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Burke’s Bully Pulpit: Trump and the crisis in Syria

Burke’s Bully Pulpit: Trump and the crisis in Syria

Patrick Burke April 11, 2018
Syrian citizens deserve better than what they’re getting at the moment. On top of being gassed by their own leaders, they are now dealing with a weak response from the rest of the world. Inspectors from the United Nations Security Council are on their way to Damascus to find out if Bashar al-Assad really has gassed his own people again.
OP-ED: Another act of war

OP-ED: Another act of war

Editors April 10, 2017

Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. On April 4, a suspected chemical attack was reported in the opposition-held town of Khan...

STROINSKI: U.S. should get involved in Syria

STROINSKI: U.S. should get involved in Syria

Anna Stroinski April 9, 2017

Last week, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad gassed his own people. Yes, though the United Nations prohibits chemical warfare, Assad gassed his own people. He, or the Syrian military I should say, used...

BURKE: Are there chemical weapons in Syria?

BURKE: Are there chemical weapons in Syria?

Patrick Burke April 5, 2017

On Tuesday, an attack on the rebel-held Syrian town of Khan Shaykhun killed 58 people. It is not immediately clear which regime-backed force carried out the attack. One thing is clear: people were killed...

YANK-JACOBS: President Barack Obama visits Saudi Arabia, must still improve relations with country

YANK-JACOBS: President Barack Obama visits Saudi Arabia, must still improve relations with country

Kobe Yank-Jacobs April 25, 2016

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest holder of known oil reserves, first formed a relationship with the United States in 1933, when an oil concession formed between Standard Oil Company of California (now...

BENNAIM: Tides are changing in Syria

BENNAIM: Tides are changing in Syria

Amid Bennaim November 4, 2015

The month of October brought a development that could potentially change your life in very real and negative ways. What had seemed like a hopeless civil war in Syria evolved into something much more sensitive...

Boston area residents show solidarity with Syrian refugees

Boston area residents show solidarity with Syrian refugees

Caroline Lord September 21, 2015

[mediagrid cat="21775"] More than 200 people gathered in Copley Square Saturday for a candlelight vigil for Syrian refugees, organized by the political group Boston Solidarity. While the U.S. President...

NEMINSKI: The Complications in Fighting ISIL

NEMINSKI: The Complications in Fighting ISIL

Mike Neminski October 16, 2014

This summer saw an increase in the amount of turmoil located in the Middle East. CNN constantly featured images of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict, or Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant tanks rolling...

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