- Trump: “Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!” [Link]
- Trump fired Tillerson because of disagreements such as the Iran Deal. Trump says the new Secretary of State Pompeo agrees with Trump that he should withdraw from the deal. [Link]
- Senators Young and Shaheen introduce a bill that will undermine the Yemen War Powers Act. [Link]
- ICE Spokesman says he quit because he was asked to lie by the Trump administration. [Link]
- Maduro fires several officers of the Venezuelan military. [Link]
- Mikhail Gorbachev on the dangers of current US and Russian tensions. [Link]
- Ukraine’s President says his country will move towards joining NATO. [Link]
- Weapon sales to the Middle East doubled over the past ten years. [Link]
- Israel dropped tear gas from a drone on to Palestinian protesters. [Link]
- General Votel explains it is in US interest to remain in the Iran Nuclear Agreement. [Link]
- General Mattis says some elements of the Taliban are interested in peace talks. [Link] Mattis also said the US is not seeking a military victory in Afghanistan. [Link]
- Operation Olive Branch is becoming an ethnic cleansing campaign. [Link]
- About 100 civilians were able to leave rebel-held Eastern Ghouta. [Link]
- Russia threatens to respond if the US attacks Assad. [Link]
- The Turkish Foreign Minister says the US and Turkey have reached a deal for the YPG to withdraw from Manbij. [Link]
- In Yemen, an ISIS suicide bomber kills four people at a military kitchen. [Link]
