The point is, the old media really looks like it's taking sides once again and the Sanders and Trump supporters can make a good case that it's taking sides against them.
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And when it comes to taking sides, Eubanks supports Dennis.
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Other passersby reportedly joined in on the argument, taking sides.
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It accuses critics of taking sides with their political rivals.
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Some companies are concerned that taking sides could alienate customers.
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Ms. Wasserman Schultz has strenuously denied she is taking sides.
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" He also appeared on Broadway in 1996, in "Taking Sides.
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" Others did not want to be seen as "taking sides.
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Be very, very cautious about taking sides in those conflicts.
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By not taking sides, Twitter is ultimately taking a side.
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That is not to say China always refrained from taking sides.
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Because they play into what the internet already loves: taking sides.
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We're not taking sides or having a specific stance on anything.
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If you're a big corporation, you are taking sides in politics.
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Bradley Byrne in the primary, isn't taking sides in the runoff.
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Israel has refrained from taking sides in the Syrian civil war.
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Best of all, she's not taking sides in this ugly war.
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" Pope not taking sides on Venezuela, afraid of 'bloodbath' Pope Francis also told reporters that he is not taking sides on the Venezuela crisis because, as a pastor, it would be an "imprudence" that could "do harm.
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He said he's not taking sides in the Apple versus FBI battle.
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And Solstad describes this change of emotional climate without really taking sides.
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Reform of the DMCA shouldn't be about taking sides in the disputes.
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Louis C.K. usually seems less comfortable taking sides than jumping between them.
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We shouldn't be drawn into taking sides, as tempting as that is.
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Now, not only are lawyers involved, but Team Internet is taking sides, too.
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What followed were endless memes, celebrities taking sides, and even more snake emoji.
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Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming told reporters China was not taking sides.
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In the long run, China may find it hard to avoid taking sides.
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"How will you be a mediator if you are taking sides?" he said.
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But he and Ms. Sandberg largely avoided taking sides in highly political debates.
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The law prohibits those in government roles from taking sides in campaign battles.
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We're told they're not taking sides either ... they think both are to blame.
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Some observers said American neutrality was really just another way of taking sides.
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When values conflict, "taking a stand, not taking sides" would be the modus operandi.
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The tricky part is now to give something to their friends without taking sides.
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Fans and critics couldn't get enough of the incident, making jokes and taking sides.
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We're not taking sides, but we don't like the fact that they are clashing.
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Conservatives are taking sides ahead of the first Americans caucusing in Iowa on Monday.
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For America to start taking sides in such theological disputes risks inflaming sectarian tensions.
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While Saudi and Iran are at odds, Zahar said Hamas was not taking sides.
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DeMario makes it clear -- people shouldn't be taking sides, and definitely shouldn't slander Corinne.
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Try to determine ownership in advance, and remember that the movers aren't taking sides.
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President Trump has said that the U.S. is "not taking sides" in the conflict.
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Rahman said the academics were not taking sides about whether geo-engineering would work.
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I think the degree of difficulty is higher because we don't like taking sides.
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Although Joe's delivering the Democratic response to Trump ... she tells us she's not taking sides.
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The FCC is studiously not taking sides in the argument, but is allowing further testing.
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Zambada mediates between them and keeps things in check without taking sides, according to AFP.
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Of course it's blowing up on social networks, and of course people are taking sides.
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Her husband, Brandon Blackstock, is also Shelton's manager — but she says he's not taking sides.
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Saleh reinjected himself into Yemen's violent and complex politics by taking sides with the Houthis.
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Morocco has refrained from taking sides in the dispute between Qatar and other Arab states.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has said he is "not taking sides" in the Nevada case.
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It can begin by seeking to avoid taking sides in a newly polarized world order.
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Feature Asghar Farhadi's films fill theaters in a country where taking sides can be dangerous.
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"' He apologized to employees for any negativity they endured from the "appearance of 'taking sides.
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The world is increasingly taking sides on who should be the rightful leader of Venezuela.
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One print alludes to the growing role of religion in Indonesian politics, without taking sides.
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But the aging leader has been accusing the generals of taking sides in the succession race.
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Burger King saw "zero risk," he said, in taking sides, demonstrating how decisively the issue polls.
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It's more controversial to say it doesn't, or to act like it's not worth taking sides.
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" Cooper said she is not taking sides on the shutdown and described herself as "not political.
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The central government in Mogadishu last year criticized Puntland for taking sides in the Gulf dispute.
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But most ASEAN countries hate the idea of taking sides, despite widespread misgivings about China's intentions.
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Karlie Kloss is not taking sides in the great fallout between Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian.
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Powerful industry groups are taking sides in the politically charged fight over repealing and replacing ObamaCare.
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Arguments and taking sides went on for the entire seven days, to varying levels of bitterness.
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Israel's stated policy on the civil war in Syria is that it is not taking sides.
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" As for RT's political bent, he said, "What media outlet isn't taking sides in this election?
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But that was a move perceived as taking sides in the disagreements between Israelis and Palestinians.
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It also seems Skinny's taking sides ... giving Tekashi's ex-manager, Kifano "Shotti" Jordan, a shout-out.
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Until now, Washington has avoided taking sides, while quietly pressing Qatar to stop financing extremist groups.
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Some declined to comment, leery of being perceived as taking sides in the country's tense politics.
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But Carter seems like a diehard – especially when she's taking sides in the Capitals' fan blog wars.
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It's more evidence that Russian trolls are more interested in encouraging fights between Americans than taking sides.
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KB: I think people are just naturally inclined towards taking sides, you see this in politics too.
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Mazars has avoided taking sides in the dispute and said it will comply with all legal obligations.
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Ravelry also wanted to make it clear that it's not taking sides in supporting Democrats or Republicans.
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Feinstein is not taking sides but just looking for a resolution for her constituents, the person said.
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But it has avoided taking sides in a multi-billion dollar trade war between Washington and Beijing.
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The U.S. is not taking sides in the territorial dispute, but argues it must be settled peacefully.
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Instead of taking sides in that conflict, Washington should press Riyadh and Tehran to stop feeding it.
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Doing that will mean taking sides, which will inevitably draw accusations of bias and threats of reprisal.
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When it comes to Kennedy and Markey, lawmakers are not taking sides along traditional generational fault lines.
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Some donors are already considering halting contributions, fearful of being seen as taking sides against the government.
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We need to think less about taking sides and fighting each other politically and just pulling together.
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The specter of that meeting still hovered and Mr. Obama was, in a sense, taking sides again.
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CARACAS, Venezuela — The world is increasingly taking sides on who should be the rightful leader of Venezuela.
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She attended the Trump inauguration with her husband and has avoided publicly taking sides on the administration.
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The group that awards the Oscars is weighing whether to respond, and A-list celebrities are taking sides.
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"I just listened and I just let them know that I wouldn't be taking sides," she tells PEOPLE.
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Countries on both sides of the dispute have influence in Somalia, and Mogadishu has refrained from taking sides.
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One is to avoid taking sides in the Democratic primary by backing specific policy proposals from a candidate.
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The United Nations and the United States assailed the state of emergency, effectively taking sides against Mr. Yameen.
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The City of Philadelphia has avoided taking sides, saying it has limited authority over the privately owned site.
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Mr. Liberman, whose Yisrael Beiteinu party won eight seats, has refrained from taking sides, hoping to play kingmaker.
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For years, The Times avoided using the word to avoid taking sides in a legal and political fight.
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The International Monetary Fund has avoided taking sides, saying it will follow the position of its member states.
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A senior White House official since told ABC News that Melania Trump is not "taking sides" against the president.
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The bloc has sought to avoid taking sides in a multi-billion dollar trade war between Washington and Beijing.
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I think we're at a time when people need to come together, need to collaborate, instead of taking sides.
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The new film is subtle about taking sides, except against the establishment There are no flashbacks in HBO's Confirmation.
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The agency has been studying the issue for some time now, but has been trying to avoid taking sides.
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" He added, "We need to think less about taking sides and fighting each other politically, and just pulling together.
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"I was a journalist for most of my adult life and a professional at not taking sides," Simpson said.
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Fed officials want to avoid taking sides in the final stages of the congressional battle over the tax cuts.
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As the deadline looms, Bitcoin companies and exchanges are taking sides on whether to support Bitcoin Gold or not.
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Taking sides In recent years, belligerents in the Middle East's various conflicts have generally fallen into two separate camps.
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Since then, pretty much everyone in the universe has been offering up their opinions on the situation and taking sides.
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"You don't have to apologize for 'taking sides' when one side is pro-pedophilia," Full Frontal host Samantha Bee tweeted.
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During the cold war it was far enough from the important theatres of Soviet-American rivalry to avoid taking sides.
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U.S. officials have failed to explain how taking sides while supporting the U.N.-facilitated peace process are not contradictory objectives.
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Concerns about taking sides on this divisive issue are prompting a significant number of high-profile companies to lie low.
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"By saying he is not taking sides, Donald Trump clearly is," said Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
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It seems like every famous face in Hollywood is taking sides in the Kanye West–Kim Kardashian–Taylor Swift drama.
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But consistently linking only to one side of a debate can leave the impression that you, too, are taking sides.
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Alabama voters are taking sides regarding allegations against Roy Moore, with some downplaying or dismissing the Washington Post report entirely.
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Iran responded by accusing France of taking sides and Macron on Friday said Iran should clarify its ballistic missile programme.
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"When I was younger, in my mind I was taking sides," she said of the end of the royal marriage.
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"Mod Donna," which was about a ménage à quatre and skewered traditional views of marriage, certainly had people taking sides.
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The hearing took a more political tone than a Senate hearing earlier in the day, but he avoided taking sides.
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Sanders is aggressively taking sides in the debate on the left over pushing for a fully renewable power system vs.
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But consistently linking to only one side of a debate can leave the impression that you, too, are taking sides.
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Lawson R. Bader, its chief executive, said in an interview that his group was an "interested party" not taking sides.
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Everyone in the bitcoin community is taking sides, and its Canadian users aren't sitting on the sidelines of the debate.
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Iran responded by accusing France of taking sides and Macron on Friday said Iran should clarify its ballistic missile program.
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Did he make it off that ship with his payout, proving that he's right about the benefits of never taking sides?
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Every EVE-related missive posted on the web usually features a ton of comments railing against the author for taking sides.
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Though Warren has been careful to avoid taking sides in the Democratic primary, she hasn't shied away from attacking Republican candidates.
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They continue to say the current military action is not aimed at toppling Assad or taking sides in the civil war.
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They can help by reporting the facts and not taking sides — no matter how powerful one of the players may be.
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"The whole world is taking sides," Ren Yi, a senior investment banker in Beijing, wrote on the social media site Weibo.
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Instinctively, US journalists tend to see their role not as taking sides in those fights, but as accurately reporting on them.
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The Bollywood channel is never mentioned by name out of concern that people would think the game is taking sides, Brush said.
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The premise is an interesting one with a number of fintech services taking sides between in-app and out-of-app offerings.
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Unsurprisingly, the 60-year-old journalist — who was dubbed "America's Sweetheart" during her 15-year run on the show — wasn't taking sides.
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Bailey is in the market for a spy because three of her doctors are heading to court, and people are taking sides.
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He's not taking sides with either Kesha or Luke, but he has a hard time believing the Sony producer is a rapist.
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But U.S. involvement in the Venezuelan crisis has exposed regional and geopolitical risks associated with taking sides in an internal conflict. Sen.
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Trying to avoid taking sides in foreign conflicts, including those in the Middle East, has been a pillar of Brazilian foreign policy.
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"No red or blue cards means no taking sides!" reads a message on the new pack of cards featured on Mattel's website.
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Many in the West Wing find little upside to the president taking sides in intraparty contests where both candidates are Trump loyalists.
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"We don't like they are clashing but we're not taking sides," says @POTUS of clashes between #Iraq army and Kurdish forces. pic.twitter.
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"Cronies inside Samsung will start taking sides, and this is a risky situation you can't control from a jail cell," he said.
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The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expressed anger at the G7 statement, saying the grouping should not taking sides on issues involving territorial disputes.
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After Kim Kardashian Snapchatted that call between her husband Kanye West and Taylor Swift, it seems everyone is taking sides in the feud.
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Meanwhile, Americans are digging in along deepening fault lines, taking sides on everything from Trump and immigration to Megan Rapinoe and drinking straws.
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Celebrities are taking sides after Taylor Swift released a scathing note that accused Scooter Braun of "manipulative bullying" after he acquired her musical catalog.
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In a memo issued last week, Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer highlighted the importance of not taking sides as the election season gets closer.
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Why it matters: The move from Levi's continues the trend of big name corporations in America taking sides on key political and social issues.
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China has repeatedly blamed the United States for stoking tension in the region through its military patrols, and of taking sides in the dispute.
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, a Democrat weighing a run for his party's nomination in the 2020 presidential race, has largely avoided taking sides.
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In one simple moment during a NFL game, a player's personal political beliefs became part of the national conversation – and people are taking sides.
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In Brussels, officials face the daunting challenge of tackling "euromyths" while avoiding taking sides in Britain's referendum campaign lest they be accused of interference.
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Mattis now has regular breakfasts or lunches with Pompeo and Bolton together, and he is making sure not to be seen as taking sides.
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Pakistan has maintained official silence about the latest rift in the Arab world, loathe to be seen taking sides between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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China hewed to its standard playbook after the recent attacks on oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, calling for an investigation and not taking sides.
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Torn between the musicians they work with and the boards and administrations they work for, music directors typically avoid taking sides in labor disputes.
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Others said groups like Pilma can contribute to a broader sense that taking sides on a thorny issue like drug prices carries political risks.
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At the same time, Mr. Lowenthal said, intelligence agencies have always been loath to be seen as taking sides in disputes about American politics.
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Fans weren't just supporting the accused; they were actively and aggressively taking sides against the apparent victims via online pile-ons and disinformation spreading.
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Legislation to protect patients from surprise bills is moving in Congress, but lawmakers and the industry are taking sides over how to calculate those payments.
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China has repeatedly blamed the United States for stoking tensions in the South China Sea and of taking sides in the dispute, charges Washington denies.
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After British chef and culinary curmudgeon Gordon Ramsay basically told the world that pineapple on pizza is a culinary faux pas, people started taking sides.
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The decision to issue the certification prompted concern from some congressional Democrats that Republican President Donald Trump's administration could be seen to be taking sides.
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Mr. Taylor repeatedly expressed disappointment about Ukrainians taking sides in American politics and said he similarly advised his diplomats to avoid dealing with Mr. Giuliani.
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As the raucous presidential race descends on New York, which holds its primaries on Tuesday, prominent New Yorkers are taking sides in the Democratic contest.
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As the inciting incident uncovers a swarth of family secrets, characters like Hector (Peter Sarsgaard), Aisha (Thandie Newton), and Jamie (Badgley) find themselves taking sides.
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Amid this backdrop, Francis has been careful not to antagonize Russia by taking sides in the conflict in Ukraine, or between the Ukrainian Orthodox churches.
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I can't possibly catch you up here, but the quick version is: after the influential YouTubers' friendship publicly ended, fans have been taking sides — mostly Westbrook's.
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You have core developers who have personalities and it kind of becomes a cult of personality over who you're with and people taking sides on Twitter.
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"We're not interested in taking sides, we're just happy to work with all our good partners and we really appreciate the assistance that's coming," he said.
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LONDON (Reuters) - China's ambassador to London on Monday accused the British government of taking sides in the Hong Kong protests by criticising the police and government.
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Mr. Trump ran through the Republican primaries, shredding the tradition of presidential neutrality by taking sides in nominating contests and even opposing a handful of incumbents.
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China's ambassador to Sri Lanka quickly sought to show he was not taking sides, posing for photo opportunities with Mr. Rajapaksa and Mr. Wickremesinghe on Saturday.
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This gave the appearance of "taking sides" in an emotionally charged debate that escalated on Twitter and beyond over the weekend, which was not our intent.
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While many performers have been careful not to be seen taking sides, others whose political stances were already known have been more willing to be heard.
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Still, he never did consider the possibility that athletes could risk the commercial perils of taking sides, the way LeBron James has, without any significant blowback.
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He plays aides off one another, taking sides -- in often unpredictable ways -- and always, always, always reminding them that anyone can be gone at any time.
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The status of Jerusalem has long been a sticking point for both parties, and the U.S. has historically sought to avoid taking sides on the issue.
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Since Macron took power he has offered to mediate in Libya, Ukraine, Syria, the Qatar crisis and even Venezuela, each time carefully trying to avoid taking sides.
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"We don't want to see taking sides, as happened during the Cold War," Li told his audience at a lunch hosted by Australian Prime Minister, Malcom Turnbull.
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Republicans and Democrats could watch the Carson monologue and laugh at clever humor with a touch of embedded social commentary without feeling that Carson was taking sides.
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China has repeatedly blamed the United States for stoking tensions in the region through its military patrols, and of taking sides in the dispute, accusations Washington denies.
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Johnson on Wednesday defended his reaction to Russia's meddling attempts, saying the previous administration did not want to be seen as taking sides in the presidential election.
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The response also went viral, with a surprising number of young people taking sides against Talia, shunning her instead of the company paying her an exploitative wage.
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In addition to an agenda that has turned off many independents, Mr. Trump is complicating individual races by breaking from precedent and taking sides in contested primaries.
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Throughout the Syrian civil war, Israel has avoided taking sides and has largely limited its role in the conflict to targeting weapons shipments en route to Hezbollah.
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Ricky Ray Butler, the chief executive of Branded Entertainment Network, a product placement agency, said that typically travel influencers try to avoid taking sides in geopolitical matters.
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His book has an interesting, jumpy, adversarial energy, with its author caught up in the drama and not so subtly taking sides in the clashes surrounding Sontag.
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"This gave the appearance of 'taking sides' in an emotionally charged debate that escalated on Twitter and beyond over the weekend, which was not our intent," Gamgort wrote.
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In recent years, Israel has repeatedly complained about what it says is the body taking sides in disputes over cultural heritage sites in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories.
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John Carney, Breitbart's finance and economics editor, took to Twitter to claim that one of the glossy's Jennifer Lawrence covers is taking sides in Trump's fight against immigration.
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I was sitting on my couch, taking sides in this orchestrated catfight, complicit in a mechanism that has been used as a tool to control women for decades.
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FBI: See who is taking sides Victim's husband: 'The mystery needs to be resolved' Mandy Pifer's boyfriend, Shannon Johnson, was there that day at the Inland Regional Center.
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CNN's Jeff Zeleny says many unions are not taking sides in the Democratic primary, and many union voters are intrigued by Trump and possibly less excited about Clinton.
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If we now find ourselves taking sides, how on Earth are we going to mediate between the Unionists and the nationalists where we are trying to establish government?
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LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - China's ambassador to London on Monday accused the British government of taking sides in the Hong Kong protests by criticising the police and government.
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Jon chose his words carefully Friday night as he left Madeo in WeHo, making it clear he's not taking sides in daughter Angelina Jolie's divorce from Brad Pitt.
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It is bad enough that the state party is taking sides in a primary, but this smear of his opponent is an unforgivable offense against the body politic.
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Its president, Janez Kocijancic from Slovenia, said his organization was "not taking sides" but was committed to supporting the Russian Olympic Committee as one of its member organizations.
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But Newt has no interest in taking sides, especially since that would involve working directly with his brother Theseus (Callum Turner) and other people he considers bullies and bureaucrats.
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I mean that comes in direct conflict with what we're seeing in the Stamos memo that was sent out to employees in March this idea of like taking sides.
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On Monday, Keurig's CEO apologized for "taking sides" and, in a company email obtained by the Washington Post, seemed to imply that the company's initial Twitter response was mishandled.
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The United States has sought to assert its right to freedom of navigation in the South China Sea with its patrols and denies taking sides in the territorial disputes.
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As the committee's chair, Helen Jones, explained in a statement, the committee isn't taking sides on the issue but did reach the decision the topic was worthy of debate.
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Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Senate President Steve Sweeney, both Democrats, bickered over a takeover, with Guardian and Christie also taking sides and the dispute at times turning ugly.
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For instance in 2016, USA Today – who despite not taking sides in presidential elections during its 34-year history – said that candidate Donald Trump was "unfit for the presidency".
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He said that his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital should not be construed to mean that the U.S. is taking sides on the city's final status in negotiations.
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So now he's returned to his initial instincts — to send the message that when he sees a big rally of "pro-white" demonstrators, he isn't taking sides against them.
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But Mr. Trump's campaign assertion that the embassy would be moved "fairly quickly" suggested that he was not concerned that such a change would be viewed as taking sides.
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Taking sides is a delicate balancing act in Asia right now, as the influence of the United States under President Trump is waning, and China's power continues to rise.
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Additionally, DOJ warned the court that it would be opening up a sack of hot potatoes by taking sides in a dispute between the other two branches of government.
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Tens of thousands of GM autoworkers are on the second day of their first nationwide strike since 2007, and politicians are taking sides before all the facts are known.
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Regarding the trade war between the United States and China, Mourao described Brazil's position as "pragmatic and flexible," seeking to make decisions in the Brazilian interest without taking sides.
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But neither Kwon nor Jang particularly care about taking sides on the political spectrum: anger and bafflement towards the state of politics and socioeconomics in South Korea fueled their creativity.
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"Whoever wins the American presidential election - and we hope it's her rather than him, without taking sides, but there isn't even a choice," Hollande said in a speech in Paris.
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At the same time, Taylor also emphasized he wasn't taking sides — Republican or Democrat — during the impeachment hearing and was there only to relay the facts as he knows them.
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Bank of England Governor Mark Carney highlighted that any currency union with the rest of the United Kingdom would come with strings attached but avoided taking sides in the campaign.
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"And we were very concerned that we not be perceived as taking sides in the election, injecting ourselves into a very heated campaign" or undermining the integrity of the election.
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Men and women are taking sides over accusations of Mr. Trump's mistreatment of women, with the latest controversy a blistering exchange between Newt Gingrich and Megyn Kelly of Fox News.
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But they have been more lenient with publishers based in the United States, out of concern that they will appear to be taking sides and stepping on the First Amendment.
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Because the government is taking sides in a debate when it engages in viewpoint discrimination, the Supreme Court has found such restrictions to be especially offensive to the First Amendment.
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Analysts said that decision was meant to avoid giving the impression that Japan was taking sides with the United States against Iran, with which it has long maintained friendly relations.
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Rather, the United States must quickly end the intra-Sunni spat by backing away from taking sides and returning to its traditional role of an impartial broker among its allies.
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NOC said in a statement that it was not taking sides in the ongoing military conflict, denying accusations that is not supplying eastern and central Libya adequately with oil products.
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"Our people and our customers have a wide range of views on how to increase safety in our schools and public places, and we are not taking sides," Bastain wrote.
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"That wasn't her taking sides — that was her office [sticking] to what she is focused on, which is using Be Best for what it's intended — to help children," the official said.
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And although the company said it's not taking sides on the death penalty, its executives worried that a botched execution resulting from improperly stored drugs could seriously harm the drugmaker's reputation.
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The SPO is meant to investigate officials without taking sides in the political rift, and yet clearly, this aim is not being fulfilled by the very people meant to enforce it.
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Apparently, President Jóhannesson was joking and quickly backtracked from a full-on pineapple-on-pizza ban, perhaps concerned about the political capital incurred by taking sides on such a controversial issue.
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Theresa Reidy, a political scientist at University College Cork, said that there was a long history of overseas interests taking sides in Irish referendums, particularly on issues like the European Union.
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"Our people and our customers have a wide range of views on how to increase safety in our schools and public places, and we are not taking sides," Mr. Bastian wrote.
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But for media outlets that view themselves as above taking sides, attempts to provide a sober, "balanced" look at presidential speeches often end up normalizing things that are decidedly not normal.
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Mr. Zelensky's transition team, not wanting to be seen as taking sides in United States politics, rebuffed the request, a former adviser to Mr. Zelensky, Serhiy Leshchenko, said in an interview.
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While brooking no dissent at home, he charted an independent foreign policy, not taking sides in a power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran, or in a Gulf dispute with Qatar.
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Through all this attention — congressional hearings, state antitrust investigations and fines levied by the Federal Trade Commission — Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies feebly protest that they're not taking sides at all.
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Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday night celebrated the collapse of the GOP ObamaCare repeal bill, saying the issue of health care isn't about taking sides but about helping people who are sick.
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And when you compare the two, you are charged with taking sides, or inciting disagreements, in an effort to tear down Mr. Trump or weaken America in front of its adversaries.
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But he warned in a veiled message to Trump that taking sides amid the tensions between Sunni-led Saudi Arabia and its Shi'ite rival Iran could have devastating consequences for the region.
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" The statement accused the WSJ of bias and publishing "unverified lies," adding "an investigation should be launched into why the Wall Street Journal is taking sides in Malaysia's politics and internal affairs.
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In season 2, episode 2, we see Betty and Jughead go on a mission to save Pop's Diner, and for the first time, we actually felt ourselves taking sides with Mayor McCoy.
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France, which has carefully avoided taking sides in that dispute, is hoping to capitalize on a recent arms export surge which included the sale of 24 Rafale jets to Doha in 2015.
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While the U.S. is not taking sides in the territorial disputes between China and five other nations, it has economic interests in making sure the contested area remains open to international commerce.
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" With unrest in the streets and foreign powers taking sides, Venezuela has entered an increasingly precarious political crisis, even prompting the UN secretary-general to plead for dialogue to prevent "total disaster.
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European officials have told Reuters that China had put pressure on the European Union to issue a strong joint statement against Trump's trade policies, but they had insisted on not taking sides.
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Conservatives on sites such as The Federalist and Hot Air were apoplectic over the exchanges, accusing mainstream reporters of taking sides in a policy battle and preening for one another on-camera.
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"You are not a referee, you are taking sides," Osman Baydemir, a lawmaker and spokesman for the third-largest party in Parliament, the Peoples' Democratic Party, or H.D.P., said in a speech.
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Sharpton, who has not endorsed any candidate in the race, avoided taking sides on the matter, telling the Washington Post both that Harris "had a point" and that Buttigieg had been misunderstood.
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Washington (CNN)The USA Today editorial board for the first time is taking sides in a presidential race -- but it's not asking voters to back a specific candidate, but rather oppose Donald Trump.
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Thanks to the sign and Trump's singling out of Betty at the rally, the Rivas's restaurant has become the focal point of a political shitshow, with both Trump lovers and haters taking sides.
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As the United States escalates its military involvement in Yemen beyond its current support to the Saudi-led coalition, parties to the conflict will increasingly view it as taking sides in the war.
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To avoid to appear to be taking sides in the eternal debate over which of the Spain-based forwards is the world's best player, the city commissioned the smaller side profile of Messi.
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Defense Secretary Takes Position Against a Data 'Back Door' | The secretary, Ashton B. Carter, spoke at a security conference about the F.B.I.-Apple dispute over access to an iPhone, but avoided taking sides.
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They said this effectively left Airbnb taking sides in the dispute over the West Bank, where Palestinians hope to establish an independent state and which Israel captured in 1967, along with East Jerusalem.
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The big picture: News organizations are expected to stick to the facts and avoid taking sides, but they're under growing pressure not to mislabel statements and actions that most Americans would consider racist.
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Other groups that have typically shied away from taking sides in Democratic primaries are considering taking action in the primaries in California, given the unique circumstances of the state's top-two primary system.
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In a speech broadcast live, Erdogan also said if any party was taking sides in the conflict it was Russia, responding to a charge he said Moscow made that Turkey was siding with Azerbaijan.
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At the hearing in October 2017, the chief lamented that the "intelligent man in the street" might think the Supreme Court was preferring one party to the other when taking sides on partisan gerrymandering.
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Powerful energy interests are fast taking sides and making opening moves around the Energy Department's instantly controversial new proposal to ensure power markets reward coal and nuclear plants for their "reliability and resilience" attributes.
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Israeli officials have repeatedly said that the country is not taking sides in the Syrian conflict, but that it will act to prevent Hizbullah from building strongholds on its borders or accumulating advanced missiles.
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DUBAI, June 15 (Reuters) - Turkey is not taking sides in a dispute between Qatar and its Gulf Arab neighbours, Turkey's foreign minister said on Thursday during a Gulf tour, according to Arabic media reports.
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The American Civil Liberties Union last week joined a closely watched court case, taking sides with a national advocacy organization against a powerful New Yorker who's accused of enacting a retaliatory and unconstitutional policy.
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But the band has avoided taking sides or outward personal stances on issues, especially since Netherton left the band, and it doesn't seem the last election cycle or current political climate has changed that.
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Human rights advocates have condemned the police, accusing the officers of taking sides in favor of the government and of violating the rule of law and the constitutional guarantee of the right to assembly.
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With everything from Twitter followers to television bookings, we're rewarded for fierce conviction, for utter certainty, for emphatically taking sides and staying unconditionally faithful to what we've pushed for and against in the past.
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The bifurcation was somewhat odd — a vice president taking sides in a contested party primary but not the president — yet it came as something of a relief to Republican officials, some of them said.
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While many praised Mr. Obama for sympathizing with the teenager's family, Ms. Amamolo thought the president was unfairly taking sides and signaling to her sons that they would face discrimination because they are black.
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The bitter battle that has the music industry taking sides started when Swift took to Tumblr on Sunday to share that she was upset Braun had acquired her former record label, Big Machine Label Group.
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On a visit to Australia in March, the prime minister, Li Keqiang, dangled the prospect of closer economic ties, but also warned Australia against a "cold-war mentality" and taking sides between China and America.
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Pakistan, which borders Iran and has a large Shi'ite minority, has sought to avoid taking sides as Sharif tries to stem sectarian violence at home and boost economic ties with both Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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"The fact that Trump is taking sides could hurt counter-terror initiatives between India and Pakistan," said Rohan Gunaratna, head of the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.
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The U.S. presidential election is fast approaching, and a growing number of VCs who've historically shied from making taking sides publicly, are tweeting, talking with reporters, and blogging about who they are backing and why.
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And by securing an exemption from the tariffs, Europe could be perceived as taking sides with the United States against China, said Gabriel Felbermayr, an economist at the Ifo Institute, a research organization in Munich.
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Senate Republicans took an "Anybody but Roy Moore" stance during the primary, hoping to avoid re-nominating the candidate who lost the 2017 special election to Jones, and they aren't taking sides during the runoff.
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Utku Cakirozer, lawmaker from Turkey's main opposition CHP and a member of the NATO parliamentary assembly, said it was "worrying" that Erdogan raised the prospect of sending troops and taking sides in the Libyan conflict.
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This lack of "taking sides" is exactly why a number of artists that we work with loved Bernie Sanders and then when he was eliminated they cheered for Donald Trump to win this year's Super Bowl.
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Indeed, it seems like the OpenStack community is making a pretty big bet on containers and, while it's not taking sides, Kubernetes seems to be at the top of mind of the community as a whole.
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"We are not taking sides" in litigation between holders of $113 billion in general obligation (GO) debt and nearly the same amount in sales tax-backed debt known as COFINA bonds, Governor Ricardo Rossello told Reuters.
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" The post went viral overnight, and internet users began taking sides while trying to figure out what had happened between Raza and Mudasir—all Raza would say is that Mudasir was acting very "selfish" and "proudy.
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That changed with the release of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee, which showed members of the committee plainly taking sides with Hillary Clinton and against Mr. Sanders, the senator from Vermont, during the campaign.
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When controversy greeted the Bolívars' visit to California last year, he wrote in an op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Times that taking sides in the conflict could politicize El Sistema, and thus threaten it.
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But as Obama found after he was elected, leadership in this era requires delivering for diverse coalitions, and taking sides in charged cultural battles, and thus becoming part of the very conflict you're trying to calm.
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"Men who don't like women taking up space are exactly why we need the 'Fearless Girl,'" Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted, taking sides against Mr. Di Modica and a bull that seems more raging than ever.
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"This gave the appearance of 'taking sides' in an emotionally charged debate that escalated on Twitter and beyond over the weekend, which was not our intent," Gamgort said in the memo, according to the Washington Post.
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Either way, I'm of the belief that anyone can benefit from having an unbiased professional who allows you to air your grievances in a safe space, without taking sides or making assumptions, and talk that shit out.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China hopes that Britain can stand by its position of not taking sides in the South China Sea and earnestly respect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Chinese government's top diplomat told Britain's foreign minister.
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration feared that acknowledging Russian meddling in the 2016 election would reveal too much about intelligence gathering and be interpreted as "taking sides" in the race, the former secretary of homeland security said Wednesday.
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I'm aware that some planning scholars and others will argue that we shouldn't become partisan, taking sides in an election where the American people will elect the next leader of the most powerful nation in the world.
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Taking sides on Venezuela: Most of the European Union's member countries backed Juan Guaidó as the country's legitimate leader, joining the U.S., Australia, Canada, and much of Latin America in withdrawing recognition of President Nicolás Maduro's government.
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He appeared keen however to hedge Russia's bets by avoiding the impression he was taking sides, and also emphasized his "warm relations" with former US President Bill Clinton, whose wife Hillary is running for the White House.
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U.S. President Donald Trump declared on Monday that the United States was not taking sides in the internal conflict between Baghdad and independence-seeking Kurds, as Iraqi government forces captured the Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk.
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Not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have often been accused of taking sides against the government in a political crisis that has rumbled on since last year over President Pierre Nkurunziza's election for a third term.
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Taking sides against your majority shareholders on behalf of your chief executive is a breach of fiduciary duty, not to mention something that could get you fired when that controlling shareholder inevitably takes control back of the company.
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that Iran misunderstood France's "balanced" position in the region, which centered on not taking sides between Sunni and Shi'ites, adding that Tehran should be less aggressive in the region.
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Chloë Grace Moretz, Khloé Kardashian and Ruby Rose sound off on bullyingAfter a bit of Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian West drama (we're getting there; see item No. 213), celebs started taking sides and starting feuds of their own.
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Islamabad has sought to avoid taking sides in the escalating dispute between Saudi Arabia and its main regional rival Iran, as it wrestles with its own sectarian tensions at home and works to bolster economic ties with both countries.
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A European G20 official told Reuters the European Union was keen to avoid being seen as taking sides in any disputes between the United States and China and urged Trump to negotiate directly with Beijing to resolve such issues.
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Keurig's internal explanation of this move is baffling; its CEO told employees that it didn't want to give "the appearance of 'taking sides,'" which makes this entire blog post much easier to write from a moral point of view.
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Former President Obama's Homeland Security secretary on Wednesday defended his response to Russian interference in the 2016 election, arguing the last administration's careful characterization was intended to ensure it was not seen as taking sides in a political fight.
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But the United States has generally avoided taking sides in the regional feuds in the Persian Gulf, because it has strategic partnerships with several countries and most of them, including Saudi Arabia, have a record of financing extremist groups.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan bemoaned the awful tragedy, called on his colleagues to think less about "taking sides and fighting each other politically" and said his chamber had already done much to stop mentally ill people from getting guns.
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Thursday's bizarre announcement came after the government said it had found "gaps and weaknesses" in the original sentence, apparently taking sides in a split between the military and the judiciary, and the general's lawyers said Musharraf planned to appeal.
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International aid groups, including the Red Cross and Caritas, have not taken part in the effort, fearing that doing so would politicize the delivery of desperately needed supplies and would appear to be taking sides in Venezuela's power struggle.
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"We were very concerned that we not be perceived as taking sides in the election, injecting ourselves into a very heated campaign or taking steps to delegitimize the election process and undermine the integrity of the election process," he said.
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As pressure from allies of Mr. Trump mounted over the summer to start the investigation, Ukraine's president and aides avoided any public commitment to doing so, kicking down the road any move that would signal taking sides in American politics.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A company belonging to one of Mexico's richest men on Friday denied taking sides in the presidential race amid growing evidence of unease among prominent businesses about a possible victory by leftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
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But with the arrival of legal challenges to the third order—and no expiration dates to manipulate—the justices will have a hard time finding a way to avoid taking sides on one of the most divisive initiatives of the Trump presidency.
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There is nothing more dangerous to the welfare of our republic than operatives from our three-letter agencies taking sides for ideological or personal reasons and then using the vast resources at their disposal to damage and delegitimize those they oppose. Nothing.
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The bloc has sought to avoid taking sides in a multi-billion dollar trade war between Washington and Beijing, but has become increasingly frustrated by subsidies and state involvement in the Chinese economy, and what it sees as the slow pace of change.
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"Clearly, it's a sign of a vote of no confidence in Kirby," said one senior bank executive, one of several industry figures who discussed the change in roles on condition of anonymity to avoid taking sides publicly in a political personnel matter.
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The Republican National Committee's (RNC) rules largely prevent it from taking sides in a primary, a policy that could keep the national party out of internal fights as President Trump threatens to support a primary challenge to at least one GOP incumbent.
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"We aren't taking sides in the case, but we are on the side of the hundreds of millions of users who could benefit from timely disclosure," Denelle Dixon-Thayer, chief legal and business officer at Mozilla, elaborated in a blog post published Wednesday.
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In the case of his tweet about Trump and walls, it prompted a formal protest by the Mexican government, which saw Netanyahu as taking sides on a bilateral issue by supporting Trump's plan to build a wall on the U.S. southern border.
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China "hopes that Britain will truly implement its position of not taking sides in the South China Sea issue, earnestly respect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity and not do anything to disturb mutual trust between the two countries", it cited Wang as saying.
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To avoid to appear to be taking sides in the eternal debate over which of the Spain-based forwards is the world's best player, the city commissioned the smaller side profile of Messi, also a five-times World Player of the Year.
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Tasked with creating messages that speak to the zeitgeist of the times, several brands are theming ads around this year's presidential election — whether agnostically tweaking the political circus, attempting to bridge aisles with a shared sense of disgust or even taking sides on particular issues.
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They believe they were successful in creating the framework for drafting articles of impeachment against the president, relying on the opening testimony of two nonpartisan career officials who insisted they were not taking sides in the fight but reporting only what they saw and heard.
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The Israeli government, which has often had a tense relationship with the Obama administration, has studiously avoided taking sides, but at the same time, Jerusalem has moved to improve relations with India and Russia, and is in talks to develop economic ties with China.
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"I appreciate your desire to avoid taking sides, but please don't insult our intelligence by declaring that this act did not violate our policies, or that it was only an honest lapse in judgement," one engineer wrote in a post addressed to the chief executive.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States sought on Monday to avoid openly taking sides in an Iraqi-Kurdish dispute, as Iraq's capture of the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk raised the risk of an open conflict between U.S. allies in the fight against Islamic State.
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Without taking sides or resorting to euphemism, consider alternatives when appropriate to explain the specific circumstances of the person in question, or to focus on actions: who crossed the border illegally; who overstayed a visa; who is not authorized to work in this country.
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But some experts say this time is more serious, because Mr. Trump accepts the simplistic view of Sunni-led Saudi Arabia that Shiite-led Iran is to blame for all that's wrong in the region, taking sides in the feud between two branches of Islam.
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And European officials have said Beijing is trying to woo the EU with market access in return for standing with China against Trump's trade measures, though the Europeans, who share U.S. criticism of China but disapprove of Trump's tariffs, have largely refrained from taking sides.
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Therefore, Trump should directly communicate to Saudi Arabia and Iran that it is in the US national interest to avoid taking sides in aspects of their rivalry in which its own interests are not at stake -- and that it favors détente and rapprochement between the two.
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Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday Britain would prevent all suspects in his death from entering the UK. A senior French diplomat acknowledged Macron was treading a thin line in pursuing his long-stated policy of avoiding taking sides between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite Iran.
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Kyle says the reunion show was brutal for Kim and hard to watch and, although Kyle's not taking sides, it's evident she believes Kim's being genuine when she says she's open to all people, which Kim attempted to clear up in a lengthy apology on social media.
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"I think it is fair to say that there is a larger Sanders cohort, if you look at their preferences in 2016, but not necessarily a substantially larger cohort," said one neutral DNC member, who asked to remain anonymous to avoid the appearance of taking sides.
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"There was an ongoing election, and many would criticize us for perhaps taking sides in the election, so that had to be carefully considered," Johnson told the House Intelligence Committee, echoing other former officials who have described the decisionmaking process in the White House last fall.
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The United States continues to recognize the Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez al-Serraj, the official said, but added that Washington is not taking sides in the conflict and is talking to all stakeholders who could be influential in trying to forge an agreement.
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Choe Myong-nam, deputy ambassador at North Korea's diplomatic mission in Geneva, said, "the decision by WEF is based on political motivation because the organizer has suddenly decided to cancel, taking sides with the belligerent United States and its allies that are pursuing hostile policies against" the country.
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While Tillerson has tried to establish the United States as a broker to resolve the conflict without taking sides, Trump has repeatedly and loudly taken the side of the Saudis, proclaiming that Qatar is a "funder of terrorism at a very high level" in a recent news conference.
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" The email, which was obtained by The Washington Post and confirmed as valid by a company spokeswoman, Katie Gilroy, said that the tweet "gave the appearance of 'taking sides' in an emotionally charged debate that escalated on Twitter and beyond over the weekend, which was not our intent.
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Indeed, many of those who want to steer the argument away from foreign policy in order to avoid openly taking sides at the state level in a foreign dispute, understand that BDS is both unlikely to promote peace and more likely to punish Palestinians seeking their own economic opportunities.
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But it is also notable that teachers who feel compelled to temporarily break with political neutrality are not so much taking sides on controversial issues as they are taking a stand against a candidate whose campaign, in their eyes, reflects a disdain for basic values of civility and mutual respect.
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Tapping the brakes on both Republican and Democratic partisan gerrymanders on the same day in late June could allay the chief's worry (expressed in the Gill hearing) that the "intelligent man in the street" will think the Supreme Court "preferred" one party to the other when taking sides on partisan gerrymandering.
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Whereas Barkhane's mandate authorizes it to engage only designated terrorist groups, the FC-G85033S will have a broader mandate that includes groups involved in "trafficking," a category that includes a wide array of local groups and greatly raises the risk of getting entangled in local disputes and perhaps taking sides.
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U.S. officials have sought to avoid taking sides in the dispute, but Trump earlier this week muddled the administration's message when he took credit for the decision to cut ties with Qatar, saying his speech in Saudi Arabia calling on Muslim countries to unite against terrorism and Iran was the reason.
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By taking sides in intraparty disputes in a way his predecessors studiously avoided, Mr. Trump has helped put his favored candidates over the top in Alabama, South Carolina and most recently Georgia, where he helped a hard-right Republican prevail over a more mainstream candidate in the runoff for governor.
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But Israel has refrained from taking sides in Syria&aposs seven-year-long civil war, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated he does not object to the government&aposs return to southwest Syria — as long as Israel&aposs archenemies Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah stay clear of the frontier.
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That the UK is apparently taking sides in the dispute is likely to especially rankle in Beijing, where memories of China's so-called "century of humiliation," during which it suffered embarrassing defeat to the UK in the Opium Wars, are still fresh -- and kept so by state propaganda and the country's education system.
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Post Malone is taking sides in the Logan Paul-KSI boxing match ... and Logan ain't going to like this ... The "Better Now" rapper says he's got KSI in the superfight ... telling TMZ Sports if he had to be in one boxer's entourage for the August 25 tilt in England, he's siding with the smaller dude.
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In this environment, staying neutral over the biggest political controversies, such as the travel ban, can be more dangerous to a company than taking sides; losing a moderate share of the big anti-Trump majorities in these places is a bigger risk than losing a larger share of the small group of his supporters.
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The State Department has sought to manage the sticky situation by not explicitly taking sides, given that the US really has an interest in maintaining strong ties with every one of the countries involved — including Qatar, which hosts over 10,000 US military personnel and a base that's crucial to the US-led war against ISIS.
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Related: A Yakuza War Is Brewing in Japan — And the Police Are Taking Sides One of the reasons the breakup occurred was that members in the 100-year-old Yamaguchi-gumi decided it was time to shed some of the old yakuza ways, according to yakuza expert and Tokyo-based VICE contributor Jake Adelstein.
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"We hope the United States can abide by its promises on not taking sides on the sovereignty dispute in the South China Sea, respect the efforts of countries in the region to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea region and do more to promote peace and stability there," he told a daily news briefing.
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But this galaxy is clearly full of people who are trying to live their lives without taking sides, and if future franchise installments (maybe Johnson's side trilogy?) dig deeper into the universe of people who are ignoring the First Order / Resistance battle, he could be a significant herald of their perspective, even if he doesn't continue as a character.
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In depth: The battle between Kesha and Dr. Luke was years in the making The legal battle between Gottwald and Kesha, whose full name is Kesha Rose Sebert, has been a long and emotional one that has included other celebs taking sides and the singer complaining she has been unable to work as her lawsuit wends its way through the courts.
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Adam Schiff why the Obama White House didn't move sooner to alert the country to the threat, Johnson said Wednesday that it was about avoiding a bad appearance: "We were very concerned that we not be perceived as taking sides in the election, injecting ourselves into a very heated campaign or taking steps to themselves delegitimize the election process," Johnson said.
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Sheila Jackson LeeSheila Jackson LeeJackson Lee: 'Racism is a national security threat' Most oppose cash reparations for slavery: poll Poll: Most Americans oppose reparations MORE (D-Texas) said she personally told Harris the campaign launch was "outstanding," but she is one of at least a dozen CBC members who told The Hill on Wednesday they were not taking sides yet. Rep.
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American officials, including President Trump, insisted that the United States was not taking sides in the dispute, but some analysts say that the United States approved the Iraqi plan to enter Kurdish-held areas and that Iran helped broker the agreement with a Kurdish faction to withdraw its fighters from Kirkuk, allowing the Iraqi forces to take over largely unopposed.
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We all received a reminder of this core value when news broke that presidential adviser Kellyanne ConwayKellyanne Elizabeth ConwayIllinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Trump health chief: Officials actively 'working on' ObamaCare replacement plan Campaign aide: Trump asking questions shared by 'millions of Americans' with Epstein conspiracy theory MORE allegedly violated the Hatch Act by taking sides in the Alabama Senate race.
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki HaleyNimrata (Nikki) HaleyThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters Haley: 'Threats of China on full display' in Hong Kong Juan Williams: Trump's trouble with women MORE said the administration is not taking sides in the dispute over east Jerusalem and that the future of the contested part of the city will be determined during peace negotiations.
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These moves may not add up to significant job growth, but it's hard to beat the PR.But the win-win goes beyond trading momentary stock boosts for the appearance of doing stuff Presidents do: Trump may also be taking sides with Samsung as a slight against Silicon Valley giant Apple, which was among the tech companies to help draft a limp condemnation letter against the administration's Muslim Ban.
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Second, as opposed to a traditional Republican muscular approach to foreign policy, Trump instead wants the United States to serve as an independent negotiator without taking sides, as opposed to forcefully advocating for Israel, and embraces President Barack Obama's de facto policy of allowing Russian President Vladmir Putin to reverse America's bipartisan foreign policy consensus of the last 50 years and increase Russian influence in the Middle East.
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Between clashing with Taylor Swift over who gets nominated for the MTV Video Music Awards, bickering with Miley Cyrus over taking sides in her dispute with Swift, and what is now an eight-year feud with Lil' Kim over rap industry dominance, the Google results of "Nicki Minaj" and "feud" read like a yearbook of music titans, dating back to when Nicki released her first mixtape in 2007.
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On the campaign trail and in his recent memoir, Shortest Way Home, Buttigieg studiously avoids taking sides in the political and cultural battles that have defined American politics for the past three decades, instead arguing that he's the one who can bridge the divide between coastal states and fly-over states, between the party's left wing and its center, between an anti-LGBT—but delicious—chicken chain and everyone else.
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Nikki HaleyNimrata (Nikki) HaleyThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters Haley: 'Threats of China on full display' in Hong Kong Juan Williams: Trump's trouble with women MORE, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has said that the United States is not taking sides in the dispute over east Jerusalem and that Israelis and Palestinians should determine the fate of the contested parts of the city during peace negotiations.
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Read more from Tyler Lauletta: An NBA prospect's draft party erupted when he was picked just as everybody appeared to be giving up hope There's a budding rap battle between 2 NBA stars, and other players are taking sides An eyebrow-raising $10,000 bet was placed on the Lakers just minutes before the team traded for Anthony Davis Kawhi Leonard made fun of his awkward laugh while celebrating at the Raptors' championship parade
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Without taking sides or resorting to euphemism, consider alternatives when appropriate to explain the specific circumstances of the person in question, or to focus on actions: who crossed the border illegally; who overstayed a visa; who is not authorized to work in this country... Illegal immigration, because it describes the issue rather than an individual, is less likely than illegal immigrant to be seen as troubling...Do not use illegal as a noun, and avoid the sinister-sounding alien.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The United States is very concerned about the intensification of the conflict in Libya, with a rising number of reported Russian mercenaries supporting Khalifa Haftar's forces on the ground, a senior State Department official said on Saturday The United States continues to recognise the Government of National Accord led by Fayez al-Serraj, the official said, but added that Washington is not taking sides in the conflict and is talking to all stakeholders who could be influential in trying to force an agreement.
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