With ISIS essentially gone from Syria, it's time to bug out, no matter what the Kingdom thinks.
US General to Turkey: We're Not Pulling Back // Kevin Baron
General Votel said the US supports its NATO ally's concerns but won't abandon the coalition of Syrian Democratic Forces fighting ISIS on the world's behalf.
Podcast: The War in Yemen and the Making of a Chaos State // Ben Watson
More than 1,000 days of fighting have turned Yemen into one of the most dangerous places on the planet. Aid workers, journalists, and experts explain little-appreciated realities about the war, and how — just maybe — to help turn things around.
M SHAMSUR RABB KHAN
In the late 1960s, wrote Elaine Sciolino in The New York Times in 2001 ("A nation challenged: Ally's future; US pondering Saudis' vulnerability"), Reza Shah Pahlavi sent a series of letters to King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, urging, "Please, my brother, modernize. Open up your country. Make the schools mixed women and men. Let women wear miniskirts. Have discos. Be modern. Otherwise I cannot guarantee you will stay on your throne."