Tag: ISIS

Kurdish Rabia Ali, right, accompanied by her son Ali Mehmud, left, mourn on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at the grave of her son Seydo Mehmud 'Curo' , a Kurdish fighter, who was killed in the fighting with the militants of the Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria, and was buried at a cemetery in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

Kurds struggle to defend besieged Syrian town

Ryan Lucas · October 11, 2014 3:26 pm

A Colombian Army Special Forces soldier ziplines during a show of military exercises at the Tolemaida military base during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in Melgar, Colombia, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Chuck Hagel: Colombia is key ally in fighting Islamic State

Sean Lengell · October 11, 2014 3:24 pm

Washington Secrets

Zogby Report Card: Ebola, Islamic State, lower pay drag Obama down

Paul Bedard · October 11, 2014 9:00 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

No one trusts us

Linda Chavez · October 10, 2014 6:02 pm

Crossroads Ad Targets Hagan’s Missed ISIS Hearing

Michael Warren · October 10, 2014 2:02 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday rejected an appeal to intervene to save the Syrian border town of Kobani. (AP Photo)

National Security

Turkey again rejects bid to intervene against Islamic State

Charles Hoskinson · October 10, 2014 2:01 pm

Turkish soldiers on a tank hold their position on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. The fighting over Kobani has brought Syria's civil war yet again to Turkey's doorstep and allies have tried to press Ankara to take a more robust role in the U.S.-led coalition to fight the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

US-led coalition ramps up strikes on Syrian town

RYAN LUCASDESMOND BUTLER · October 10, 2014 4:04 am

Turkish tank and armored vehicle soldiers hold their position at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani, Syria on Thursday. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

U.S. frustrated with Turkey as airstrikes sputter

Charles Hoskinson · October 9, 2014 11:14 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2014 file photo, provided by an anti-Bashar Assad activist group Edlib News Network (ENN), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens checking a damaged house that they say was targeted by the coalition airstrikes, in the village of Kfar Derian, a base for the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, a rival of the Islamic State group, between the northern province of Aleppo and Idlib, Syria. The barrage of U.S. cruise missiles last month aimed at a terror cell in Syria killed just one or two of the key militants, according to American intelligence officials who say the al-Qaida group is still believed to be plotting attacks against targets in the United States and Europe. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN, File)

Strikes didn’t end threat from Syrian terror cell

Ken Dilanian · October 9, 2014 8:04 pm

The Harvard University's college blog Campus Reform posted a video of short interviews it conducted of Harvard students on campus last week. The question was simple and straightforward: "What is a greater threat to world peace, ISIS or America?" (AP Photo)

Harvard students parade their academic poison

David Limbaugh · October 9, 2014 7:33 pm

Shortage of Drones Hampers U.S. Military Missions

Shortage of Drones Hampers U.S. Military Missions

Geoffrey Norman · October 9, 2014 2:55 pm

Obama: Destroying ISIS ‘Remains a Difficult Mission’

Obama: Destroying ISIS ‘Remains a Difficult Mission’

Daniel Halper · October 8, 2014 8:34 pm