Tag: Syria

In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, displaced Syrians who fled their home in their country stand near tents that were burned by gunmen at a Syrian refugee camp in the village of Brital in the eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Syrians like them are becoming victims of a wave of revenge attacks carried out after one of several Lebanese soldiers captured by militants from Syria in a cross-border raid was beheaded by jihadists earlier this month. The killing of the Shiite soldier by Sunni extremists has aggravated sectarian tensions in Lebanon, which is bitterly divided over the war in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Syrians attacked in Lebanon after soldiers killed

Bassem Mroue · September 13, 2014 7:39 am

Analysis: US strikes unsettling for Damascus

Zeina Karam · September 12, 2014 8:46 pm

"I believe that we will be united in an overwhelming majority to meet the threat as the president suggests," Hoyer said. (Getty images/Larry French)

Hoyer: ‘Overwhelming’ support for arming Syrian rebels

Sean Lengell · September 12, 2014 8:44 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Kerry is in the region to speak with leaders about strategies to address the threat from the Islamic State, a militant extremist group. John Kerry said that the US would provide an additional $500 million in humanitarian aid to victims of the war in Syria, bringing total American assistance to $2.9 billion since the start of the conflict in 2011. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

National Security

US will be ramping up airstrikes soon _ in Iraq

Robert Burns · September 12, 2014 8:41 pm

Boehner pledges to help new Iraqi Prime Minister defeat Islamic State

National Security

Boehner pledges to help new Iraqi Prime Minister defeat Islamic State

Susan Ferrechio · September 12, 2014 8:07 pm

A Strategy to Defeat ISIS — and Win

A Strategy to Defeat ISIS — and Win

Daniel Halper · September 12, 2014 7:27 pm

Beltway Confidential

War advocate: U.S. can beat Islamic State with 25,000 ground troops — maybe

Byron York · September 12, 2014 7:00 pm

It is now President Obama's stated intention to pursue the Islamic State's forces wherever they are, rather than his previous policy of using moderate force only in Iraq and only to protect American facilities and personnel.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

National Security

Next steps in the fight against the Islamic State

Senator Dan Coats · September 12, 2014 5:47 pm

WH: ‘U.S. Is at War With ISIL’

WH: ‘U.S. Is at War With ISIL’

Daniel Halper · September 12, 2014 1:32 pm

‘Counterterrorism, Not Counterinsurgency’

‘Counterterrorism, Not Counterinsurgency’

Daniel Halper · September 12, 2014 12:41 pm

John Kerry’s Precision Wording

Geoffrey Norman · September 12, 2014 12:04 pm

Push against Islamic State blurs spending message

Push against Islamic State blurs spending message

Brian Hughes · September 12, 2014 9:00 am