Russia Announces Syria Drawdown
Russia’s top general said his country would draw down its military presence in Syria, starting with a withdrawal of its warships from the eastern Mediterranean.
Russia’s top general said his country would draw down its military presence in Syria, starting with a withdrawal of its warships from the eastern Mediterranean.
Belgian police had numerous chances to unmask the Islamic State terror cell that later carried out the Paris and Brussels attacks, according to a confidential report prepared for Belgium’s Parliament. They muffed every one.
Outgoing Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, said Russia has done nothing to help defeat Islamic State forces in Syria and has adopted a strategy of “explicitly thwarting the U.S.” elsewhere.
A Chinese attack submarine made an unprecedented stopover in Malaysia this week in a rare public display of China’s expanding undersea force and a further sign of power realignment in Southeast Asia.
Lee Jae-myung, a mayor in South Korea who favors reaching out to North Korea and confronting the U.S., has emerged as a serious contender to lead the country.