Tag: Syria

Kurdish Rabia Ali, right, accompanied by her son Ali Mehmud, left, mourn on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at the grave of her son Seydo Mehmud 'Curo' , a Kurdish fighter, who was killed in the fighting with the militants of the Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria, and was buried at a cemetery in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

Kurds struggle to defend besieged Syrian town

Ryan Lucas · October 11, 2014 3:26 pm

Heavy smoke from a fire caused by a strike rises in Kobani, Syria as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from Mursitpinar in the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

UN warns of massacre if militants take Syrian town

LEFTERIS PITARAKISJOHN HEILPRIN · October 10, 2014 6:30 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

No one trusts us

Linda Chavez · October 10, 2014 6:02 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday rejected an appeal to intervene to save the Syrian border town of Kobani. (AP Photo)

National Security

Turkey again rejects bid to intervene against Islamic State

Charles Hoskinson · October 10, 2014 2:01 pm

Turkish soldiers on a tank hold their position on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. The fighting over Kobani has brought Syria's civil war yet again to Turkey's doorstep and allies have tried to press Ankara to take a more robust role in the U.S.-led coalition to fight the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

US-led coalition ramps up strikes on Syrian town

RYAN LUCASDESMOND BUTLER · October 10, 2014 4:04 am

Turkish tank and armored vehicle soldiers hold their position at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani, Syria on Thursday. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

U.S. frustrated with Turkey as airstrikes sputter

Charles Hoskinson · October 9, 2014 11:14 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2014 file photo, provided by an anti-Bashar Assad activist group Edlib News Network (ENN), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens checking a damaged house that they say was targeted by the coalition airstrikes, in the village of Kfar Derian, a base for the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, a rival of the Islamic State group, between the northern province of Aleppo and Idlib, Syria. The barrage of U.S. cruise missiles last month aimed at a terror cell in Syria killed just one or two of the key militants, according to American intelligence officials who say the al-Qaida group is still believed to be plotting attacks against targets in the United States and Europe. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN, File)

Strikes didn’t end threat from Syrian terror cell

Ken Dilanian · October 9, 2014 8:04 pm

Ramping Up … Before Pulling Out

Ramping Up … Before Pulling Out

Geoffrey Norman · October 9, 2014 7:32 pm

Shortage of Drones Hampers U.S. Military Missions

Shortage of Drones Hampers U.S. Military Missions

Geoffrey Norman · October 9, 2014 2:55 pm

VIDEO: White House says airstrikes are working to degrade Islamic State

VIDEO: White House says airstrikes are working to degrade Islamic State

Lisa Ruhl · October 8, 2014 7:33 pm

Pentagon: U.S. can’t do much to protect Syrian towns from Islamic State

Pentagon: U.S. can’t do much to protect Syrian towns from Islamic State

Charles Hoskinson · October 8, 2014 5:50 pm

On Fighting ISIS

Daniel Halper · October 8, 2014 4:02 pm