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Obama Says Senate Vote To Arm Syrian Rebels Was US Politics 'At Its Best'
The U.S Senate passed a bill Thursday evening that will give President Barack Obama the authority to arm moderate Syrian rebels, which is a key part of his plan to fight the jihadist group Islamic...
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The US And Iran Are Getting Close And Could Get Much Closer
Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran's relationship with the United States has been antagonistic at best.1979 was the year Islamist revolutionaries overthrew the sometimes brutal US-backed...
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Another Huge Middle Eastern Country With An Al Qaeda Franchise Is On The...
Over 120 people were reportedly killed during fighting in a Middle Eastern capital on Friday, but it wasn't Baghdad or Damascus. With a Shi'ite rebel movement marching on Sa'ana, Yemen now seems like...
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Obama's 2 Previous Defense Secretaries Are Criticizing His ISIS Policy
Two defense secretaries who previously served under President Obama are now criticizing his decisions in countering the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS).In a new...
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Thousands Of People Are Crossing Over The Turkish Border To Escape ISIS
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey over the past day, fleeing an advance by fighters affiliated with the jihadist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS or...
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New ISIS Video Features A Masked Fighter Who May Be American
The militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) has released a 55-minute long propaganda video featuring battle scenes and slick editing, but it is the last moments of the video...
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Retired Head Of Marine Corps: Obama’s ISIS Strategy Doesn’t Have ‘A...
The man who was the top Marine general from 2006 until his retirement in 2010 says President Barack Obama’s strategy to defeat the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is doomed to...
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More Than 100,00 People Have Fled From Syria To Turkey In The Last Week
KUCUK KENDIRCILER, Turkey (AP) — The number of refugees seeking shelter in Turkey from the Islamic State group's advance across northern Syria has hit 100,000 in less than a week, an official said...
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Here's What It's Like To Live In The De Facto ISIS Capital
In the Syrian stronghold of the Islamic State jihadist group, everything is black, activists say, from men's turbans to women's veils. Even the passports."Black IS flags are everywhere. Women are...
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More Than 130,000 Syrian Kurds Have Fled to Turkey
Ankara (AFP) - More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds have fled across the border into Turkey, escaping an advance by Islamic State jihadists, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday."The...
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Death, Chaos, And Destruction Aren't As Bad For Companies As You'd Think
Islamic State may be a geopolitical threat, but it has not yet posed much of a danger to business. A day's drive from the fighting, in Kurdish-run Iraq, three Western oil firms, Genel Energy, DNO and...
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The Syrian Jihadists That Might Be Most Threatening To The US Are From A...
Intelligence officials say the US needs to be on the alert for terror threats from a militant group in Syria — and it's not the Islamic State.While the army also known as ISIS continues to seize land...
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Videos Of US Warships Bombing ISIS Targets In Syria
The US bombed Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) and Al Qaeda targets in Syria on Monday night, and the US Navy has released videos of the sea-based strikes."I can confirm that US military and partner nation...
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Obama Enters Uncharted Territory With New Bombing Campaign In Syria
A US-led coalition bombed ISIS and Al Qaeda targets in Syria on Monday night after informing both the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad and the Western-backed rebels seeking to topple him. The US military...
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Pentagon: US Strikes In Syria Disrupted 'Imminent Attack Plotting' By Al Qaeda
According to the Pentagon, the airstrikes launched against Islamic State jihadists in Syria by the US and several partner nations Monday night also disrupted "imminent attack plotting" by an Al Qaeda...
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REPORT: Major Jihadists Figures Killed In Opening Salvo Of US Bombings In Syria
The US-led bombing campaign in Syria is targeting the Al Nusrah Front, an official branch of al Qaeda, as well as the Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that is one of Al Nusrah's fiercest rivals.The...
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Iran's President Condemns 'Illegal' US Airstrikes In Syria
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is no fan of the new US airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, according to reporters who have recently spoken with him.The US has reportedly asked Iran to...
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OBAMA: 'This Is Not America's Fight Alone'
President Barack Obama said Tuesday the US had joined five other nations in launching airstrikes in Syria against the group calling itself the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL).In a statement...
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The US Used F-22 Stealth Fighter Jets In Combat For The First Time Ever Last...
The US Air Force's F-22 fifth-generation stealth fighter jets were used in their first-ever combat mission during airstrikes against Syria, Julian E. Barnes and Dion Nissenbaum report for The Wall...
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Republican 2016 Contenders Weigh In On Obama's New Strikes In Syria
The 2016 Republican presidential field has been positioning itself firmly against President Barack Obama's foreign policy agenda, but when it comes to the latest airstrikes against jihadists affiliated...
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