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Raqqa activists reveal details of French airstrikes on Syria
French warplanes have launched 30 airstrikes on more than a dozen Islamic State targets in Raqqa, activists in the Syrian city have said.The raids were France’s first retaliation to Friday’s...
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Video shows French jets taking off to strike ISIS in Syria
According to the French MoD (Ministry of Defense), a dozen French aircraft conducted air strikes against ISIS targets located in Raqqa, Syria on Nov. 15.The aircraft, Mirage 2000N and Mirage 2000Ds and...
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An Islamist rebel coalition in Syria claims it's assassinated an important...
BEIRUT – An Islamist coalition in southern Syria spearheaded by Al-Nusra Front has issued an ultimatum for the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade to surrender after assassinating the ISIS-affiliate’s leader.The...
View ArticleFrance says it hit two targets in airstrikes on ISIS capital
France launched a massive air attack against the Islamic State on Sunday by dropping bombs on Raqqa, Syria, the group's de facto capital.The airstrikes come after Friday's terrorist attacks across...
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Hollande: 'France will intensify its operations in Syria'
VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) - France will step up strikes in Syria where Friday's shootings and suicide bombings in Paris had been planned, President Francois Hollande said on Monday.In an...
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Just before the Paris attacks, the US launched its first airstrike against...
Over the past few days, the US military has targeted Islamic State leaders with airstrikes in Syria and Iraq.The first strike, which took place in Raqqa, Syria, on Nov. 12, targeted Mohamed Emwazi, the...
View ArticleThis is the 'mastermind' behind the Paris attack, authorities say
Authorities think Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 27-year-old Belgian national, is the mastermind behind Friday's brutal terrorist attacks in Paris. The attacks killed at least 129 people. "He appears to be the...
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Obama rails against Ted Cruz and other GOP candidates for 'shameful' refugee...
President Barack Obama on Monday forcefully rejected a suggestion, put forward by multiple Republican presidential candidates, that only Christians fleeing the civil war in Syria should be admitted to...
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Obama rules out US troops on the ground to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria
BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday ruled out a shift in strategy in the fight against the Islamic State despite the deadly attacks in Paris last week, saying putting U.S....
View ArticleHere's why Obama won't send troops into Syria to destroy ISIS
President Barack Obama explained why he won't be sending troops to Syria after the Islamic State's barbaric terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday. When asked about his strategy to fight ISIS at the G-20...
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Russia could be ISIS's next front
The past three weeks have seen a series of horrific successes by ISIS.The November 13 attacks on Paris followed bombings in Bagdad, Beirut, and Ankara, as well as the likely downing of a Russian...
View ArticleUS governors want to stop the relocation of Syrian refugees to the US
Amid the fallout of the deadly terror attacks in Paris, a number of US governors are rejecting the relocation of Syrian refugees to the US.Among the governors are John Kasich and Bobby Jindal, who...
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The debate over Syrian refugees has already turned toxic
The public debate over how the U.S. should respond to terror attacks in Paris and the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis quickly turned toxic in the past 24 hours. Two candidates for the Republican...
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Bringing in more Syrian refugees could actually be crucial for national security
Western countries and the Middle East are (finally) engaged in serious negotiations around resettling many more of the refugees from Syria – the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II.While...
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Chris Christie on Syrian refugees: Not even 'orphans under 5'
Like several of his fellow Republican presidential candidates, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took a hard line Monday against the US accepting refugees from Syria."I do not trust this administration to...
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Russia is 'outraged' at accusations that it killed civilians in Syria
Russia told the United Nations on Monday it was "outraged" by allegations that it had killed civilians in Syria and destroyed civilian infrastructure as a U.S.-based rights group accused Moscow's air...
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Here's the latest on the Paris attacks
PARIS — France carried out fresh airstrikes on Islamic State bases in northern Syria on Tuesday as the police made 128 overnight raids across France in the hunt for accomplices to Friday night's Paris...
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David Cameron is trying to convince Parliament to bomb Syria
British Prime Minister David Cameron is trying to convince the government to extend British airstrikes against ISIS to Syria.Speaking to the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon, he took the unusual...
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The Paris attacks exposed a rift that could lead to a new government-shutdown...
The burgeoning dispute over the issue of resettling Syrian refugees could complicate plans to keep the federal government from shutting down in December.President Barack Obama's administration is...
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France has one of the world's strongest militaries, and can use it to bring...
Within 48 hours of the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, France had already mobilized its air force to strike back at ISIS.French President François Hollande immediately declared the Paris attack...
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