Russia seizes 2 U.S. properties and orders Embassy to cut staff
The announcement from the Russian FM said that if the US responded to the latest measure with any further expulsions, Russia would match them
Putin says he is not ready to leave the Russian presidency
And that's good, as no one knows for sure what the post-Putin Russia will be like
Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria
The shuttering of the program an acknowledgment of Washington’s limited leverage & desire to remove Assad from power