Tag: Syria

Six months into fiscal year 2016, which started Oct. 1, only about 1,200 Syrian refugees have been admitted. That leaves about 8,800 more that State said officials are not giving up on, even if it means a stepped up pace for admitting them through Sept. 30. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

State pushing to let 8,800 more Syrian refugees in by October

Pete Kasperowicz · March 29, 2016 7:00 pm

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. said Russia's intervention in Syria propped up the regime of Assad. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Washington Secrets

Top general: Syria’s Assad ‘in much better shape’ thanks to Russia

Paul Bedard · March 29, 2016 3:39 pm

"There was a hullabaloo in the Republican Party" about whether the State Department would rule Islamic State's actions genocide, said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House says GOP disingenuous on Islamic State genocide

Nicole Duran · March 28, 2016 7:33 pm

Many of Palmyra’s famed antiquities survived the Islamic State occupation, and recently taken photographs of the city indicated more than 80 percent of the city remained in good condition. (AP Photo)

National Security

Syria says Palmyra can be repaired in five years

Kelly Cohen · March 28, 2016 4:14 pm

Government forces have been on the offensive for nearly three weeks to try to retake the town of Palmyra. (SANA via AP)

National Security

Syrian troops drive ISIS out of historic Palmyra

Associated Press · March 27, 2016 7:05 am

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Newsworthy terror

Washington Examiner · March 25, 2016 4:00 pm

National Security

Carter: ‘We are systemically eliminating’ Islamic State’s cabinet

Kelly Cohen · March 25, 2016 2:26 pm

Brussels opens Obama to new foreign policy attacks

Nicole Duran · March 24, 2016 4:01 am

Graham can’t get behind Cruz’s Islamic State strategy

Anna Giaritelli · March 23, 2016 2:05 am

Those indicted include 22-year-old Ahmad Umar Agha and 27-year-old Firas Dardar, who are also on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 10 Most Wanted List. (FBI via AP)

National Security

Authorities offer $100,000 reward for help finding Syrian hackers

Rudy Takala · March 22, 2016 7:12 pm

Republican lawmakers leaving a closed-door meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday argued that the House should revive legislation that would temporarily halt the influx of refugees from Syria, Iraq and other hotbeds of terrorism. (AP Photo)

National Security

Lawmakers revive call to halt Syrian, Iraqi refugees

Susan Ferrechio · March 22, 2016 3:30 pm

"This legislation is about protecting America's security at home and abroad," Rep. Lee Zeldin, who introduced the bill, wrote in a Facebook post. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

House passes bill aimed at blocking terrorists at the border

Joel Gehrke · March 22, 2016 1:21 am