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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

James Jeffrey

James Jeffrey, special representative for Syria Engagement and special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat Islamic State, speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington on November 14, 2019 (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
December 5, 2020, 10:03 pm
Ex-Syria envoy felt Trump was unqualified. Now he’s sad to see administration go
James Jeffrey signed a 2016 letter warning Trump would put national security at risk, but after serving under him, longtime diplomat says president’s policies made the region safer
By Jacob Magid
US crewmen enter Bradley fighting vehicles at a US military base at an undisclosed location in Northeastern Syria on November 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
November 14, 2020, 11:26 am
Outgoing US envoy to Syria says he hid true number of troops from Trump team
Veteran diplomat James Jeffrey admits playing ‘shell games’ to hide the number of US soldiers in Syria following Trump’s order to withdraw; urges Biden not to rejoin Iran deal
By ToI Staff
Turkish soldiers and Turkey-backed Syrian fighters gather on the northern outskirts of the Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border on October 14, 2019, as Turkey and its allies continue their assault on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria (Zein Al RIFAI / AFP)
October 24, 2019, 1:18 pm
US envoy to Syria says evidence of war crimes during Turkish offensive on Kurds
But, he says, Washington hasn’t seen widespread evidence of ethnic cleansing; defense secretary says Turkey ‘heading in wrong direction’ after Trump announces lifting of sanctions
By ToI Staff and AP
Syrian President Bashar Assad in an AP interview at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, September 2016. (Syrian Presidency via AP)
December 18, 2018, 3:49 am
US no longer bids to oust Assad, accepts Iran will have diplomatic role in Syria
Envoy James Jeffrey demands Iranian forces leave the country; says Washington wants it to be governed in a different manner but no longer seeking regime change in Damascus
By AFP
Screen capture from video showing the delivery of Russian S-300 air defense missiles to Syria. (YouTube)
November 8, 2018, 12:05 pm
Syrian Army claims S-300 air defenses keeping Israel at bay
Military official says advanced Russian-supplied anti-aircraft batteries haven’t made it impossible for IDF to strike Iranian targets, but have ‘minimized’ chances of success
By Judah Ari Gross
James Jeffrey speaks during a hearing on Iran before the House Foreign Affairs Committee at Capitol Hill in Washington on October 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
November 7, 2018, 9:51 pm
US envoy: Russia should maintain ‘permissive approach’ to Israeli raids in Syria
James Jeffrey says Israel has ‘existential interest’ in preventing Iranian military entrenchment, expresses concern over S-300 deployment
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This Tuesday, March 7, 2017 frame grab from video shows US forces patrol on the outskirts of the Syrian town, Manbij, a flashpoint between Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters and US-backed Kurdish fighters, in al-Asaliyah village, Aleppo province, Syria. (Arab 24 network, via AP, File)
September 28, 2018, 4:11 am
US says will stay in Syria as long as Iran does, but maybe not militarily
James Jeffrey, US special representative on Syria, says keeping presence in the country does not necessarily mean ‘boots on the ground’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A US soldier sits on an armored vehicle at a newly installed position in Manbij, north Syria, April 4, 2018. (Hussein Malla/AP)
September 26, 2018, 10:15 am
Trump officials make clear troops won’t leave Syria anytime soon
US president said he would pull soldiers out, but Washington signals it is in no hurry to withdraw from country as long as Islamic State and Iran still there
By Sylvie LANTEAUME
This picture taken on September 6, 2018 shows a member of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the "White Helmets", walking through the wreckage of their center which was destroyed by government forces' bombardment in the town of al-Tamana on the southern edges of the rebel-held Idlib province. (AFP OMAR HAJ KADOUR)
September 7, 2018, 6:44 am
US says it will stay in Syria until jihadists defeated, demands Iran leave
Washington envoy warns Russian offensive in Idlib would be a ‘reckless escalation,’ says US response would involve ‘all of our tools’
By AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Special Representative for Syrian Affairs James Jeffrey in Jerusalem on September 2, 2018 (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
September 2, 2018, 11:23 pm
Netanyahu meets US envoy over Syria, Iran, regional stability
Talks with James Jeffrey center on ‘maintaining Israel’s security,’ while countering Iranian influence in the region
By AFP
Avigdor Liberman (left) and Tzipi Livni shaking hands in January 2013. (Flash90)
March 21, 2018, 10:14 am
Engineers of Syrian nuclear reactor strike hail it as ‘historic’ and ‘brave’
Officials recount details of newly acknowledged 2007 operation and issue warning to present-day ‘enemies,’ notably Iran
By Michael Bachner
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., left, speaks with the committee's ranking member Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. during a hearing on Iran before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
October 11, 2017, 10:46 pm
With Trump set to decertify Iran deal, experts tell Congress to stick to accord
In House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, a top critic of the nuke agreement, Rep. Ed Royce, insists ‘we must now enforce the hell out of it’
By Eric Cortellessa
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
August 31, 2017, 2:21 pm
Trump determination to dent Iran nuke deal leaves experts scratching heads
US president has signaled he will declare Tehran in violation of the pact despite intel saying otherwise, which some say could lead to the entire deal unraveling
By Eric Cortellessa
This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 shows fighters from the Islamic State marching in Raqqa, Syria. (photo credit: AP/militant website, File)
June 12, 2014, 6:18 am
US eyes new aid to Iraq to curb insurgent assault
Washington reluctantly continues to work with PM Maliki, who is seen as part of the problem
By Lara Jakes
June 11, 2013, 2:26 pm
US-Turkey ties strained by protests
President Obama is the ‘only one man in this world that Erdogan listens to,’ analyst says
By Julie Pace
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