The Pentagon claimed on Thursday that the Syrian government remains able to conduct chemical attacks, though “only at a limited level”. General Kenneth McKenzie, director of the US military’s Joint Staff, said Damascus retains a “residual” chemical capability at a variety of sites across the country. “They will have the ...
President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, is facing so much opposition from Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the panel could be forced to take the unusual step of sending the nomination to the full Senate without a favorable recommendation. Democratic Sen. ...