A day after Pompeo talks up US role in the Middle East, troops start to leave Syria In a speech in Cairo, the secretary of state said Obama’s hope for “a new beginning” with the Muslim world was a dire miscalculation.
A defense secretary leaves and a Republican argument on the Middle East explodes into the open A Republican schism on should we stay (in the Middle East) or should we go bursts into the open.
Syrian media blames Israel for air strike on Damascus airport The suspected Israeli air strikes hit a weapons depot outside the airport, causing considerable damage.