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Tulsi Gabbard to face questions on Assad visit, Russia views

USA TODAY on MSN · 1h

Tulsi Gabbard to face questions on Assad visit, Russia views in confirmation hearing

Critics blasted the meeting as legitimizing Assad four years after he used lethal chemical weapons on Syrian civilians. "It was common knowledge that Assad was gassing the civilian population,

Wall Street Journal · 18h

Tulsi Gabbard’s Secret Bashar al-Assad Meetings, Explained

Donald Trump’s pick to oversee 18 intelligence agencies with a $100 billion spy budget is facing renewed scrutiny over an unannounced trip to Syria in 2017 where she met with the now-deposed dictator twice.

The Financial Times · 3h

Tulsi Gabbard grilled over Assad, Snowdon and Russia at hearing for spy job

Tulsi Gabbard was grilled over her past support for leaker Edward Snowden, her dealings with Syria’s ousted president and sympathies for Russia as she tried to convince sceptical senators to confirm her as Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence.

Russian diplomats make 1st Syria visit since Assad's fall

Qatar's Emir becomes first head of state to visit Damascus since Assad's fall

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Damascus on Thursday, the first visit by a head of state to the Syrian capital since the Dec. 8 fall of President Bashar al-Assad to an Islamist rebel offensive.

Associated Press · 1d

Russian government delegation makes first official visit to Syria since Assad’s fall

A delegation of Russian officials is in Damascus, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported. It is the first such visit to Syria since the fall in December of former President Bashar Assad, an ally of Moscow.

Voice of America · 1d

Russian diplomats make first Syria visit since Assad's fall

The first Russian official delegation to visit Syria since the toppling of long-term Moscow ally Bashar al-Assad has arrived in Damascus, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. The visit comes with Moscow keen to secure the fate of two military bases there and after Russian President Vladimir Putin denied that Moscow had suffered a strategic "defeat" in the Middle East following the fall of Assad.

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Gabbard sheds light on Assad visit, expresses shock intelligence community showed no interest at the time

DNI nominee Tulsi Gabbard provided additional details on her meeting with then-Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017 while ...

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Former Assad soldiers turn in weapons and register as civilians in return for amnesty

A Russian news agency reports that a delegation is in Damascus following the fall of the Assad regime, working to secure the ...

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The discovery of brutal mass graves in Syria reveals Assad’s legacy of horror

Syria’s Civil Defense has uncovered over two dozen charred bodies in two basements in rural Damascus, adding to the growing ...

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Rebel Leader Who Overthrew al-Assad Is Declared Syria’s President

The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a ...

Gabbard grilled about views on Syria's Assad, Iran policy at confirmation hearing

In her confirmation hearing for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard was pressed on her relationship with former ...

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Leader of Syrian rebels who toppled Assad named interim president

The new Syrian government also said that the armed groups which ousted the regime in December have been dissolved.

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