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Zarif: Trump Just 'More Explicit' About US Desire for Iran 'Regime Change'

Democrat Heitkamp Backing War Hawk Pompeo Because Trump 'Entitled to His Own Cabinet'

Jon Queally, staff writer

A day after becoming first Democrat to say she would vote to confirm hawkish CIA director to be Trump's next secretary of state, Senator from North Dakota stumbled to explain why Pompeo's troubling record on torture and NSA spying would not dissuade her. Then quickly walked away.

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In 'Clear Violation of Domestic and International Law,' Trump Bombs Syria

Jon Queally, staff writer

"Strikes against the Syrian regime – without congressional input or...

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After France Claims "Proof" Chemical Attack Was Assad, Russia Says "Irrefutable Data" Shows Incident "Staged" by Foreign Intelligence Service

Jon Queally, staff writer

While a team from the UN's Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons...

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Sanders: Trump Has 'No Legal Authority' to Bomb or Attack Syria

As Tensions Soar, Turkey Warns US Bombing of Syria Could Set Entire Middle East 'on Fire'

Critics: Any Trump Attack on Syria Would Be 'Reckless,' 'Dangerous,' and 'Illegal'

Warning of 'Serious Consequences' If US Attacks Syria, Russian Says Chemical Attack Possible False Flag Operation

'Blood of Thousands on Their Hands': Senate Votes for More Carnage in Yemen

'Recipe for War': Experts Warn Pompeo Pick Increases Risk of US Attack on Iran

A U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jet takes off from Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on Dec. 15, 2015.

Syria Denounces 'New Aggression' After US Warplanes Bomb Government Forces

'One of the Best': Readers, Fellow Journalists Mourn Passing of Investigative Reporter Robert Parry

Tensions Soar: Syria Decries Open-Ended US Military Presence as 'Act of Aggression'

120 Jewish Studies Scholars Condemn Trump's Jerusalem Declaration

After Trump Calls Gulf Nation "High Level" Funder of Terrorism, US Sells Qatar $12 Billion in Fighter Jets

In Iraq and Syria, US-Led Coalition Killing Increasing Number of Civilians

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Democracy for America

While Trump Likes to Play Authoritarian, Its Congress Who Must Decide on War

National Iranian-American Council

NIAC Statement on Syria Strikes

Amnesty International - USA

Strikes Must Minimize Further Harm to Civilians in Syria

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Congresswoman Lee Condemns President Trump’s Strike Against Syria

Peace Action

Peace Action Condemns Illegal Syria Strikes, Calls on Congress to Reclaim War Powers

Peace Action

Striking Syria Is Dangerous and Illegal

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Eric Margolis

Doctor Death From Damascus?

Robert C. Koehler

In Syria and Beyond, What Would It Even Look Like If the U.S. Truly Wanted Peace in the World?

Jonathan Cook

Robert Fisk’s Douma Report Rips Away Excuses for Air Strike on Syria

Gary Olson

Trump’s Attack on Syria: An Illegal Piece of Choreographed Theater

Richard Eskow

7 Questions About the Syria Airstrikes That Aren’t Being Asked

Will Bunch

U.S. Bombs Won't Save the Kids of the Middle East. Here's What We Can Do

Gregory Shupak

Major Papers Urge Trump to Kill Syrians, Risk World War III

Robert Crawford

The Senate Should Reject Gina Haspel and Mike Pompeo

Phyllis Bennis

John Bolton's Terrifying First Day in the Trump White House

Medea Benjamin

10 Reasons to Fear John Bolton

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