

U.S. condemns Russian ‘barbarism’ in Syria

John Sexton Sep 26, 2016 1:21 PM

“…Russia and Syria still believe the war can be won outright”

Bashar Assad: Whatever America says happened to aid convoy in Syria is ‘just lies’

John Sexton Sep 22, 2016 4:01 PM

“Whatever they say, it’s just lies and, let’s say, bubbles…”

U.S.: Airstrikes on UN convoy in Syria were carried out by Russia

John Sexton Sep 21, 2016 5:41 PM

Russia: It was a spontaneous cargo fire.

Aleppo fail redux: Team Hillary chief can’t answer the question either

Ed Morrissey Sep 21, 2016 2:01 PM

“We may be tip-toeing into Gary Johnson territory here…”

White House stopped vote on bipartisan bill sanctioning Syria for mass murder

John Sexton Sep 20, 2016 5:01 PM

“the administration seems to be throwing up roadblocks to our bipartisan effort to cut off the resources Assad uses to annihilate his own people”

Gary Johnson: “I feel horrible” about whiffing on Aleppo

Allahpundit Sep 08, 2016 10:41 PM

“I have to get smarter.”

Johnson: “What is Aleppo?”

Ed Morrissey Sep 08, 2016 10:41 AM

“You’re kidding.” “No.”

Another chemical weapon attack reported in Syria

John Sexton Sep 07, 2016 1:21 PM

“At least 37 children and ten women were among those hospitalized…”

CNN: ISIS intended Paris attack to be more extensive but two terrorists were delayed in Greece

John Sexton Sep 05, 2016 9:31 PM

“…they posed as Syrian refugees, blending in with thousands fleeing the war-torn country.”

Smart power: G-20 economic summit off to smashing start for US

Ed Morrissey Sep 05, 2016 10:01 AM

“Who is he to confront me?”

Merkel’s immigration policies suffer another blow in regional elections

Jazz Shaw Sep 05, 2016 8:01 AM

The Chancellor takes a beating on her home turf as Germans reject immigrant wave

Aug 2016

UN concludes Syria crossed Obama’s red line at least twice since agreeing to give up its chemical weapons

John Sexton Aug 24, 2016 10:31 PM

“Bashar Assad is still crossing Barack Obama’s ‘red line,’ a U.N. investigation has found.”

Double stabbing in Virginia a terror attack?

Ed Morrissey Aug 23, 2016 9:01 AM

Known wolf.

Great Game Over: Russia launching attacks from Iran to defend Assad regime

Ed Morrissey Aug 17, 2016 4:01 PM

“A big effing deal”?

Blaming Obama and Clinton for ISIS simplifies a complicated problem

Taylor Millard Aug 12, 2016 8:41 PM

U.S. foreign policy on Middle East needs changing.

Erdogan and Putin are patching things up in a bad sign for the US

Jazz Shaw Aug 09, 2016 6:31 PM

Isn’t that sweet…

Mike Pence: Trump’s territorial ban on terrorism applies to Christians and Jews, not just Muslims

Allahpundit Aug 08, 2016 8:31 PM

“I think that’s appropriate until we develop a new vetting system.”

Inevitable: Turkey accuses US military of helping to plot coup

Jazz Shaw Aug 03, 2016 10:41 AM

Quite the ally we’ve got there…

ISIS authors define “why we hate you”

Jazz Shaw Aug 02, 2016 12:01 PM

Most of us already knew, but thanks for the tip

Jun 2016

The Pentagon doesn’t want to talk about US soldiers injured in Iraq or Syria anymore

Jazz Shaw Jun 22, 2016 10:41 AM

Out of sight, out of mind… until the election, anyway

Poll: Some of Trump’s “unpopular” ideas aren’t that unpopular

Jazz Shaw Jun 22, 2016 8:01 AM

Media misfire

Apr 2016

Video: Trump’s foreign policy speech

Allahpundit Apr 27, 2016 8:41 PM

“We must develop a foreign policy based on American interests.”

Obama wades deeper into Syria with 250 more special-ops forces

Larry O'Connor Apr 25, 2016 6:41 AM

Boots on the ground.

Germany tells migrants to learn German, get a job or lose benefits

Jazz Shaw Apr 15, 2016 9:21 AM

You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

Socialist paradise Denmark turns nationalist when it comes to refugees

Jazz Shaw Apr 12, 2016 10:01 AM

Welcome mat withdrawn

CENTCOM intel analysts pushed out to protect Obama narrative on Syria as well as ISIS?

Ed Morrissey Apr 05, 2016 8:41 AM

Systemic.

Mar 2016

Capitalism is not a “weapon” which can be deployed in totalitarian states

Jazz Shaw Mar 31, 2016 2:01 PM

It’s the destination, not the journey

Palmyra is retaken from ISIS, but we may never know how much the world has lost

Jazz Shaw Mar 28, 2016 9:21 AM

The sands of time

Iraq, US launch offensive to take back Mosul

Ed Morrissey Mar 24, 2016 8:41 AM

Assad forces advance on Palmyra.

Video: Bombing in Istanbul shopping district kills five

Ed Morrissey Mar 19, 2016 11:31 AM

Kurdish separatists or ISIS?

Video: Kerry declares genocides by ISIS in Iraq, Syria

Ed Morrissey Mar 17, 2016 10:01 AM

Better late than never?

Life inside ISIS-controlled Syria

John Sexton Mar 14, 2016 9:41 PM

“Nothing matters more than freedom.”

Russia to start pulling military out of Syria — with Assad’s blessing

Ed Morrissey Mar 14, 2016 6:21 PM

Mission accomplished.

Iraq is running out of money to fight ISIS

Jazz Shaw Mar 13, 2016 3:31 PM

Cheap oil isn’t paying the bills

On Monday, we may formally declare that ISIS is engaged in genocide

Jazz Shaw Mar 12, 2016 2:31 PM

Ya think?

Obama: “Free riders” on global security have to start ponying up

Ed Morrissey Mar 10, 2016 10:41 AM

“Very proud” of backing off of the red line?

ISIS “hack”? Defector identifies 22,000 fighters

Ed Morrissey Mar 10, 2016 9:21 AM

Ba’athist takeover?

Feb 2016

SecDef: Man, Russia’s going to regret their Syrian strategy, eventually

Ed Morrissey Feb 17, 2016 10:01 PM

“We’ll remember who contributed and who didn’t.”

Video: Kerry announces cease-fire in Syria

Ed Morrissey Feb 12, 2016 12:01 PM

“What we have here are words on paper ….”

Obama seeks more military funding for Europe, countering Russia

Jazz Shaw Feb 03, 2016 8:01 AM

Pivot

Jan 2016

Merkel: Yeah, maybe all these refugees should go home when the war ends

Jazz Shaw Jan 31, 2016 12:31 PM

So much for assimilation