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Jared Szuba

Washington, D.C., United States

Pentagon Correspondent at Al-Monitor

Pentagon correspondent @AlMonitor. DC by way of Cairo, Amman, others. Drop me a line 📩 [email protected] / Signal (202)-999-7100.

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  • US weighs plans to slash troop presence in Syria by more than half

    1 week ago | al-monitor.com | Jared Szuba

    WASHINGTON — The Trump White House is weighing plans to withdraw the majority of its troops from Syria over next few months, Al-Monitor has learned. Under the Pentagon’s plan — which has not yet received final approval by the White House's National Security Council — Syria’s Kurdish-led militias would retain control of more than a dozen makeshift prisons holding thousands Islamic State detainees and their families across the country’s northeast.

  • Saudi Arabia to host US-Ukraine talks on ending war with Russia

    1 month ago | al-monitor.com | Jared Szuba

    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, confirmed on Thursday that a US delegation will head to Saudi Arabia next week to meet with Ukrainian officials and to press Hamas to release the remaining Israeli hostages.

  • Pentagon deploys more B-52 bombers to Middle East in warning to Iran

    1 month ago | al-monitor.com | Jared Szuba

    WASHINGTON — The Pentagon sent another sortie of two US Air Force B-52 bombers over the Middle East this week as the Trump administration seeks to coerce Iran's leaders into negotiations in a bid to halt Tehran’s nuclear enrichment. The B-52 sortie was the third in just three weeks and comes as the aircraft carrier USS Truman returned to the Red Sea after a brief hiatus in the Mediterranean.

  • White House rejects Arab plan for postwar Gaza, insists on Trump's

    1 month ago | al-monitor.com | Jared Szuba

    WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday rejected a joint plan put forth by Arab states to establish security in postwar Gaza. “The current proposal does not address the reality that Gaza is currently uninhabitable and residents cannot humanely live in a territory covered in debris and unexploded ordnance,” Brian Hughes, a spokesperson for President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, said in a statement. “President Trump stands by his vision to rebuild Gaza free from Hamas.

  • US launches second B-52 bomber flight over Middle East in 2 days

    2 months ago | al-monitor.com | Jared Szuba

    WASHINGTON — The Pentagon authorized a sortie of US Air Force B-52 strategic bombers over the Middle East for the second time in just two days, flexing long-range muscle as the Trump administration pressures Iran to come to the negotiating table over its advancing nuclear enrichment.

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Jared Szuba
Jared Szuba @JM_Szuba
11 Apr 25

RT @Adam_Lucente: A fascinating read on the future of Syria's Jewish community post-Assad by my colleague @ElizHagedorn: https://t.co/kCZx…

Jared Szuba
Jared Szuba @JM_Szuba
10 Apr 25

RT @asliaydintasbas: Dangerous Turkish-Israeli dynamic in Syria, with quotes from me⬇️

Jared Szuba
Jared Szuba @JM_Szuba
10 Apr 25

New @AlMonitor: Analysts say nascent Turkey-Israel confrontation in Syria should be wake-up call for Trump admin. Had Turkish troops been killed by Israeli strikes at T4 base, "we would have woken up to a new reality in the Middle East." -@asliaydintasbas https://t.co/Tq9fTSX2Ls