How come we are getting no news reports out of Iraq and Syria??

[kentuck]

All we hear about is the great success we are having against ISIS.

The last report that we heard about was a visit to Syria by Vladimir Putin to claim victory against ISIS and the rebels. Who was fighting ISIS - Russia or America?

Trump had no problem showing the bombing of the Syrian airport - where he gave the Russians a heads-up so they could move their planes - and that was months ago. It was later discovered not to have been poison gas on the children.

Is there no media in Iraq or Syria to report on the great successes? I do understand that progress was being made against ISIS before Obama left office but the news was much more transparent then.
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[potone]

1. Ive wondered about that, too.

Aren’t there any foreign reporters there anymore?

[RKP5637]

2. Yeah, I've been wondering the same ... like the order went out for silence ... n/t

[kentuck]

3. Is the military operating without any civilian oversight?

That would not be good.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Trump is "in charge." What do you think?

Just like in Afghanistan when they dropped the MOAB. The CiC is going hands off.

[RKP5637]

6. I think that's very plausible. Trump doesn't care, he's the grand delegator, less work for

him. I could see TPTB saying just do what you want/need. ... dangerous times.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Trump doesn't want to be publicly de-pantsed again...

like he did in the Chad fiasco.

[left-of-center2012]

7. You need to watch/read foreign news

German news (in English) on some cable channels M-F.

Also read Aljazeera

BBC News (world)

[kentuck]

8. American successes?

[End Of The Road]

9. Check out newsnow.co.uk

Or google: Syria war newsnow

War news and related politics from all over the Middle East (and all over the world, really). Great site. Now that Turkey is shelling Kurds in northern Syria, and is planning (perhaps already begun) a ground invasion, I read newsnow several times a day to keep up with (or try to) the latest news.

SNAFU

End of the Road

[hunter]

10. U.S. television news and news analysis is worthless...

...an utter waste of time for international reporting.

[kentuck]

11. But these are American troops?

Should we depend on the foreign press to give us reports about American troops?

[End Of The Road]

12. In theory, no.

But in reality? if you want to know what's going on in the Middle East you've got to go foreign. You are smart guy -- read with an open but critical mind.

Fwiw -- I have come to the conclusion that anything from Syrian Observqtory for Human Rights is mostly BS, but you may feel differently.

EOTR

[kentuck]

13. I only know what I read...

But it is my understanding that Assad is now in fairly firm support of Syria at this time? How stable is his government? Putin announced that he was going to withdraw Russian troops from Syria after their victory there??