About 2,000 ISIL terrorists are estimated to remain in the Syrian city of Raqqa, fighting for their survival in the face of an offensive by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a senior US official said on Friday. Brett McGurk, US special envoy for the coalition against ISIL, said the SDF ...
The United States Treasury Department has imposed new financial sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The Monday announcement came a day after the oil-rich nation cast their ballots on electing a new assembly tasked with rewriting the constitution. The US called the vote a “sham,” amid reports that new decisions ...
