Tag: Iraq

Kurdish forces, known as peshmerga, stand guard near Mosul Dam at the town of Chamibarakat outside Mosul, Iraq, on Sunday. (AP/Khalid Mohammed)

Just when he thought he was out, Iraq pulls Obama back in

Noemie Emery · August 19, 2014 9:28 pm

One Cheer for Pope Francis

Lee Smith · August 19, 2014 8:33 pm

National Security

Obama heads back to Martha’s Vineyard after quick break

Lisa Ruhl · August 19, 2014 8:09 pm

Smoke rises during airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants at the Mosul Dam outside Mosul, Iraq, Monday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

National Security

Pentagon says Iraq airstrikes will be limited — for now

Susan Crabtree · August 19, 2014 7:28 pm

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter prepares his weapon at his combat position near the Mosul Dam at the town of Chamibarakat outside Mosul, Iraq, Sunday. (AP/Khalid Mohammed)

Beltway Confidential

Tulsi Gabbard, meet President Obama

Charles Hoskinson · August 19, 2014 6:46 pm

Iraq Shiite fighters make their way to the front line to fight militants from the extremist Islamic State group in Jurf al-Sakhar, 43 miles (70 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug 18, 2014. Fighters of the voluntary armed group formed after the radical Shiite cleric Muqtatda al-Sadr called to protect holy shrines against possible attacks by Sunni militants. (AP Photo/ Hadi MIzban)

Iraqi military clashes with militants in Tikrit

Sinan Salaheddin · August 19, 2014 4:21 pm

President Obama speaks during a press conference Monday in Washington, DC. Obama returned from his vacation in Martha's Vineyard to hold meetings with his national security team and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. (Getty images / Win McNamee)

Obama offers no clues on why he returned to Washington

Brian Hughes · August 19, 2014 9:00 am

This Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014 photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Free Syrian Army fighter aiming his weapon during a battle with Islamic State militants in Aleppo, Syria. Members of the Islamic State group have been marching in the northern province of Aleppo capturing areas under the control of the mainstream Free Syrian Army. Islamic State fighters have overrun nearly a dozen towns and villages in Aleppo province last week crushing what little resistance they have encountered. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

National Security

Syria strikes militants as US targets them in Iraq

Zeina Karam · August 19, 2014 8:44 am

President Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at 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/Charles Dharapak)

Morning Examiner with Steve Doty for Aug. 19

Steve Doty · August 19, 2014 6:50 am

President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, President Barack Obama met with top advisers at the White House Monday to review developments in Iraq and in racially charged Ferguson, Mo., two trouble spots where Obama has ordered his administration to intervene. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama: Time to review local police militarization

Jim Kuhnhenn · August 18, 2014 11:25 pm

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. 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)

National Security

Obama: Iraq has regained control of Mosul dam

Robert Burns · August 18, 2014 11:11 pm

Pope Francis speaks to the media during an airborne press conference on his journey back to Rome from Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Beltway Confidential

The people who ‘explain the news’ look like they don’t actually read the news

Becket Adams · August 18, 2014 10:45 pm