President Donald Trump is expected to ask the Pentagon for ways to accelerate the fight against Daesh (ISIS) militants in Iraq and Syria, and officials said the options probably would include steps the Obama administration considered but never acted on, from adding significantly more U.S. troops...

(The Guardian)- Donald Trump’s proposal to set up safe havens in northern Syria has been met with caution by his allies and skepticism by others who fear the plan is aimed more at keeping refugees out of the US than providing for humanitarian needs. Turkey and Russia, on whom such a plan...

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Congress was moving ahead with building a wall at the U.S. border with Mexico that would cost $12 billion to $15 billion. McConnell and House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan did not say how Congress would pay for the wall that...

Turkey is waiting to see the outcome of U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to order safe zones in Syria, but has long advocated such a plan, Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Huseyin Muftuoglu said Thursday. Trump said Wednesday he "will absolutely do safe zones in Syria" for refugees...