Tag: ISIS

The Saudi royal family moved quickly to elevate Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz to the throne. (Getty File Photo)

National Security

U.S. eyeing Middle East turmoil

Charles Hoskinson · January 24, 2015 10:00 am

ISIS: Counting Down to Murder

Geoffrey Norman · January 23, 2015 7:35 pm

Four months ago, Obama crowed about the fruits of his triumphant foreign policy in jihad-infested Yemen. A "light footprint" approach to counterterrorism operations, he claimed, was the most effective path to stability. (AP Photo)

Obama’s bloody Yemen disaster

Michelle Malkin · January 23, 2015 6:41 pm

Thai muslim pilgrims weigh their lugguage at Suvarnabhumi airport on November 30, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Chumsak Kanoknan/Getty images)

National Security

Alarm — terrorist threat on US soil

Susan Crabtree · January 23, 2015 10:00 am

Abdullah was considered a relative moderate in an absolute monarchy that ruled according to the strict dictates of Islam's Wahhabi sect. (AP Photo)

National Security

U.S. ally Saudi King Abdullah dies

Charles Hoskinson · January 23, 2015 3:01 am

Secretary of State Jonh Kerry talks with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, before the start of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Kerry, Hagel dispute success of Islamic State strategy

Susan Crabtree · January 22, 2015 9:35 pm

Though the Pentagon has been reticent to discuss exact numbers, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones told Al Arabiya News Channel Thursday that U.S.-led airstrikes have "taken more than half " of ISIS' leadership. (AP/Radivoje Pavicic)

National Security

Ambassador: Airstrikes killed 6,000 ISIS fighters

Kelly Cohen · January 22, 2015 8:11 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement at Lancaster House in London during an international meeting on defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, hosted by British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Thursday Jan. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau/PA)

National Security

Kerry: U.S., allies are sharing more intelligence since Paris attack

Susan Crabtree · January 22, 2015 7:10 pm

Iraqi Army patrol in central Baghdad, Iraq, in this Tuesday, June 30, 2009 file photo. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Hagel slaps back at Iraqi complaints about slow aid

Charles Hoskinson · January 22, 2015 6:58 pm

President Obama gives his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Obama’s happy talk is contradicted by reality

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2015 10:01 am

A Houthi Shiite Yemeni stands guard at a street leading to the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. (AP Photo)

National Security

Obama mum as counterterror strategy flounders in Yemen

Susan Crabtree · January 22, 2015 12:45 am

War of Words: ‘The Obama Administration Does Not Want a New AUMF’

Adam J. White · January 21, 2015 10:31 pm