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,…
OPCW FFM Report on Investigation Into CW Use in Douma, Syria, on 7 April 2018
The report concluded that there were reasonable grounds that chlorine was used as a chemical weapon in the attack. The FFM found that the weaponized…
Remarks at a UNSC Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in Syria
The United States urges the Assad regime and the Russian Federation to facilitate a new UN-Syrian Arab Red Crescent humanitarian convoy to Rukban before the…
Freedom of Movement for Internally Displaced Persons in Rukban
The United States applauds the recent success of the United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) humanitarian convoy which brought life-saving humanitarian assistance to…
Statement by Ministers of the Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS/DAESH
We, the Ministers, Secretaries General, and Heads of Delegations of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, met in Washington today at the invitation of United…
