Tag: Syria

A U.S. Air Force plane takes off from the Incirlik airbase, in southern Turkey.Â "In my opinion this is not the same fight as it was when it started," Marine Brig. Gen. Kevin Killea told reporters at the Pentagon.

National Security

General: Fight against ISIS no ‘strategic stalemate’

Charles Hoskinson · July 31, 2015 6:21 pm

After billions of dollars spent and more than 10,000 extremist fighters killed, the Islamic State group is fundamentally no weaker than it was when the U.S.-led bombing campaign began a year ago, American intelligence agencies have concluded. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

National Security

Intel agencies: U.S. strikes not weakening ISIS

Kelly Cohen · July 31, 2015 1:56 pm

It's possible that President Obama will finish out his term pretending that his military strategy is working and no change is necessary. (AP Photo)

National Security

Living in strategic denial

Mark Moyar · July 30, 2015 4:01 am

Report: Israel Airstrikes in Syria

Lee Smith · July 29, 2015 11:04 pm

A United States Navy plane approaches to land at the Incirlik Air Base, in Adana, in the outskirts of the city of Adana, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, July 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

National Security

U.S., Turkey agree to create ISIS-free safe haven

Susan Crabtree · July 28, 2015 8:44 pm

RealClearPolitics.com average of recent polls shows former Maryland Gov. Martin O'MalleyÂ Â at 1 percent in the race for the Democratic nomination.Â (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Beltway Confidential

O’Malley says climate change and poverty produced ISIS: If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail

Michael Barone · July 24, 2015 12:55 am

O’Malley Blames ISIS on ‘Climate Change’

Michael Warren · July 20, 2015 11:00 pm

Members of the Press Corps raise their hands as White House Press secretary Josh Earnest answers questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, July 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House condemns second terrorist bombing in three days

Susan Crabtree · July 20, 2015 8:36 pm

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranian top officials in a mosque at his residence in Tehran, Iran. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran’s Khamenei: Nuke deal will not change relationship with U.S.

Susan Crabtree · July 18, 2015 5:10 pm

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, 2nd right, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, left, talk to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. (Carlos Barria, Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

The Iran nuclear talks: Failure was not an option

Daniel Brumberg · July 15, 2015 4:01 am

PresidentÂ Obama negotiated a lousy deal, and Americans are going to be stuck with the consequences long after he leaves office. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Kill the Iran deal

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2015 4:01 am

Members of the Iran's armed forces march during an annual military parade marking 34th anniversary of outset of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iraq and Syria biggest losers in Iran deal, say top GOP and Dem senators

Barbara Boland · July 12, 2015 8:45 pm