Tag: Syria

Report: Obama believes Assad must be removed to defeat Islamic State

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Report: Obama believes Assad must be removed to defeat Islamic State

Justin Green · November 12, 2014 11:07 pm

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Iraqi officials: Islamic State leader wounded in airstrike

Susan Crabtree · November 9, 2014 4:36 pm

U.S. tries to kill Islamic State leaders on Friday

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U.S. tries to kill Islamic State leaders on Friday

Justin Green · November 8, 2014 10:12 pm

Syrian refugee Amjad Moghrabi stands in front of a photograph of his colleague, American aid worker Peter Kassig, 26, who converted to Islam while in captivity and changed his name to Abdul-Rahman Kassig, during an interview with The Associated Press in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. Kassig was helping victims of the Syrian civil war when he was captured in Syria last year and threatened with beheading by the Islamic State group. Arabic reads, "Justice for Abdul-Rahman." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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Peter Kassig’s Syrian friends beseech Islamic State for his release

Justin Green · November 8, 2014 8:00 pm

1,500 More Troops to Iraq

1,500 More Troops to Iraq

Daniel Halper · November 7, 2014 8:48 pm

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U.S. again hits Khorasan group in Syria

Charles Hoskinson · November 6, 2014 8:16 pm

The image of two Iranian who were traveling with stolen passports on a missing Malaysia Arlines jetliner is displayed on a screen during a presser at the Interpol headquarters in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

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Jihadis are booking tickets on cruise ships in attempts to reach Syria and Iraq

Justin Green · November 6, 2014 5:59 pm

This undated photo posted on Monday, Nov. 4, 2014 by the Raqqa Media Office of the Islamic State group, a militant extremist group, shows fighting in Kobani, Syria.(AP Photo/Raqqa Media Office)

The U.S. goes to war without a clue, again

Steve Chapman · November 6, 2014 4:46 pm

President Obama answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday in Washington. Obama says it is "an open question" whether international negotiators and Iran can reach a deal over Tehran's nuclear program. He says that with a deadline looming, the next three to four weeks will be key. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Obama: Too early to say U.S. is winning Islamic State fight

Susan Crabtree · November 5, 2014 11:34 pm

"We've said repeatedly it's more important to get this right than to get this fast," said Rear Adm. John Kirby. (AP File/Susan Walsh)

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Pentagon: No change to Syria strategy

Charles Hoskinson · November 4, 2014 10:29 pm

Children told Human Rights Watch they were beaten with hose and electric cable while in captivity in the Syrian town of Manbij, according to the Associated Press. Seen here, Islamic state group fighters in Kobani, Syria. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Office)

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Islamic State tortured Kurdish children: Report

Justin Green · November 4, 2014 12:15 pm

The rebels' frustration was plain in a video showing Syrian Revolutionary Front leader Jamal Marouf cursing Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State.

Extremists’ routing of Syrian rebels thwarts Obama’s strategy

Charles Hoskinson · November 4, 2014 10:00 am