Tag: Syria

President Barack Obama reads as he walks back to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Obama slow-walks naming of envoy for persecuted Christians

Susan Crabtree · April 8, 2015 10:35 pm

After nuclear framework, will Obama be able to confront Iran?

National Security

After nuclear framework, will Obama be able to confront Iran?

Brian Hughes · April 7, 2015 9:00 am

In this photo released Wednesday, March 4, 2015, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Portuguese state television, RTP, in Damascus, Syria. Assad denied that his troops drop barrels bombs on civilians telling a journalist: "You are talking about massive propaganda." (AP Photo/SANA)

In Syria, the enemy of our enemy is still our enemy

Anne Pierce · April 6, 2015 9:00 am

Members of the Iraqi security forces and clerics pose for a photo with the Islamic State group flag after they took it down at one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 2, 2015, a day after Iraqi security forces backed by Shiite militiamen took control of the city from Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Islamic State-sympathizing woman arrested in Philadelphia

Kelly Cohen · April 3, 2015 3:48 pm

When the Islamic State takes over new territory, its first priority is restoring security and basic services, primarily water and electricity, as quickly as possible. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

U.N. report: More than 25,000 foreigners fighting alongside terrorists in Middle East

Kelly Cohen · April 2, 2015 11:50 am

Iran has come to the table now because it wants desperately to end international and U.S. sanctions against it. (AP Photo)Â

Will Obama really walk away from a bad Iran deal?

Washington Examiner · April 1, 2015 9:00 am

Bashar Assad: Even with airstrikes, Islamic State has expanded

National Security

Bashar Assad: Even with airstrikes, Islamic State has expanded

Kelly Cohen · March 30, 2015 11:50 am

The New York Times also reported that "red line" was "unscripted and that some advisers were surprised he uttered those words." [AP Photo

Where the red line came from — before it was crossed

Michael Barone · March 30, 2015 9:00 am

Assad: Americans Sugarcoating ISIS

Assad: Americans Sugarcoating ISIS

Daniel Halper · March 29, 2015 11:17 pm

In this image posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on Saturday, March 28, 2015, which is consistent with AP reporting, a fighter from Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front holds his group flag in Idlib province, north Syria. (AP Photo/Nusra Front on Twitter)

National Security

Major Syrian city falls to al Qaeda-led forces

Ethan Barton · March 28, 2015 9:27 pm

NebraskaÂ Watchdog added that Chambers' "most outrageous comments are rarely covered by Nebraska media -- in part because he's been making them for years." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Left-wing state legislator: Police are worse than ISIS

Ashe Schow · March 25, 2015 3:39 pm

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott gestures as he speaks about the nation's new anti-extremism strategy during a question time at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Australia stops 230 travelers from leaving to join Islamic State

Kelly Cohen · March 25, 2015 1:08 pm