Zeina Karam

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Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Lebanese prime minister calls for world’s help

Zeina Karam · September 26, 2014 10:48 pm

President Recep Tayyib Erdogan of Turkey addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council regarding the threat of foreign terrorist fighters during the 69th session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Turkish leader says world not doing enough

Zeina Karam · September 24, 2014 10:37 pm

Jordan calls for global strategy against militants

Zeina Karam · September 24, 2014 6:23 pm

Syrian opposition chief urges airstrikes in Syria

Zeina Karam · September 22, 2014 9:38 pm

FILE - This Saturday, July 5, 2014 file image made from video posted on a militant website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. The Islamic State group will likely take center stage when more than 140 heads of state of government convene for the U.N. General Assembly the week of Sept. 22. (AP Photo/File)

UN General Assembly to focus on war on extremists

Zeina Karam · September 21, 2014 6:16 pm

In this still image taken from an undated video published on the Internet by Al-Furqan, the media arm of the Islamic State group militants, captive British journalist John Cantlie speaks into the camera on the first of what he says will be a series of lecture-like "programs" in which he says he will reveal "the truth" about the Islamic State group. The Arabic subtitle reads "I am a prisoner and that is something I will not deny." (AP Photo)

National Security

British hostage appears in new video

Zeina Karam · September 18, 2014 10:04 pm

Analysis: US strikes unsettling for Damascus

Zeina Karam · September 12, 2014 8:46 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 22, 2014, file photo, a sign is posted at a checkpoint belonging to the Islamic State group, captured from the Iraqi Army, at the main entrance of Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Arabic reads, "Islamic State, the Emirate of Anbar, City of Rawah." The U.S. and its allies are trying to hammer out a coalition to push back the Islamic State group in Iraq. But any serious attempt to destroy the militants or even seriously degrade their capabilities means targeting their infrastructure in Syria. That, however, is far more complicated. If it launches airstrikes against the group in Syria, the U.S. runs the risk of unintentionally strengthening the hand of President Bashar Assad, whose removal the West has actively sought the past three years. Uprooting the Islamic State, which has seized swaths of territory in both Syria and Iraq, would potentially open the way for the Syrian army to fill the vacuum. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

AP Analysis: US wary over hitting Syrian militants

Zeina Karam · September 6, 2014 6:01 am

Video purports to show beheading of US journalist

Zeina Karam · September 3, 2014 3:10 am

National Security

A look at the Islamic State militants in Syria

Zeina Karam · August 28, 2014 5:40 am

Syria opposition: Deadly chemical attack forgotten

Zeina Karam · August 21, 2014 6:59 pm

Militants attack major air base in eastern Syria

Zeina Karam · August 20, 2014 4:53 pm