Rex Tillerson Fired as Secretary of State
Story of the Week / March 15th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
President Trump ousted Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, announcing that CIA director Mike Pompeo would be his replacement. Some speculate that he was fired over disagreements related to Russia, while others posit that Trump wanted someone who would take harsher stances on Iran and...
Tensions Rise Over Syria
Story of the Week / April 13th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
After Syrian President Assad allegedly carried out a chemical weapons attack on his own people last week, Donald Trump unleashed a missile strike on a Syrian air base the night of April 6th. Since then, Russia has condemned the attacks but accusations are swirling that Putin had prior...