Hide Footnote France and Germany and Trump, mutually acceptable compromise among Western powers seemed within reach, and Trump deemed the insufficient and pulled U.S out of JCPOA on May 2018, starting the clock on U.S sanctions snapback. ..…

It came at the same time as National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were making equally absurd statements on their recent foray to Middle Eastern capitals. . ..…

His advisor, John Bolton, prefers message the US will not leave north-eastern Syria till the militants of Islamic State are defeated and Kurds protected.  ... This article was posted on Thursday, January 17th, 2019 at 3 16pm and is filed under Donald Trump, Egypt, Iraq, ISIS,..…

But last week, John Bolton, the White House national security adviser, outlined conditions for the withdrawal that could leave American forces in Syria for months or even years. ..…

Bolton may have one more development going for them: Disillusionment in Iran with the government of President Hassan Rouhani is mounting. . ... Said journalist and political commentator Mehdi Hasan: “You underestimate John Bolton at your peril… In 2003, Bolton got the..…