Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about disputes between Israel and Syria leading to fighting in Golan Heights, Syria.

This report discusses the ongoing conflict in Syria and provides an overview of U.S. policy responses. The rise of the insurgent terrorist group known as the Islamic State (IS, aka the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or ISIL/ISIS) and Russia's military intervention on behalf of the Syrian government have reshaped debates over U.S. policy toward the ongoing civil conflict in Syria, now in its fifth year.

This report provides background and current information on the Islamic State, a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group that has expanded its control over areas of northwestern Iraq and northeastern Syria since 2013. The report also examines possible U.S. policy options in the wake of increasing international outrage at the Islamic States' brutality and apparent disregard for typical human rights conventions.

This report discusses the U.S. policy approaches for countering the financial resources of the Islamic State, which has seized significant territory in Iraq and Syria and threatened to conduct attacks against the United States and its citizens.

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about president Nixon who left Andrews Air Force base on the first leg of the trip that will take him to five middle East nations.

This report focuses on Syria's internal politics and the impact of hostilities in Iraq on Syria's stability and U.S.-Syrian relations. It outlines the development of the regime currently headed by President Bashar al-Asad and its support base; describes potential challenges to the regime; examines the effect of the Iraq war on Syrian domestic politics and U.S.-Syrian relations; and reviews U.S. policy options toward Syria.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a meeting between the United States and 12 other energy consuming nations which begins in Washington for discussion of energy problems.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Israeli forces which remain on alert in the tense Golan Heights following several clashes with the Syrian troops during the past few days.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the State Secretary Kissinger who returned to Jerusalem from Cairo for more negotiations aimed at disengaging Syria and Israeli troops along the Golan Heights.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about rumblings of a new middle East war which were voiced in Lebanon.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about president Nixon who leaves for a five nation tour of the middle East with a brief stopover in Salzburg to adjust to the time zone changes and meet with the chancellor of Austria.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about reports from Cairo which indicate the Egyptian army has been placed on alert along the West bank of the Suez canal.

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