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The White House has been criticized for using a personal

Oct. 23, 2018 by Ella Pickett

The White House has been criticized for using a personal email account to handle sensitive matters including the Benghazi investigation, the investigation into the Democratic National Committee's handling of the release of Democratic National Committee emails from Clinton's server, and the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. But the administration has also kept up that practice by using personal email addresses for official duties. The Post reports that Ivanka Trump used a personal email account for official business.

Trump's daughter, who works as his personal lawyer, also uses her personal email account to work as a senior adviser to the White House.

The Post also reports that Trump's daughter, who works as his personal lawyer, also uses her personal email account to work as a senior adviser to the White House.

She reportedly has a personal email address, too, that she kept on her server while she worked at the White House. According to a White House official, Ivanka Trump used that address for email for "business" but that account's use is still unknown.

The White House has confirmed that Ivanka Trump used her personal email address to work as a senior adviser for her father's presidential campaign.

Donald Trump Jr., who has no official position at the White House, would not comment on whether or not he used the personal email or his work email to handle issues.

The Post reports that a White House official confirmed that Ivanka Trump used her personal email for official business, but that it was an "appropriate" use at the time of the initial exchange.Image copyright AFP Image caption The United Nations has warned that the Islamic State group has the capacity to kill thousands of civilians in Iraq and Syria

Syria has accused the US of a "massacre", including dozens of dead and wounded in a massacre that left more than two-thirds of its population dead.

The US has been accused of targeting the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad's government and of committing war crimes, but has denied any such attacks.

State department spokeswoman Marie Harf said US-led aerial strikes had killed at least four people in Syria.

The United Nations has called the attack in Syria "a serious humanitarian humanitarian crisis".

The Syrian government said it supported a ceasefire to end the bloodshed.

The US said it had not received any credible threat of attack from the rebels, which it called a "substantial terrorist force" linked to Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate.

Mr Obama said in his State of the Union address that the crisis was "a very serious situation".