Tag: Terrorism

National Security

US strikes militant staging area in Syria

Washington Examiner · September 24, 2014 11:49 am

Obama aims for broader coalition against Islamic State

Susan Crabtree · September 24, 2014 9:00 am

After airstrikes, can U.S. allies do the job?

Charles Hoskinson · September 24, 2014 12:24 am

President Barack Obama speaks about the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes against militants in Syria., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, on the South Lawn the White House, in Washington. The president said the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes against militants in Syria "makes it clear to the world this is not America's fight alone." Afterward the boarded Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., then onto New York and the United Nations. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq are just the start

LOLITA C. BALDORBASSEM MROUE · September 23, 2014 8:50 pm

The Lone Wolf Scenario

Geoffrey Norman · September 23, 2014 7:55 pm

FILE - This file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows a convoy of vehicles and fighters from the Islamic State group in Iraq's Anbar Province. The Syrian foreign ministry said Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 that Washington informed Damascus' envoy to the United Nations before launching airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, attacks that activists said inflicted casualties among jihadi fighters and civilians on the ground.(AP Photo via militant website, File)

Assad backs all efforts to fight terrorism

Washington Examiner · September 23, 2014 7:39 pm

Speaking at the Center for American Progress, the Virginia Democrat said Congress needs to have a stronger debate over President Obama's proposed military action to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and to arm Syrian rebels. (AP Photo)

VIDEO: Sen. Tim Kaine pushes stronger congressional authorization for airstrikes

Steve Doty · September 23, 2014 6:38 pm

Lt. Gen. William Mayville, speaks about the operations in Syria, Tuesday, during a news conference at the Pentagon. In a separate action from the air strikes against the Islamic State group, the U.S. bombed a cell of al Qaeda militants in northwestern Syria after concluding they were close to attacking the U.S. or Europe, Pentagon officials say. Mayville, the Pentagon's operations chief, said that the Khorasan Group was nearing "the execution phase of an attack either in Europe or the homeland." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

‘Imminent’ threat from new terror group emerges as first target in Syria strikes

Charles Hoskinson · September 23, 2014 6:32 pm

Beltway Confidential

FLASHBACK: An Obama campaign taunt that sounds terrible in retrospect

Becket Adams · September 23, 2014 6:13 pm

President Obama signs H.J. Res 124 Continuing Appropriations Resolution, which includes appropriations to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels in the fight against the Islamic State group, in the Oval Office of the White House Sept. 19. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Here’s Obama’s letter to Boehner explaining the White House’s authority to launch airstrikes in Syria

Becket Adams · September 23, 2014 4:54 pm

Pelosi praises coalition strikes against Islamic State

Susan Ferrechio · September 23, 2014 4:39 pm

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said Tuesday he backs the Syrian air strikes ordered by President Obama as "one step," in the mission to eliminate Islamic terrorists. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Boehner: Airstrikes ‘one step’ in larger mission

Susan Ferrechio · September 23, 2014 3:20 pm