Tag: Al Qaeda

"That is something that Secretary Clinton's team can talk to you about," Earnest replied multiple times to reporters' questions. (AP Photo)

WH weighing ‘fusion cell’ to interact with families of Islamic State hostages

Susan Crabtree · April 24, 2015 5:29 pm

Drone strike tragedy fuels new debate over Afghan withdrawal

Drone strike tragedy fuels new debate over Afghan withdrawal

Susan Crabtree · April 24, 2015 9:00 am

Boehner: ‘Not a time for excuses’ for drone strike that killed two hostages

Boehner: ‘Not a time for excuses’ for drone strike that killed two hostages

Susan Ferrechio · April 23, 2015 4:37 pm

If This Is What Success Looks Like, Just Imagine Failure

If This Is What Success Looks Like, Just Imagine Failure

Geoffrey Norman · April 17, 2015 6:32 pm

Pity They Can’t Both Lose

Pity They Can’t Both Lose

Geoffrey Norman · April 17, 2015 3:54 pm

When the Islamic State takes over new territory, its first priority is restoring security and basic services, primarily water and electricity, as quickly as possible. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

U.N. report: More than 25,000 foreigners fighting alongside terrorists in Middle East

Kelly Cohen · April 2, 2015 11:50 am

Obama’s Iran Agenda

Stephen F. Hayes · March 30, 2015 4:00 am

In this image posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on Saturday, March 28, 2015, which is consistent with AP reporting, a fighter from Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front holds his group flag in Idlib province, north Syria. (AP Photo/Nusra Front on Twitter)

National Security

Major Syrian city falls to al Qaeda-led forces

Ethan Barton · March 28, 2015 9:27 pm

Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, hold up their weapons to protest against Saudi-led airstrikes, during a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, March 26, 2015. Saudi Arabia bombed key military installations in Yemen on Thursday, leading a regional coalition in a campaign against Shiite rebels who have taken over much of the country and drove out the president. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

National Security

Yemen exposes weakness of Obama’s Mideast policy

Charles Hoskinson · March 28, 2015 9:00 am

In retrospect, Obama probably should have recognized that cooperation was unlikely, given that the Houthi's slogan contains the phrase "death to America." (AP)

National Security

Obama can’t maintain his Middle East balancing act

Washington Examiner · March 27, 2015 9:00 am

Why Obama still calls Yemen a success

National Security

Why Obama still calls Yemen a success

Brian Hughes · March 26, 2015 9:00 am

Bin Laden Files Reveal CIA Money Got to Al Qaeda

Bin Laden Files Reveal CIA Money Got to Al Qaeda

Daniel Halper · March 16, 2015 5:51 pm