The United States is preparing to end its relatively quiet but long-running military presence in Syria, with officials confirming plans to withdraw the roughly 1,000 American troops still stationed in the country. U.S. officials told the Wall Street Journal that all remaining forces will be pulled out over the next two months, bringing to a close a decade-long mission…
President Donald Trump is hosting dozens of world leaders in Washington on Thursday, February 19, for the inaugural meeting of his newly formed Board of Peace, an ad hoc international body aimed at overseeing Gaza’s reconstruction but facing immediate diplomatic headwinds. The summit is taking place at the renamed United States Institute of Peace, now…

