Tag: Syria

House Speaker John Boehner slammed President Obama Thursday morning for failing to respond to an offensive by Islamist militants in Iraq. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

GOP presses Obama: Urgent action needed in Iraq

Susan Crabtree · June 13, 2014 6:30 pm

A woman holding a pro-Hillary Clinton sign. (Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)

Ready for Hillary?

Mona Charen · June 13, 2014 3:23 pm

Kerry: ‘Confident That the United States Will Move Rapidly and Effectively’ on Iraq

Kerry: ‘Confident That the United States Will Move Rapidly and Effectively’ on Iraq

Daniel Halper · June 13, 2014 12:17 pm

Refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Irbil, Iraq, north of Baghdad, Thursday. (AP)

As Iraq unravels, so does Obama’s political Image

Brian Hughes · June 13, 2014 12:13 am

President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama poses with his medal and diploma alongside Nobel committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

Examiner Editorial: Obama tenure marked by foreign policy debacles

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 9:00 pm

An Iraqi army armored vehicle is seen burned on a street of the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday. (AP)

Was the Iraq war a complete waste?

David Harsanyi · June 12, 2014 7:28 pm

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Free Syrian Army fighters running at one of the front lines in the town of Sheikh Najjar, in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday June 10, 2014. Fighting in eastern Syria between Islamic rebel brigades and an al-Qaida splinter group has killed more than 630 people and uprooted at least 130,000 since the end of April, an activist group said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Al-Qaida splinter group encircles Syrian city

Diaa Hadid · June 11, 2014 4:21 pm

There Is No War on Terror?

There Is No War on Terror?

Geoffrey Norman · June 11, 2014 12:13 pm

The Fall of Mosul

Stephen F. Hayes · June 10, 2014 7:50 pm

Next week Hillary Clinton will release "Hard Choices," a memoir of her years as secretary of state. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The amazing and omniscient Hillary Clinton

Philip Klein · June 9, 2014 6:05 pm

Syrian soldiers celebrate Bashar Assad's presidential re-election in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday June 4, 2014. Assad has been re-elected in a landslide, officials said Wednesday, capturing another seven-year term in the middle of a bloody 3-year-old uprising against his rule that has devastated the country. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Syrian president declares amnesty for prisoners

ALBERT AJIBARBARA SURK · June 9, 2014 3:04 pm

Syrian soldiers walks past a bus with President Bashar Assad's portrait in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday June 3, 2014. Polls opened in government-held areas in Syria amid very tight security Tuesday for the country's presidential election, a vote that President Bashar Assad is widely expected to win. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Syria’s Assad wins presidential vote in landslide

Albert Aji · June 4, 2014 9:08 pm