I don't know who said that, but we'll make a determination on that,' Trump says on report of US troop withdrawal from Syria - Anadolu Ajansı

Trump said just before rebels ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad in December in that the US military should stay out of Syria. Trump is also not giving up on the idea of Egypt and Jordan taking in Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, even as the leaders of both countries have flatly rejected the idea.

Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president during a meeting of armed factions in Damascus. The former rebel leader will “assume the duties of the Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic and represent it in international forums,

Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's nominee to serve as the director of national intelligence, answered a question about why she repeated "Russian talking points" about the U.S. supporting al-Qaeda, while opposing U.

The US military conducted a successful airstrike in northwest Syria on Thursday, killing Muhammad Salah al-Za’bir, a senior member of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Hurras al-Din group. This strike is part of the ongoing US efforts to weaken terrorist organizations operating in the region.

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump on his inauguration in a statement on Monday, saying he is looking forward to improving relations between the two countries.

"The terrorists get a vote, and they're voting to keep fighting," former Trump counterterrorism envoy Nathan Sales told Newsweek.

President Donald Trump will appear in the White House briefing room at 11 a.m. EST on Thursday to brief Americans on Wednesday's deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport, the White House said.

Meanwhile, families of executed prisoners demand access to unmarked graves, the foreign minister’s talks with the Taliban trigger backlash and a cleric resigns after criticising Azerbaijan’s president

Asharq Al Awsat President Donald Trump has declined to say whether he intends to maintain current US troop levels in Syria.“We’ll make a determination on that,” Trump told reporters on Thursday when asked if he intends to withdraw US troops deployed to Syria to fight ISIS.

MOSCOW, January 31. /TASS/. Obstacles to peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, NATO's escalating defense budget, and the sharp decline in Russia-Germany trade turnover. These stories topped the headlines in Friday’s newspapers across Russia.