Tag: ISIS

Government forces have been on the offensive for nearly three weeks to try to retake the town of Palmyra. (SANA via AP)

National Security

Syrian troops drive ISIS out of historic Palmyra

Associated Press · March 27, 2016 7:05 am

National Security

Obama reiterates refugee promise

Nicole Duran · March 26, 2016 3:09 pm

Work to identify the victims is ongoing. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

National Security

40 countries represented by Brussels’ victims

Anna Giaritelli · March 26, 2016 1:46 pm

President Barack Obama kisses the dancer after doing the tango with her during the State Dinner at the Centro Cultural Kirchner, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Washington Secrets

Obama report card: Limp-wristed, or focused, diplomacy south of the border?

Paul Bedard · March 26, 2016 11:00 am

We are at war, but as long as we call it otherwise and act with befuddled surprise with each added atrocity, we can be lulled into thinking that love and understanding can cure this plague. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Don’t mention the war

Annika Hernroth-Rothstein · March 26, 2016 4:02 am

A member of emergency services wearing protective clothing, at right, investigates the scene in Schaerbeek, Belgium. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Belgian police detain three more suspects

Anna Giaritelli · March 25, 2016 11:55 pm

A suicide bomber belonging to the terrorist group killed 24 people at a soccer match just outside Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

National Security

ISIS bomber kills 24 people hours after Pentagon announcement

Anna Giaritelli · March 25, 2016 8:47 pm

More than eight in 10 (83 percent) said it is important President Obama to discuss the Islamic State, with 62 percent saying it is "very important" and 21 percent saying "somewhat important." (AP Photo)

Washington Secrets

Sessions: No victory over Islamic State ‘anytime soon’

Paul Bedard · March 25, 2016 8:20 pm

National Security

Carter: ‘We are systemically eliminating’ Islamic State’s cabinet

Kelly Cohen · March 25, 2016 2:26 pm

Luggage carts are parked near damage at Zaventem Airport in Brussels on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Belgian authorities were searching Wednesday for a top suspect in the country's deadliest attacks in decades, as the European Union's capital awoke under guard and with limited public transport after scores were killed and injured in bombings on the Brussels airport and a subway station. (AP Photo/Yorick Jansens, Pool photo via AP)

Washington Secrets

Book: More militant Islamics ‘than ever before in history’

Paul Bedard · March 25, 2016 1:15 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: EU border control

Washington Examiner · March 25, 2016 1:00 pm

National Security

At least two Americans killed in Brussels attacks

Kelly Cohen · March 25, 2016 7:12 am