The latest Trump administration deal with the Taliban, challenges to the U.S. role in Syria and Iraq, and a potential reduction of forces in Africa point to a global trend in how the U.S. will deal with counter-insurgency in the future. 
Israel rolled out a new plan this month, called Momentum, to take advantage of Israel's technological edge, blending them with the best weapons systems like the F-35i and using it with extreme effectiveness against enemies. 
Christians continue to be persecuted and slaughtered, and their churches attacked, worldwide. 
Largely unknown to and unreported in the West, a large, two-day conference was recently hosted (Jan. 27–28) by Al Azhar University in Egypt and attended by the leading clerics and politicians from 46 nations. Titled "Renewal in... 
Because of its decisions, all that Turkey can do is manage the defeat of the Syrians and hope that it can hold a sliver of the border as Russia, Iran, and Assad together decide the future of Syria. 
The diplomacy-only track advocated by supporters of the Obama administration's Iran deal fundamentally misunderstands the logic behind having diplomacy in the first place. Diplomacy doesn't exist in a vacuum; it is part of a country's foreign-policy arsenal. 
The US hopes to push Turkey to greater action against the Syrian regime and Russia in Syria's northern Idlib province. 
Asks whether Russia can continue to support the Syrian regime while preserving its relations with Turkey.
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