Tag: Syria

A photograph of James Foley, the freelance journalist killed by ISIS, is seen during a memorial service in Irbil, Iraq, on Sunday. (AP/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

National Security

White House: No active ISIS plot against U.S.

Susan Crabtree · August 25, 2014 6:43 pm

President Barack Obama, center, and first lady Michelle Obama, left, walk with their daughter Malia, right, across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, following their arrival on Marine One helicopter. Obama returned to Washington after spending two weeks with his family on the island of Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama back in DC amid crises, as if he never left

Jim Kuhnhenn · August 25, 2014 5:59 pm

ISIS Pushes On

Geoffrey Norman · August 25, 2014 1:45 pm

President Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, Monday. Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, Obama met with top advisers at the White House to review developments in Iraq and in racially charged Ferguson, Mo., two trouble spots where Obama has ordered his administration to intervene. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Is the Obama crew smart enough to defeat ISIS?

Mark Tapscott · August 25, 2014 12:21 pm

In this image made from undated video obtained by The Associated Press, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a man believed to be Peter Theo Curtis, a U.S. citizen held hostage by an al-Qaida linked group in Syria, delivers a statement. The U.S. government said on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014 that Curtis, who had been held hostage for about two years, had been released. (AP Photo)

National Security

US says American held in Syria has been freed

JIM KUHNHENNRYAN LUCAS · August 25, 2014 2:22 am

Jihadis capture major Syrian air base in northeast

National Security

Jihadis capture major Syrian air base in northeast

Ryan Lucas · August 24, 2014 11:53 pm

A frame from a video released by Islamic State militants Tuesday that purports to show the killing of journalist James Foley by the militant group. Foley, from Rochester, N.H., went missing in 2012 in northern Syria while on assignment for Agence France-Press and the Boston-based media company GlobalPost. (AP Photo)

National Security

British government close to identifying James Foley’s killer: Ambassador

Betsy Woodruff · August 24, 2014 10:18 pm

U.S. journalist freed after being held hostage in Syria

National Security

U.S. journalist freed after being held hostage in Syria

Susan Crabtree · August 24, 2014 10:03 pm

FILE - This Aug. 20, 2014 file photo shows Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey speaking at Madison Square Garden in New York. During a Pentagon briefing Thursday, Dempsey said it's possible to contain the Islamic State militants, but it can't be done permanently without going after the group in Syria. Speaking to reporters with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Dempsey said he wasn't predicting U.S. airstrikes in Syria, but said the problem must be addressed diplomatically, politically and militarily by America and its regional partners. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

National Security

Obama again faces tug of military action in Syria

Julie Pace · August 23, 2014 1:49 pm

Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting Ben Rhodes speaks to reporters during a press briefing, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Rhodes spoke on issues concerning the situation in Iraq and Ukraine. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

National Security

US won’t let borders hamper fight vs. extremists

Robert Burns · August 23, 2014 12:23 am

President Obama delivers a statement on August 9 about ongoing U.S. activity in northern Iraq. Obama spoke before traveling to Martha's Vineyard for a two-week vacation. (Getty images / Chip Somodevilla)

Obama and the ‘wrong side of history’

Mona Charen · August 22, 2014 9:14 pm

National Security

VIDEO: White House says James Foley killing was an act of terrorism

Ed Sykes · August 22, 2014 8:12 pm