U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday the Syrian government may still be using chemical weapons against its own people following a suspected chlorine attack in a rebel enclave, and he said Russia bore ultimate responsibility. Rescue workers in the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, near to Damascus,…
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov next week in Vienna on the sidelines of an OSCE event. The conflict in Syria, and the simmering war in the Donbass region of East Ukraine will be on the agenda. Pro-Russian Rebels Declare New State Of…
A whiff of detente hung in the Manhattan air after President Donald Trump’s speech at the United Nations this week, which triggered the mainstream media and dictators around the world alike. While Trump certainly trumpeted a distinct American nationalism, which horrified the Left, he also suggested a way forward out…
American Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said this week he does not want tensions with Russia to escalate further and would like to work towards better relations. The two nations have been locked in a tit-for-tat cycle of escalation since the Russian invasion of the Crimean peninsula in 2014. “I…
In a ‘tit-for-tat’ move against Russia ordering almost 800 U.S. diplomats to leave the country, the Trump administration has ordered Russia to close its consulate in San Fransisco and reduce operations in New York and Washington, D.C. It described Moscow’s actions to reduce Washington’s diplomatic staff ‘unwarranted.’ “The United States…
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said prior to the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany that the U.S. military would be open to working with Russia to stabilize Syria and even jointly enforce no-fly zones in the region. The statement, coming prior to the gathering of world leaders, could…
American Secretary of State Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov will meet soon in Washington to discuss the situation in Syria and in East Ukraine. “On Ukraine, the sides will discuss the need to stop the violence in eastern Ukraine and resolve the conflict through the full implementation of the…
Putin Meets Tillerson After All As Power Play Plays Out.