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US President Donald Trump speaks to the press upon returning to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, January 13, 2026. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)
January 14, 2026, 11:32 pm
Poll: Most Americans think Trump has ‘gone too far’ with foreign interventions
Results mainly driven by Democrats and independents, with 71% of Republicans backing US president’s actions following Venezuela operation and ahead of potential strike on Iran
By Linley Sanders
In this January 22, 2019, photo, Representative Mario Diaz-Balart, left, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Senator Marco Rubio and Senator Rick Scott, speak to the media after their meeting with US President Donald Trump about Venezuela, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
February 3, 2019, 12:31 am
Senate reasserts foreign policy role, reshaping Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda
Traditional conservatives are pitted against the GOP’s nonintervenionalist wing as they vie for influence over the White House’s overseas policies
By LISA MASCARO
A British military Typhoon aircraft lands at the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) of Akrotiri, a British overseas territory located ten kilometres west of the southern Cypriot port city of Limassol, following US, British and French strikes on Syria on April 14, 2018. ( AFP PHOTO / Iakovos Hatzistavrou)
April 14, 2018, 10:32 am
With Syria strike, Macron and May order first major military operations
For both the French and the British leaders, last week’s alleged chemical weapons attack by the Syrians crossed a ‘red line’
By Adam PLOWRIGHT
Covers of 'Stalag' pornographic comic books from early 1960s Israel (Courtesy: Heymann Films)
November 17, 2016, 4:29 am
When Israel banned Nazi-inspired ‘Stalag’ porn
As the Knesset prepares a bill to ‘filter’ Internet pornography, a peek at the Jewish state’s 1963 show-down with Holocaust-infused comics
By Matt Lebovic
PA President Mahmoud Abbas, September 1, 2013 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
September 3, 2013, 3:18 pm
Breaking with Arab League, Abbas opposes Syria strike
Arabs attacking Arabs is one thing — Americans attacking Arabs is something else, PA president tells his party
By Elhanan Miller
Distribution centers for gas masks were inundated in late August with Israelis trying to get their gas masks as Western intervention in Syria looked likely (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
August 29, 2013, 11:57 am
Warning: Danger at any moment (maybe)
The Israeli dailies do their best to simultaneously scare and calm readers about the situation in Syria
By Yossi Nachemi
Former US Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter with troops next to a Patriot anti-missile battery on the Turkish-Syrian border in February, 2013. (photo credit: Glenn Fawcett/ US Department of Defense)
August 25, 2013, 8:55 am
Poll shows Americans gun-shy over Syria intervention
White House discussing possible response to alleged use of chemical weapons by Assad government, but most Americans still unwilling to step in
By Gavriel Fiske
A Syrian rebel checks an anti-aircraft weapon, in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria, on Monday, Dec. 14 (photo credit: AP/Muhammed Muheisen)
From the WebDecember 24, 2012, 12:44 pm
Russians manning Syrian air defenses, complicating possible Western intervention
The Guardian: Advisers manning new surface to air system supplied to Assad from Moscow during civil war
US soldiers train for chemical warfare (photo credit: Marv Lynchard/US Department of Defense/File)
December 6, 2012, 3:23 am
US ‘huddling’ with Israel, other allies as Assad’s forces ‘load chemical weapons into bombs’
Syrian troops reportedly began mixing components over the weekend; ‘remote’ danger of chemical weapons being fired into Israel, CNN contributor notes
By Gabe Fisher and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of two F-16 Royal Jordanian Air Force jets (photo credit: CC BY-SA 3.0, by Caycee Cook, US Air Force, Wikimedia Commons)
December 5, 2012, 9:07 am
US, allies said to be prepared to ‘rapidly’ intervene if Assad utilizes chemical weapons
Potential coalition partners include the UK, Turkey and even Israel; King Abdullah II says Jordan will not be a party to military intervention in Syria
By Gabe Fisher
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
May 23, 2012, 6:49 pm
Deputy PM: Someone ‘may have to take military action against Iran’
Credible military option is best backup plan in case sanctions and diplomatic isolation fail, Moshe Ya’alon says
By Sam Ser
Ehud Olmert (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
From the WebMay 1, 2012, 11:38 am
Olmert calls for US leadership in military intervention against Iran
Former prime minister advocates that the US lead military action against Iran if international efforts to halt its nuclear program fail
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (photo credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
April 19, 2012, 7:42 pm
Panetta: Unilateral military action is not a solution
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says military will be ready
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (photo credit: Misha Japaridze/AP)
April 4, 2012, 12:25 pm
Russian FM warns against arming Syrian rebels
If foreign powers intervene, ‘the carnage will go on for years’
Pentagon officials keeping everything on the table in case sanctions fail. (photo credit: CC BY gregwest98, Flickr)
From the WebFebruary 18, 2012, 5:04 pm
Not convinced by sanctions, US weighs military ‘Plan B’ against Iran
The Guardian reports that American military and diplomatic officials are skeptical about sanctions’ efficacy
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