further escalation, ” US National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett told reporters. The Israeli

Three Americans who were detained in China have been released in a prisoner swap with Beijing, the Biden administration said on Wednesday.... One of the men had been an F.B.I. informant, according to senior U.S. officials. John Leung, Kai Li and Mark Swidan were heading to the United States on Wednesday after months of diplomatic maneuvering to free them.... Xu was listed in the Federal Bureau of Prisons system as “ not in B.O.P. custody.” The exchange has been in the works, under intense secr

President Joe Biden addressed the nation Sunday afternoon after meeting with his national security team, calling the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's" abhorrent" regime a" historic opportunity for the long-suffering people of Syria."" At long last, the Assad regime has fallen," Biden said.... Too many lives are being so needlessly wasted, too many families destroyed, and if it keeps going, it can turn into something much bigger, and far worse," Trump said.In an interview with ABC News