Tillerson Urged to Prosecute Turkish Security Guards for Attacking US Protestors

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson should arrest, prosecute and jail Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security guards who were caught on video attacking protestors outside the Turkish Ambassador's residence in Washington, DC, 29 US Congressmen said in a letter to Tillerson on Monday.

US Would Not Achieve Peace in Syria by Executing Military Attacks : US Senator

The Trump administration should not rely on military solution in the pursuit of achieving peace in Syria, US Senator Ben Cardin said in an interview on Friday.

US Congressman Eliminates Syrian Army Responsibility for Idlib Chemical Attack (Video RT)

US Congressman Thomas Massie expressed doubt Wednesday that the Syrian army is responsible for Tuesday’s chemical attack, and reinforced his stance that US intervention could “end up making the situation worse.”

Moscow sees nothing new in Congress banning cooperation between military of two countries

The Congresses ban of cooperation between Russian and US military is nothing new, contacts in that sphere have been limited by the mechanism of preventing incidents in the air, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.

US lifts economic sanctions on Myanmar

US President Barack Obama on Friday issued an executive order to lift economic sanctions on Myanmar.

U.S. Senate will likely override veto of 9/11 lawsuit bill

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Wednesday to override President Barrack Obama's veto of legislation that give relatives or survivors of the 9/11 terror attacks the ability to sue Saudi Arabia.

Obama vetoes bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia

US President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed a bill allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia, risking public backlash and rare congressional rebuke.

Turkey calls on Obama to veto ‘9/11 bill’ : Obama is not going to sign this law.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Sept. 23 called for U.S. President Barack Obama to prevent the “Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act” from becoming law, saying it contradicts international law and the principles of the U.N. Charter, particularly regarding the sovereignty and equality of states.

Congress approved the bill on lawsuits against Saudi Arabia for the attacks of 11 September

On Friday, September 9, the U.S. Congress approved a bill that allows the relatives of the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to file lawsuits against Saudi Arabia. President Barack Obama previously threatened to veto if lawmakers approve the bill.

FBI discovers 15,000 more Clinton e-mails linked to scandal

The FBI has discovered almost 15,000 unrevealed documents linked to the e-mail scandal surrounding Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, U.S. media outlets reported Monday.

State Department to restart internal review of Clinton's email use

The U.S. Department of State will restart its internal investigation into former chief Hillary Clinton's email use, now that Justice officials have declined to pursue charges against the Democratic presidential candidate.

Congress urged the FBI to interview Hillary Clinton in connection with the «post scandal»

The house of representatives of the U.S. Congress urged the head of the FBI James Komi to interrogate the candidate on a post of the US President from Democratic party Hillary Clinton on the case concerning the use of personal email to send sensitive documents.

White House presses Congress to act on gun control after TV shooting

The White House on Wednesday issued a rapid call for Congress to pass gun control laws,after two journalists were shot to death during a live television broadcast.

US Appeals Court Finds NSA Phone Record Gathering 'Excessive'

A U.S. appeals court in New York ruled Thursday that the clandestine National Security Agency's massive collection of phone records of Americans is illegal, far exceeding the scope of what Congress authorized.

Poroshenko vows that Crimea will be returned to Ukraine ("not necessarily... by military means")

As the European Union announced a fresh wave of sanctions against Moscow, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko vowed Friday to reunite the Russian-held region of Crimea with the rest of the country.
The annexation of Crimea, which sparked a diplomatic crisis with the West, will be reversed not by military force, but by an "economic and democratic petition" Poroshenko declared. 

"In a few days I go to the United States where we have a very important meeting with the US Congress (and) the US president... We are also hoping in the very near future for a special status of a non-NATO member alliance," Poroshenko, speaking in English, told an international business forum in Kiev.

Συρία: Oι ΗΠΑ εξοπλίζουν μυστικά «μετριοπαθείς» αντάρτες. -Σύμφωνα με το δημοσίευμα του πρακτορείου Reuters

Το αμερικανικό Κογκρέσο ενέκρινε μυστικά την αποστολή ελαφρύ οπλισμού σε μετριοπαθείς αντάρτες της Συρίας στο νότιο τμήμα της χώρας, μεταδίδει το ειδησεογραφικό πρακτορείο Reuters.

Σύμφωνα με το δημοσίευμα, το Κογκρέσο ενέκρινε την αποστολή όπλων στη Συρία μέχρι το τέλος του δημοσιονομικού έτους στις 30 Σεπτεμβρίου. Πρόκειται για ελαφρύ οπλισμό και λίγα πιο ισχυρά όπλα όπως αντιαρματικές ρουκέτες. Δεν περιλαμβάνουν εκτοξευτές ρουκετών εδάφους - αέρος που μπορεί να χρησιμοποιούν στην κατάρριψη πολιτικών αεροσκαφών.

Μιλώντας στο Reuters, ο Μπρους Ρίντελ, πρώην αναλυτής της CIA και σύμβουλος εξωτερικής πολιτικής του αμερικανού προέδρου Μπαράκ Ομπάμα περιέγραψε τον πόλεμο στη Συρία ως «αδιέξοδο».

U.S. to keep 1,500 troops in Jordan. -A flood of refugees from Syria into Jordan has tested the Jordanian government...

The United States has about 1,500 U.S. troops in Jordan and they will remain there until the security situation improves, the White House told Congress on Friday.

The U.S. contingent in Jordan, which includes Patriot missile systems and fighter aircraft, is there to help the Jordanian government as it grapples with strains from the civil war in neighboring Syria.

A flood of refugees from Syria into Jordan has tested the Jordanian government of King Hussein, a close U.S. ally.

US to cut funding on Turkish Chinese-missile purchase

The U.S. Congress is set to adopt a law next week forbidding Turkey from using American funds to acquire a $4 billion missile system from a Chinese company blacklisted by Washington.

The United States has voiced deep concern over Turkey's decision in September to enter negotiations with China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corporation for its first long-range anti-missile system.

CPMIEC, which makes the HQ-9 missile system, is under U.S. sanctions for selling arms and missile technology to Iran and Syria.

Iran-Six: pas de négociations en cas de nouvelles sanctions US (Téhéran).

Téhéran se retirera des négociations avec les Six médiateurs internationaux sur son programme nucléaire si le Congrès américain adopte des sanctions supplémentaires contre l'Iran, rapporte lundi la chaîne Press TV en référence au député iranien Mohammad Hassan Asafari.

"Ces derniers temps, le Congrès américain ne cesse de s'appliquer à élargir les sanctions contre l'Iran. Notre décision est que si le Congrès approuve un tel projet de loi, les négociations (avec les Six, soit Etats-Unis, Chine, Russie, Grande-Bretagne, France et Allemagne) seront suspendues", a déclaré M.Asafari, de la commission pour la Sécurité nationale et la Politique étrangère.

Obama Urges No New Iran Sanctions...

WASHINGTON, November 14 (RIA Novosti) – US President Barack Obama on Thursday urged federal lawmakers not to enact further sanctions against Iran amid ongoing negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
“If we’re serious about pursuing diplomacy, there’s no need to add new sanctions on top of the sanctions that are already very effective,” Obama told a White House news conference, adding that Washington can “dial those sanctions right back up” if Iran fails to comply with an agreement.