Tag: Syria

Civilians inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq on Aug. 13. (AP/Karim Kadim)

National Security

White House says ISIS is no longer ‘JV’

Susan Crabtree · August 22, 2014 6:30 pm

In this photo provided by an anti-Bashar Assad activist group Edlib News Network (ENN), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, anti-Syrian government protesters carry banners and a giant Syrian revolution flag during a demonstration in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, Aug 22, 2014. The death toll from three years of Syria's civil war has risen to more than 191,000 people, the United Nations reported Friday. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)

UN: death toll from Syrian civil war tops 191,000

John Heilprin · August 22, 2014 5:37 pm

Syria opposition: Deadly chemical attack forgotten

Zeina Karam · August 21, 2014 6:59 pm

U.S. President Obama pauses as he speaks about the killing of journalist James Foley in Syria during a statement in Edgartown, Mass., Wednesday. The president said the U.S. will continue to confront ISIS extremists despite Foley's brutal murder. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

The thrill is gone: See which MSNBC host berated Obama for his response to ISIS atrocities

Becket Adams · August 21, 2014 3:43 pm

National Security

VIDEO: U.S. tried to rescue James Foley, other hostages

Ed Sykes · August 21, 2014 1:59 pm

President Obama raises more questions than answers with statement on ISIS’ killing of James Foley

Beltway Confidential

President Obama raises more questions than answers with statement on ISIS’ killing of James Foley

Charles Hoskinson · August 21, 2014 12:06 pm

ISIS’ brutality ups the pressure on Obama in Iraq and Syria

National Security

ISIS’ brutality ups the pressure on Obama in Iraq and Syria

Susan Crabtree · August 21, 2014 9:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks in Edgartown, Mass., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, about the killing of American journalist James Foley by militants with the Islamic State extremist group. The president said the US will continue to confront Islamic State extremists despite the brutal murder of journalist James Foley. Obama said the entire world is "appalled" by Foley's killing. The president says he spoke Wednesday with Foley's family and offered condolences. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

US mission to rescue hostages in Syria failed

Julie Pace · August 21, 2014 3:34 am

The U.S. military recently launched a failed rescue operation aimed at freeing American journalist James Foley and other hostages held by ISIS, according to a Pentagon spokesman. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

National Security

U.S. tried to rescue James Foley, other ISIS hostages and failed

Susan Crabtree · August 20, 2014 11:16 pm

President Obama speaks in Edgartown, Mass., Wednesday, about the killing of American journalist James Foley by militants with the extremist group ISIS. The president said the US will continue to confront ISIS extremists despite the brutal murder of Foley. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Tough words won’t substitute for action, Mr. President: Examiner Editorial

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2014 9:00 pm

Kristol Podcast: On the War on Terror, Obama Still in Denial

TWS Podcast · August 20, 2014 6:45 pm

Appalling

William Kristol · August 20, 2014 5:45 pm