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虽然毫无疑问ISIS在叙利亚和伊拉克都被击败，但Pompeo的“99％”可能是基于一些虚假数据，或者他只是忘了看一些可以在网上轻松找到的地图。
On January 7th, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States has destroyed 99% of ISIS’ caliphate, reinforcing Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria, according to the Washington Examiner. We’ve taken down 99 percent of the caliphate. Ninety-nine percent of the caliphate. That should be the first sentence in every story. Right?
美国计划退出叙利亚，已迫使土耳其争先恐后地在叙利亚北部制定一项制胜战略，据一些分析人士称，这使得土耳其最高军事指挥部陷入混乱。
On January 4th, al-Monitor published an analysis into a possible conflict in the Turkish army’s top brass over the operation in Syria. According to the author, Fehim Tastekin, while Turkey was negotiating with the US over the roadmap for the area east of the Euphrates River and Manbij, while also coordinating with Russia to get their approval
一名沙特记者在当局声称他管理了一个披露沙特当局和王室侵犯人权的推特账户后被捕并遭受酷刑致死。
Saudi journalist and writer Turki Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Jasser has died after being tortured while in prison, the New Khaleej recently reported. The news outlet cited human rights sources, claiming that Al-Jasser was arrested and tortured to death after Saudi authorities claimed he administered the Twitter account Kashkool, which disclosed rights
尽管特朗普承诺将军费开支减少5％，但2019年的预算是有史以来最大的，预算支出至少达到7000亿美元。
US President Donald Trump called for defense spending cuts during a Cabinet meeting on October 17th. In fact, he asked all cabinet members to institute budget cuts of at least 5% for their departments in 2019. Speaking to the press prior to the Cabinet meeting, Trump spoke of his plan to ask every secretary to make a cut of 5% “if not more” in
据称特朗普运动前副主席里克盖茨与一家以色列情报公司就社交媒体虚假宣传活动进行了接触。
Rick Gates, the former deputy chairman of the Trump Campaign was allegedly in contact with an Israeli intelligence firm about a social-media disinformation campaign targeted at Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton and to the benefit of Trump, according to the New York Times. According to the NYT, Rick Gates contacted a company called Psy-Group which is
奥巴马政府在2016年签署了援助协议，并将在2019年至2028年期间提供380亿美元的美国军事融资。
A military aid package from the US to Israel went into force according to an announcement by the US State Department on October 2nd. The deal for the aid was signed in 2016 during the Obama administration and will provide $38 billion in US military financing between 2019 and 2028. “As we enter the new fiscal year, the 10-year period of the
Zinke称俄罗斯是“一招小马”。
On September 28, US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke publicly threatened Russia with a naval blockade saying that this is an option to prevent Russia from selling its energy. "The United States has that ability, with our Navy, to make sure the sea lanes are open, and, if necessary, to blockade … to make sure that their energy does not go to
