Tag: Middle East

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., said he'll introduce his bill next week, when Congress returns from the summer recess. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP lawmaker writing House bill authorizing military force against ISIS

Susan Ferrechio · September 3, 2014 6:04 pm

Beheaded Journalist an Israeli Citizen

Daniel Halper · September 3, 2014 9:11 am

National Security

Report accuses Islamic State group of war crimes

SINAN SALAHEDDINDIAA HADID · September 3, 2014 2:14 am

Yes, We Do Have a Strategy: Keep Out

Thomas Donnelly · September 2, 2014 8:01 pm

A Palestinian boy holds a toy gun during a celebration organized by Hamas in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. Israel and Hamas militants fought for 50 days before reaching a truce on Tuesday. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Hamas of needlessly extending fighting in the Gaza Strip, causing a high death toll. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

After Gaza war, poll finds support for Hamas rises

Daniel Estrin · September 2, 2014 6:32 pm

Report: ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in Islamic State

Geoffrey Norman · September 2, 2014 3:03 pm

Kerry Comes Around

Geoffrey Norman · September 2, 2014 1:56 pm

Smoke caused by fighting in Syria is seen from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, close to the border with Syria, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Syrian rebels, government clash in Golan Heights

Ryan Lucas · September 2, 2014 3:51 am

Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles (170 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Aid began flowing into the small northern Shiite town in Iraq on Monday, a day after security forces backed by Iran-allied Shiite militias and U.S. airstrikes broke a two-month siege by insurgents in a rare victory by government forces. (AP Photo)

National Security

Iraqi prime minister pledges to root out militants

Sameer Yacoub · September 1, 2014 6:44 pm

Pakistan’s premier challenged by raging protests

ZARAR KHANASIF SHAHZAD · September 1, 2014 6:22 pm

"We have to have a clear strategy because ... to defeat ISIS -- not contain, not stop, but defeat ISIS," Sen. John McCain said Sunday, "because they are a direct threat, over time, to the United States of America." (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty images)

John McCain: Not intervening in Syria ‘one of the biggest mistakes ever made’

Rebecca Berg · August 31, 2014 4:56 pm

Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen patrol in Amirli, some 105 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. (AP Photo)

National Security

Dianne Feinstein: U.S. should confront ISIS militarily

Rebecca Berg · August 31, 2014 3:08 pm