Here are the first pictures of RAF jets preparing to bomb ISIS in Syria
Britain's government on Wednesday voted in favour of joining other counties in bombing ISIS in Syria. The first attacks were carried out just hours later.Prime Minister David Cameron is determined to...
View ArticleRussia presented 'evidence' of Turkey's oil ties to ISIS — but it has a...
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) presented "evidence" on Wednesday that ISIS had been smuggling oil onto Turkish soil to be purchased by Turkey's president "and his family."The MOD highlighted...
View ArticleObama: 'We're not going to do an Iraq-style invasion of Iraq or Syria'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday said that while the United States is sending more forces to combat Islamic State in Iraq, it is not following the model of its 2003...
View ArticleBritish bombers launch first airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State oil...
British bombers made their first strikes on Islamic State in Syria on Thursday, hitting oil fields that Prime Minister David Cameron says are being used to fund attacks on the West.Tornado bombers took...
View ArticleReport: Russia is building a second military airbase in Syria
Russia is planning on expanding an Assad regime air base in central Syria into a second base of operations for Moscow's air assets in the war-torn country, various sources report. The new base will be...
View ArticleBritain started bombing ISIS mere hours after voting in favor of airstrikes
Hours after British lawmakers voted 397-223 in favor of starting an air campaign against the Islamic State in Syria on Wednesday, British bombers began hitting targets in eastern Syria.Four British...
View Article'Imperial governor': Texas' governor just took his most brazen step yet to...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is following through on his promise to take legal steps to block the resettlement of Syrian refugees in his state.But whether he actually has the legal means to do so is...
View ArticleTo defeat ISIS, we must cut off its oil income
The high costs of running the Islamic State’s “caliphate” and fighting a ground war are largely met from selling oil, supplemented with donations and money extorted from Christians and hostages....
View ArticleHere are the details on the warplanes the UK sent to fight ISIS
Hours after the UK parliament approved to extend the airstrikes to include Syria, Royal Air Force Tornado attack planes, deployed to Akrotiri, Cyprus, flew their first raid on terrorist targets inside...
View ArticleKerry on Syria: 'It is not clear' that Assad would have to ‘go'
ATHENS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday it might be possible for the Syrian government and rebel forces to cooperate against Islamic State militants without Syrian...
View ArticleA flesh-eating disease is sweeping across Syria, and ISIS is partly to blame
A disfiguring, flesh-eating disease is sweeping across Syria, and the US State Department says ISIS is to blame. The disease is Leishmaniasis, and it's spread by a parasite that's transmitted through...
View ArticleRussia's UK embassy is trolling Turkey on Twitter over the country's alleged...
Russia's embassy in the United Kingdom is trolling Turkey on Twitter.Its photos posted recently include alleged ISIS oil-smuggling routes in the country, images linking Turkey's president to the...
View ArticleAssad Regime bombardment in Syria kills 56 civilians
Heavy government bombardment across Syria Friday killed at least 56 civilians, more than a quarter of them children, a monitoring group said.The bloodiest attack was in Eastern Ghouta, a rebel...
View ArticleRussia is engaging in 'elite-level trolling' in Syria — and the West is...
US Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated Washington's position on Friday that Syrian President Bashar Assad "doesn't have to go right now," provided the Syrian rebels and the regime agree to a clear...
View ArticleEye-popping statistic shows how much the US is going it alone in the fight...
The US seems to be shouldering most of the burden in the fight against ISIS, according to new statistics from the Pentagon.The US-led coalition of 65 countries fighting the terrorist group also known...
View ArticlePolice in London are investigating a train station stabbing attack as a...
LONDON (Reuters) - At least three people have been seriously injured in a stabbing at a London train station.A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said officers were called to an incident at...
View ArticleErdogan has a trump card against Putin that would transform the Syrian war
Following the downing of a Russian warplane last week by Turkey, Russia has shown no signs of letting up on its military operations near the Turkish-Syrian border.Prior to the incident, Moscow ignored...
View ArticleTurkey angered by rocket-brandishing on Russian naval ship passing Istanbul
Turkey accused Russia of a "provocation" on Sunday after a serviceman on the deck of a Russian naval ship allegedly held a rocket launcher on his shoulder while the vessel passed through...
View ArticleIraqi PM wants Turkish forces out of Iraq in 48 hours
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday that his country maintained the right to use all available options, including going to the U.N. security council, if Turkish troops sent to northern...
View ArticleObama will promise to deploy 'every single aspect of American power' against...
President Barack Obama will pledge to use "every single aspect of American power" to destroy Islamic State during a rare Oval Office address on Sunday in an effort to reassure Americans his...
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