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The Stark Contrast Between Trump's Trip To Iraq And Obama's 2009 Visit
- Friday December 28, 2018
- World News | Adam Taylor, The Washington Post
President Donald Trump made his first visit to a conflict zone as commander in chief this week, visiting troops at Al Asad Airbase in western Iraq on Wednesday. The unannounced journey took place just days after announcing that he planned to remove U.S. troops from Syria and saw his own defense secretary resign in response.
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United States Defence Chief In Israel For Talks On Iran, Syria
- Friday April 21, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis visited Israel on Friday for talks expected to focus on Iran, Syria and the two countries' close strategic relations despite recent tensions with Barack Obama's adminstration.
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'Horrible' Photographs Of Suffering Moved Donald Trump To Action On Syria
- Saturday April 8, 2017
- World News | Ashley Parker, David Nakamura, Dan Lamothe, The Washington Post
When President Donald Trump began receiving his intelligence briefings in January, his team made a request: The president, they said, was a visual and auditory learner. Would the briefers please cut down on the number of words in the daily briefing book and instead use more graphics and pictures?
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Obama's White House Worked For Months On A Plan To Seize Raqqa. Trump's Team Deemed It Hopelessly Inadequate.
- Friday February 3, 2017
- World News | Adam Entous, Greg Jaffe, Missy Ryan, The Washington Post
Planning for the final assault on Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State's caliphate, had been grinding on for more than seven months. There had been dozens of meetings of President Barack Obama's top national security team, scores of draft battle plans and hundreds of hours of anguished, late-night debates.
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From Nobel Peace Prize To Syria: Barack Obama The Realist
- Friday January 20, 2017
- People | Agence France-Presse
Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize may have confounded critics and created enormous expectations, but ultimately it had little influence on his refusal to get drawn into the bloodshed in Syria. In accepting the prize on December 10, 2009, the young US president, elected only a year earlier, gave a steely speech about "war and peace," outlining what w...
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Donald Trump Promises Syria 'Safe Zones', Barack Obama Says No Easy Fix
- Saturday December 17, 2016
- World News | Reuters
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday his administration would build "safe zones" to try to help civilians trapped in Syria's bloody conflict, an idea that President Barack Obama said would be too hard to enforce.
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Barack Obama To Face Questions On Russian Hacking, Donald Trump, Syria
- Saturday December 17, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
President Barack Obama is expected to face questions about claims of Russian interference in the US election and about the fall of Aleppo in Syria when he holds his year-end news conference Friday.
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John Kerry Says US, Russians To Meet On Aleppo In Geneva
- Saturday December 10, 2016
- World News | Reuters
US and Russian officials will meet in Geneva on Saturday to discuss the situation in Aleppo, Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday.
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Elite Unit That Helped Kill Osama Bin Laden Gets Expanded Power To Hunt Terrorists
- Friday November 25, 2016
- World News | Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Dan Lamothe, The Washington Post
The Obama administration is giving the elite Joint Special Operations Command - the same organization that helped kill Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid by Navy SEALs - expanded power to track, plan and potentially launch attacks on terrorist cells around the globe, a move driven by concerns of a dispersed terrorist threat as Islamic State militants a...
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US President Barack Obama Says Goodbye To World Stage After 8 Years
- Tuesday November 22, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
US President Barack Obama bid farewell to the world stage on Sunday, pondering his legacy, offering advice to his successor and discussing his post-presidential life at the end of his final foreign tour.
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Barack Obama 'Not Optimistic' On Syria As Aleppo Pummelled
- Monday November 21, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
US President Barack Obama said he is "not optimistic" about Syria's future, as the UN warned time is running out to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Aleppo which has been pounded by air strikes for nearly a week.
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Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin Speak At Economic Summit In Peru
- Sunday November 20, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine on Sunday as an economic summit got under way in Peru, in their first known conversation since Donald Trump was elected the next US president.
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European Leaders And Barack Obama To Discuss Russia Sanctions In Berlin: Sources
- Thursday November 17, 2016
- World News | Reuters
European leaders and President Barack Obama on Friday will discuss extending sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, and possible new sanctions for its bombing in Syria, sources familiar with the plans said.
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European Leaders And Barack Obama To Discuss Russia Sanctions In Berlin: Sources
- Thursday November 17, 2016
- World News | Reuters
European leaders and President Barack Obama will discuss on Friday an extension of the sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, as well as possible new sanctions for its bombing in Syria, multiple sources familiar with the plans said.
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Barack Obama Unlikely To See Assault On ISIS' Syria Stronghold
- Monday November 7, 2016
- World News | Reuters
A US-backed assault on Raqqa, ISIS' de facto capital in Syria, is unlikely to pierce the city itself before President Barack Obama leaves office in January, denying him the chance to claim the end of the group's "caliphate" as part of his legacy.
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The Stark Contrast Between Trump's Trip To Iraq And Obama's 2009 Visit
- Friday December 28, 2018
- World News | Adam Taylor, The Washington Post
President Donald Trump made his first visit to a conflict zone as commander in chief this week, visiting troops at Al Asad Airbase in western Iraq on Wednesday. The unannounced journey took place just days after announcing that he planned to remove U.S. troops from Syria and saw his own defense secretary resign in response.
- www.ndtv.com
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United States Defence Chief In Israel For Talks On Iran, Syria
- Friday April 21, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis visited Israel on Friday for talks expected to focus on Iran, Syria and the two countries' close strategic relations despite recent tensions with Barack Obama's adminstration.
- www.ndtv.com
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'Horrible' Photographs Of Suffering Moved Donald Trump To Action On Syria
- Saturday April 8, 2017
- World News | Ashley Parker, David Nakamura, Dan Lamothe, The Washington Post
When President Donald Trump began receiving his intelligence briefings in January, his team made a request: The president, they said, was a visual and auditory learner. Would the briefers please cut down on the number of words in the daily briefing book and instead use more graphics and pictures?
- www.ndtv.com
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Obama's White House Worked For Months On A Plan To Seize Raqqa. Trump's Team Deemed It Hopelessly Inadequate.
- Friday February 3, 2017
- World News | Adam Entous, Greg Jaffe, Missy Ryan, The Washington Post
Planning for the final assault on Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State's caliphate, had been grinding on for more than seven months. There had been dozens of meetings of President Barack Obama's top national security team, scores of draft battle plans and hundreds of hours of anguished, late-night debates.
- www.ndtv.com
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From Nobel Peace Prize To Syria: Barack Obama The Realist
- Friday January 20, 2017
- People | Agence France-Presse
Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize may have confounded critics and created enormous expectations, but ultimately it had little influence on his refusal to get drawn into the bloodshed in Syria. In accepting the prize on December 10, 2009, the young US president, elected only a year earlier, gave a steely speech about "war and peace," outlining what w...
- www.ndtv.com
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Donald Trump Promises Syria 'Safe Zones', Barack Obama Says No Easy Fix
- Saturday December 17, 2016
- World News | Reuters
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday his administration would build "safe zones" to try to help civilians trapped in Syria's bloody conflict, an idea that President Barack Obama said would be too hard to enforce.
- www.ndtv.com
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Barack Obama To Face Questions On Russian Hacking, Donald Trump, Syria
- Saturday December 17, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
President Barack Obama is expected to face questions about claims of Russian interference in the US election and about the fall of Aleppo in Syria when he holds his year-end news conference Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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John Kerry Says US, Russians To Meet On Aleppo In Geneva
- Saturday December 10, 2016
- World News | Reuters
US and Russian officials will meet in Geneva on Saturday to discuss the situation in Aleppo, Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday.
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Elite Unit That Helped Kill Osama Bin Laden Gets Expanded Power To Hunt Terrorists
- Friday November 25, 2016
- World News | Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Dan Lamothe, The Washington Post
The Obama administration is giving the elite Joint Special Operations Command - the same organization that helped kill Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid by Navy SEALs - expanded power to track, plan and potentially launch attacks on terrorist cells around the globe, a move driven by concerns of a dispersed terrorist threat as Islamic State militants a...
- www.ndtv.com
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US President Barack Obama Says Goodbye To World Stage After 8 Years
- Tuesday November 22, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
US President Barack Obama bid farewell to the world stage on Sunday, pondering his legacy, offering advice to his successor and discussing his post-presidential life at the end of his final foreign tour.
- www.ndtv.com
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Barack Obama 'Not Optimistic' On Syria As Aleppo Pummelled
- Monday November 21, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
US President Barack Obama said he is "not optimistic" about Syria's future, as the UN warned time is running out to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Aleppo which has been pounded by air strikes for nearly a week.
- www.ndtv.com
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Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin Speak At Economic Summit In Peru
- Sunday November 20, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine on Sunday as an economic summit got under way in Peru, in their first known conversation since Donald Trump was elected the next US president.
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European Leaders And Barack Obama To Discuss Russia Sanctions In Berlin: Sources
- Thursday November 17, 2016
- World News | Reuters
European leaders and President Barack Obama on Friday will discuss extending sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, and possible new sanctions for its bombing in Syria, sources familiar with the plans said.
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European Leaders And Barack Obama To Discuss Russia Sanctions In Berlin: Sources
- Thursday November 17, 2016
- World News | Reuters
European leaders and President Barack Obama will discuss on Friday an extension of the sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, as well as possible new sanctions for its bombing in Syria, multiple sources familiar with the plans said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Barack Obama Unlikely To See Assault On ISIS' Syria Stronghold
- Monday November 7, 2016
- World News | Reuters
A US-backed assault on Raqqa, ISIS' de facto capital in Syria, is unlikely to pierce the city itself before President Barack Obama leaves office in January, denying him the chance to claim the end of the group's "caliphate" as part of his legacy.
- www.ndtv.com