Tag: Syria

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AP File Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

The Ayatollahs are not the answer

Wesley Martin · October 23, 2014 9:00 am

Iraq’s Kurds approve sending fighters to Kobani

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Iraq’s Kurds approve sending fighters to Kobani

Charles Hoskinson · October 22, 2014 10:18 pm

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Bill Clinton to herald ISIS executed reporter James Foley

Paul Bedard · October 22, 2014 9:24 pm

The Islamic State group is test flying, with the help of former Iraqi air force pilots, several fighter jets captured earlier from air bases belonging to the Syrian military, a Syrian activist group said Oct. 17. The report by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights could not be independently confirmed, and U.S. official said they had no reports of Islamic State group militants flying jets in support of their forces on the ground.(AP Photo/ Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group)

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Syria says it attacked Islamic State’s ‘air force’

Charles Hoskinson · October 22, 2014 12:26 pm

Smoke and flames from an airstrike by the US-led coalition rise in Kobani, Syria, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 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

Current cost of ‘Inherent Resolve’: $424 million

Kelly Cohen · October 22, 2014 11:36 am

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, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Pentagon more optimistic about Kobani

Charles Hoskinson · October 21, 2014 10:18 pm

British surveillance drones to fly over Syria

British surveillance drones to fly over Syria

Washington Examiner · October 21, 2014 11:09 am

U.S. drops arms to Kobani fighters

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U.S. drops arms to Kobani fighters

Charles Hoskinson · October 20, 2014 2:40 pm

Smoke from a fire rises following a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. 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)

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US airdrops arms to Kurds in Syrian town of Kobani

Robert Burns · October 20, 2014 8:08 am

U.S. strikes more Islamic State targets in Syrian city of Kobani

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U.S. strikes more Islamic State targets in Syrian city of Kobani

Sean Higgins · October 18, 2014 8:48 pm

Iraq completes unity government with addition of two key ministers

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Iraq completes unity government with addition of two key ministers

Justin Green · October 18, 2014 6:24 pm

Backdropped by Kobani, in Syria, a Turkish forces armoured vehicle is stationed along the border road in Mursitpinar, on the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, where fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group continued, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. 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)

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US-led strike kills 8 in IS-held Syria town

ELENA BECATOROSDIAA HADID · October 18, 2014 5:31 pm