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These Rebels Are The West's Last Hope In Syria
With moderate rebels facing defeat by al Qaeda in Syria's north, groups holding a corner of the south are seeking a higher profile and more help, as the last Western-backed forces holding out against...
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The Obama Administration May Now Think That Ousting Assad Is Key To Defeating...
US President Barack Obama has instructed his national security advisers to review the administration’s policy on Syria and make removing embattled President Bashar Assad from power a key element in...
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ISIS Leader Just Released Another Audio Tape Amid Death Rumors
The Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) says a newly released audio recording contains a message from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the jihadist group.The recording comes just days after...
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ISIS Is Using Ask.fm Forums To Answer Questions From Wannabe Jihadis About...
Life inside the world's most notorious terror organization isn't all murder and mayhem.Veteran members of Islamic State are using a social-networking website to answer more mundane questions from...
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It Might Be Foolish For ISIS To Attempt To Take Baghdad, But Here's Why...
The Islamic State claims to have reestablished a caliphate in accordance with the prophetic method, misleading at least one historian, Edward Luttwak, to conclude that the Islamic State only seeks “its...
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Syrian Rebel Commander: ISIS And Al Qaeda Made A Truce
Militant leaders from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together against their...
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UN: ISIS Commanders Are Liable For War Crimes On A 'Massive Scale'
GENEVA (Reuters) - Islamic State commanders are liable for war crimes on a "massive scale" in northeast Syria where they spread terror by beheading, stoning and shooting civilians and captured...
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Iran Will Never Be The Capable Ally Obama Wants In The Fight Against ISIS
One can think of several reasons why the White House has made public, yet again, that it is “reviewing” its Syria policy.As we enter the critical stage of the P5+1's nuclear negotiations with Iran, we...
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ISIS Has Declared The Creation Of Provinces In Several Arab Countries
The group's now-formalized annexation model could have direct political and security consequences in several countries, creating a more complex threat environment for the U.S.-led coalition.This week,...
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Here's Why Training Moderate Syrian Rebels In Turkey Is A Bad Idea
In 1997, against the backdrop of U.S. diplomatic outreach toward the Taliban, John Holzman, at the time the number two diplomatic official at the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan, suggested that the United...
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The Assassination Of Five Nuclear Scientists In Damascus Raises Questions...
Five nuclear engineers were assassinated last week in a mysterious attack just north of the Syrian capital, Damascus.According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based NGO that...
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As ISIS Continues To Gain Ground, Here's What The Militants Have In Their...
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) rakes in over $1 million a day and commands"a volume of resources and territory unmatched in the history of extremist organizations," according to Janine...
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Obama's Policy On Assad, In One Word
This week, President Barack Obama made his clearest remarks yet on his stance toward Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.Liz Sly of the Washington Post tweeted the exchange:JOURNALIST: "Are you actively...
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The White House Is Taking A Hard Look At Its Hostage Policy
President Barack Obama ordered a comprehensive review of US hostage policy as Islamic State militants stepped up threats to behead American hostages the terrorist group kidnapped in Syria, The Daily...
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Kazakh Intelligence Warns At Least 150 Of The Country's Women Have Joined ISIS
Kazakhstan's intelligence agency has estimated that there are around 300 Kazakh nationals fighting with Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria, around half of whom are women. The chairman of the Kazakh...
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The US Air Force Is Teaming F-22s With F-35s To Maximize Their 5th Generation...
Four F-22 Raptors belonging to the the 94th Fighter Squadron conducted joint training with the locally based F-35A Lightning IIs from the 58th Fighter Squadron.The joint training was aimed at improving...
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This 'Left-Wing' Group Claimed Responsibility For The Deadliest Jerusalem...
Tuesday's attack in Jerusalem was the deadliest terrorist incident in the city since 2008, escalating tensions in one of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict's central frontlines. But the attack — in which...
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Why It's Time To Hit Assad
The administration has asserted Assad must go, to include the President’s statement that Assad’s regime “has lost legitimacy” and the repeated calls for his ouster by both the incumbent Secretary of...
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Obama Is Making His Middle East Allies Look Like Chumps
Last week, CNN reported that President Barack Obama had asked his national security team for a review of the Syria policy. According to the report, the review is premised on the recognition that...
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US-Led Airstrikes Continue To Hammer ISIS In Iraq And Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies have staged 30 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq since Wednesday, the U.S. Central Command said on Friday.The 23 strikes in...
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