The nomination of Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence under president-elect Donald Trump has sent shockwaves ...

Senators remain concerned about Tulsi Gabbard’s foreign contacts. In addition to meeting in 2017 with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad—who recently fled his country amid a rebel insurgency ...

The planned cuts include 1,200 positions at the CIA, along with thousands more from other parts of the U.S. intelligence ...

Since 2015, Issam Buwaydani has been head of Jaish al-Islam, a group that fought against the now-ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad and once controlled the Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus. After Syria's ...

In 2019, Tulsi Gabbard, then a Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic hopeful for president, appeared on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast and made an impassioned case for pardoning Edward Snowden.

Middle Eastcategory· April 17, 2025 Operation Assad: the air mission to smuggle the Syrian despot's valuables As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over Syria with an ...

As in Venezuela, North Korea, and Russia, deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime was such a case, characterized by centralized control, suppression of dissent, and a reliance on a powerful ...

On December 8, they entered Damascus. Bashar Assad stepped down as Syrian president and left the country. Head of the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham group (outlawed in Russia) Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known ...