Jim Mattis
US lawmakers’ concern on Saudi Arabia prompts Pompeo, Mattis briefing
Middle East
November 27, 2018
US lawmakers’ concern on Saudi Arabia prompts Pompeo, Mattis briefing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis will brief the US Senate…
Yemen peace talks likely in early December: Mattis
Middle East
November 22, 2018
Yemen peace talks likely in early December: Mattis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday that peace talks between Yemen’s warring parties were…
US Defense Secretary Mattis arrives in Afghan capital
Middle East
March 13, 2018
US Defense Secretary Mattis arrives in Afghan capital
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday he believes victory in Afghanistan is still possible — not necessarily on the…
Any gas attack in Syria would be ‘very unwise’: Mattis
Middle East
March 12, 2018
Any gas attack in Syria would be ‘very unwise’: Mattis
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday it would be “very unwise” for the Syrian regime to use gas as…
Mattis: US, Turkey finding ‘common ground’ on Syria
Middle East
February 15, 2018
Mattis: US, Turkey finding ‘common ground’ on Syria
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday the United States and Turkey are having an open dialogue about their growing…
Turkey vows to widen offensive against Syrian Kurds
Middle East
January 25, 2018
Turkey vows to widen offensive against Syrian Kurds
Turkey’s president on Wednesday vowed to expand Ankara’s operation against Kurdish forces in northern Syria beyond the enclave of Afrin…
Mattis eyes moving away from arming Syrian Kurdish fighters
Middle East
December 2, 2017
Mattis eyes moving away from arming Syrian Kurdish fighters
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that as offensive operations against Islamic State in Syria entered their final…
Syrian Kurdish party backs longer US role in Syria
Middle East
November 15, 2017
Syrian Kurdish party backs longer US role in Syria
The main Syrian Kurdish political party, the PYD, said on Wednesday the US-led coalition against Islamic State should continue to…
Senators to press Tillerson and Mattis on new war authority
World
October 30, 2017
Senators to press Tillerson and Mattis on new war authority
President Donald Trump’s national security brain trust faces Congress on the need for a new war authorization as the deadly…
Pentagon chief Mattis stresses diplomacy in Korean crisis
World
October 27, 2017
Pentagon chief Mattis stresses diplomacy in Korean crisis
On his first visit to the tense but eerily quiet frontier between North and South Korea as US secretary of…