Tag: Syria

FBI identifies Islamic State beheader

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FBI identifies Islamic State beheader

Kelly Cohen · September 25, 2014 7:56 pm

In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 photo released by the U.S. Air Force, a formation of U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornets leaves after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq, as part of U.S. led coalition airstrikes on the Islamic State group and other targets in Syria. U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the militant Islamic State group overnight and early Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, killing nearly 20 people as the militants released dozens of detainees in their de facto capital, fearing further raids, activists said. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

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US-led strikes hit IS-held oil sites in Syria

Diaa Hadid · September 25, 2014 6:17 pm

In this photo taken during a Syrian government-led media tour, Syrian soldiers recapture the Damascus suburb of Adra, Syria, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Buildings are seen damaged due to battles between Syrian troops and rebels. (AP Photo)

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UN rights body to share Syria war crimes evidence

Washington Examiner · September 25, 2014 6:00 pm

FILE - In this April, 1975 file photo, Syria opens its fourth oil field at Jbeissah, 19 miles west of the Iraq Border. Activists say that U.S.-led airstrikes have targeted Syrian oil installations held by the militant Islamic State group, killing at least five people on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and two local activist collectives say the airstrikes hit refineries and oil fields in the eastern provinces of Deir el-Zour and Hassakeh.(AP Photo/Harry Koundakjian, File)

Syria, Iraq oil controlled by Islamic State group

Bassem Mroue · September 25, 2014 5:47 pm

Assad Reported to Have Used Chemical Weapons Again

Lee Smith · September 25, 2014 4:10 pm

President George W. Bush walks on the deck after landing in a U.S. Navy S-3B Viking aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, May 2003, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. (AP Photo via APTN)

Beltway Confidential

President Obama’s most ardent supporters are going to be furious with this comparison to George W. Bush

Becket Adams · September 25, 2014 4:00 pm

Boehner: Congress should debate airstrikes

Boehner: Congress should debate airstrikes

Kelly Cohen · September 25, 2014 3:36 pm

U.S., Arab allies target ISIS-controlled oil refineries in latest Syria strike

National Security

U.S., Arab allies target ISIS-controlled oil refineries in latest Syria strike

Charles Hoskinson · September 25, 2014 1:08 pm

In New Hampshire, Brown Betting on National Security

Michael Warren · September 25, 2014 11:01 am

Fox host confronts Obama official over Bush-like war doctrine

Beltway Confidential

Fox host confronts Obama official over Bush-like war doctrine

Becket Adams · September 25, 2014 9:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released a statement clarifying his remarks regarding hisÂ speech at a gala event earlier this month hosted by In Defense of Christians,Â and apologized for questioning he sincerity of his critics.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

The conclusion to Ted Cruz’s big pro-Israel speech: An apology to his critics

Becket Adams · September 25, 2014 1:21 am

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy a F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to the Fighting Black Lions of Strike Fighter Squadron lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, after conducting strike missions against Islamic State group targets in Syria. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Stephens)

National Security

US hits Islamic State group in both Syria and Iraq

Ryan Lucas · September 24, 2014 10:23 pm