Mar. 9: Spokesperson Nauert spoke with the producers of the Oscar-nominated film on the White Helmets in Syria about the humanitarian situation in Eastern Ghouta and the UN Security Council-approved ceasefire. More»

Date: 10/20/2017 Description: This Oct 19 frame grab from drone video shows damaged buildings in Raqqa, Syria two days after Syrian Democratic Forces said that military operations to oust ISIS have ended and that their fighters have taken full control of the city. © AP Image

National Security adviser H.R. McMaster recently gave a keynote address on the situation in Syria at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Watch his remarks here. More»

Date: 03/13/2018 Description: Member states voted a the UN Comission on Narcotic Drugs, on March 14, to put Carfentanil under tighter controls. - State Dept Image

Deputy Assistant Secretary Walsh (Mar. 14): "Now more than ever, our work in the Commission is vital to protecting the health and security of all our citizens. The world drug problem is ever-evolving and changing." Full Text» More» DipNote»

Department Press Briefing

March 15, 2018

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U.S.-Japan Foreign Policy Meeting

Spokesperson Nauert (Mar. 16): "Deputy Secretary Sullivan and Foreign Minister Kono agreed that international pressure on the DPRK must be maintained until the DPRK takes credible, verifiable, and concrete steps toward denuclearization." Full Text»

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Support of Lebanese State Security Services

Spokesperson Nauert (Mar. 15): "The United States today renewed its support for two of Lebanon’s vital national institutions, the Lebanese Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces, in Rome at the conference in support of Lebanese state security services." Full Text»

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