French President Emmanuel Macron has warned fellow European countries that NATO is dying because of Washington’s lack of predictability under President Donald Trump, a view quickly rejected by Germany but hailed by Russia.

U.S. troops tasked with protecting oil fields in northeastern Syria are helping ensure any profits flow to the mainly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, a key partner in the fight against the Islamic State terror group.

The United States and six Gulf allies announced sanctions Wednesday on 25 entities associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, in a move to tighten controls on both group’s finances.