Amb Cohen at UN Security Council for Syria Humanitarian Monthly Briefing
There’s no clearer example of the regime’s starve and surrender strategy than in Rukban. Humanitarian conditions are deplorable as the result of the regime’s refusal…
Searching for Solutions in Syria: The Trump Administration’s Strategy
The Administration is pursuing three mutually reinforcing whole-of-government strategic objectives in Syria – the..
Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons by the Assad Regime in Northwest Syria
The United States continues to closely watch the military operations by the Assad regime in northwest Syria, including indications of any new use of chemical…
Remarks at an Emergency UN Security Council Briefing on Idlib
The United States’ resolve to hold the Assad regime accountable for any further use of chemical weapons is unwavering, and we remind the regime and…
Increased Violence in Northwest Syria
The United States is alarmed by the escalation of violence in Idlib and northern Hama. Ongoing Russian and regime airstrikes, along with
Special Representative Ambassador James Jeffrey Travels to Turkey and Switzerland
Special Representative for Syria Engagement and Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Ambassador James Jeffrey and Deputy Assistant Secretary and Special Envoy…
Delivery of Humanitarian Assistance to Rukban
The United States is appalled by the Assad regime’s decision to reject the UN request to deliver a convoy of urgently needed humanitarian aid from…
Anniversary of the Khan Sheikhoun and Douma Chemical Weapons Attacks
Anniversary of the Khan Sheikhoun and Douma Chemical Weapons Attacks
Joint Statement on Syria
The text of the following statement was released today by UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, and U.S. Secretary of…
Ambassador Cohen at a UN Security Council Briefing on Syria
"The Assad regime and its allies must take concrete steps to de-escalate military operations and end forced disappearances, release innocent civilians held in detention, and…
Amb Jeffrey on ISIS’s territorial defeat and next steps in Syria and the D-ISIS campaign
"This is not the end of the fight against ISIS. That will go on, but it will be a different kind of fight. ISIS has…
Statement from the President on the Liberation of ISIS-Controlled Territory
I am pleased to announce that, together with our partners in the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, including the Iraqi Security Forces and the Syrian…
Press briefing by Amb Jeffrey U.S. Special Representative for Syria Engagement
Press briefing by Ambassador James Jeffrey following his participation in the third Brussels conference on supporting the future of Syria and the region ...
Joint Statement on the Eighth Anniversary of the Syrian Conflict
Eight years ago today, tens of thousands of Syrians took to the streets to claim the right to express themselves freely, call for reform, and…
Additional Funding for the Syrian Civil Defense and UN International Impartial and Independent Mecha
At the direction of the President, subject to congressional approval, the United States intends to provide $5 million for the continuation of the vital, life-saving…
Escalation of Attacks Against Idlib, Syria
The United States views with grave concern escalating violence in recent days in Idlib and neighboring areas prompted by Russian and Assad regime airstrikes and…
U.S. Humanitarian Assistance in Response to the Syria Crisis
Today at the at the Third Brussels Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region,” the United States announced more than $397 million…
Secretary Pompeo’s Meeting With UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo met with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen yesterday in Washington, D.C., to discuss the conflict in Syria,…
