Tag: Syria

Obama defends ‘no-strategy’ remarks

Obama defends ‘no-strategy’ remarks

Brian Hughes · September 3, 2014 11:04 am

Obama: ISIS a ‘Manageable Problem,’ If ‘International Community’ Comes Together

Obama: ISIS a ‘Manageable Problem,’ If ‘International Community’ Comes Together

Daniel Halper · September 3, 2014 10:01 am

Beheaded Journalist an Israeli Citizen

Beheaded Journalist an Israeli Citizen

Daniel Halper · September 3, 2014 9:11 am

Video purports to show beheading of US journalist

Zeina Karam · September 3, 2014 3:10 am

Homeland Security Chair: Up to 200 Americans Fighting for Islamic State in Syria, Iraq

Homeland Security Chair: Up to 200 Americans Fighting for Islamic State in Syria, Iraq

Daniel Halper · September 2, 2014 8:26 pm

FILE - In this June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. The Islamic State group holds roughly a third of Iraq and Syria, including several strategically important cities like Fallujah and Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

A look at dangers posed by the Islamic State group

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 6:34 pm

This still image from an undated video released by Islamic State militants on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, purports to show journalist Steven Sotloff being held by the militant group. The Islamic State group has threatened to kill Sotloff if the United States doesn't stop its strikes against them in Iraq. Sotloff's mother, Shirley Sotloff, pleaded for his release Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in a video message aimed directly at his captors that aired on the Al-Arabiya television network. (AP Photo)

National Security

ISIS reportedly beheads second U.S. journalist

Charles Hoskinson · September 2, 2014 5:32 pm

Speaking to reporters Tuesday afternoon during a regular briefing, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said he has not seen the reports of the video's release, but said if true, "our thoughts and prayers" are with the Sotloff family and his friends and colleagues. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

White House: ‘Our thoughts, prayers’ are with Sotloff family

Susan Crabtree · September 2, 2014 5:26 pm

Former President Obama spokesman: ‘No strategy’ remark was a ‘winceable moment’

Beltway Confidential

Former President Obama spokesman: ‘No strategy’ remark was a ‘winceable moment’

Becket Adams · September 2, 2014 4:21 pm

Report: ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in Islamic State

Report: ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in Islamic State

Geoffrey Norman · September 2, 2014 3:03 pm

Philippine Armed Forces Chief Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang gestures as he talks about "the greatest escape" of Philippine troops deployed as UN Peacekeepers in the Golan Heights while being besieged by a rebel faction in Syria, during a forum with foreign correspondents Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 at suburban Mandaluyong city, east of Manila, Philippines. Catapang said that a U.N. peacekeeping commander in the Golan Heights should be investigated for allegedly asking Filipino troops to surrender to Syrian rebels who had attacked and surrounded their camp. Catapang further said he advised the 40 Filipino peacekeepers not to lay down their arms, and they defied the U.N. peacekeeping commander's order. Instead, they staged a daring escape from the Golan camp over the weekend, ending a tense, dayslong standoff.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

National Security

Syrian rebels issue demands for captive UN troops

RYAN LUCASNICK PERRY · September 2, 2014 12:14 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Projecting weakness

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 4:00 am