Tag: Syria

In this photo taken during a Syrian government-led media tour, buildings damaged during battles between Syrian troops and rebels stand along an empty street in Mleiha, some 10 kilometers (6 miles) southeast of downtown Damascus, Syria, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Syrian government troops captured the fiercely contested suburb of the capital Thursday after five months of heavy fighting, flushing rebels from their last hideouts and quickly moving to crush pockets of resistance in the surrounding countryside, activists and state media said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Syrian airstrikes target Islamic State group

Ryan Lucas · August 17, 2014 3:45 pm

Car bomb kills at least 22 in southern Syria

Car bomb kills at least 22 in southern Syria

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 5:12 pm

Syrian troops seize contested Damascus suburb

Syrian troops seize contested Damascus suburb

Ryan Lucas · August 14, 2014 2:03 pm

Hillary Clinton, like her husband, has a very wide range of stands she finds acceptable, depending on timing and circumstances. President Obama's range of acceptable positions has been far narrower. (Getty Images)

Fidelity to principle can make needed flexibility impossible

Michael Barone · August 13, 2014 9:00 pm

UK woman convicted of funding terrorism in Syria

UK woman convicted of funding terrorism in Syria

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2014 4:23 pm

Why Did Obama Request $500 Million For a ‘Fantasy’ In Syria?

Michael Warren · August 13, 2014 3:02 pm

Islamic militants seize 2 northern Syrian towns

Islamic militants seize 2 northern Syrian towns

Zeina Karam · August 13, 2014 2:42 pm

After Syria remarks, Obama and Hillary Clinton to attend party on Martha’s Vineyard

After Syria remarks, Obama and Hillary Clinton to attend party on Martha’s Vineyard

Susan Crabtree · August 13, 2014 1:50 pm

President Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq, Thursday, warning they would be launched if needed to defend Americans from advancing Islamic militants and protect civilians under siege. Obama said American military planes already had carried out airdrops of humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of Iraqi religious minorities surrounded by militants and desperately in need of food and water. The Pentagon said the airdrops were performed by one C-17 and two C-130 cargo aircraft that together delivered a total of 72 bundles of food and water. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

National Security

Why get involved in Iraq, but not Syria? It’s complicated, Obama says

Brian Hughes · August 12, 2014 7:40 pm

Syrian Kurdish fighters rescue stranded Yazidis

DIAA HADIDBASSEM MROUE · August 12, 2014 6:11 pm

Kristol Podcast: Hillary vs. Obama — a 2016 Preview?

TWS Podcast · August 12, 2014 5:45 pm

Hillary Clinton's newfound support for arming the opposition to Syria's Bashar Assad, along with her recent criticism of the Obama administration's handling of the crisis in Iraq, has earned her a sharp rebuke from the anti-war political action group MoveOn. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

On arming Syrian rebels, Clinton was against it before she was for it (and the anti-war crowd isn’t happy)

Becket Adams · August 12, 2014 3:56 pm