Tag: Iraq

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al-Arabi, right, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri leave a press conference at the conclusion of an Arab summit meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt, Sunday, March 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

National Security

Arab nations agree to form unified military to combat common threats

Ethan Barton · March 29, 2015 8:26 pm

Smoke rises from central Tikrit as Iraqi security forces attack Islamic State extremist positions in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 28, 2015. Â (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

National Security

18 airstrikes hit Islamic State targets

Ethan Barton · March 28, 2015 8:35 pm

Houthi Shiite fighters wearing an army uniform ride on a pickup vehicle as they patrol a street during a demonstration to show support for their comrades in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Thousands of protesters demonstrated Friday across Yemen, some supporting the Shiite rebels who seized the capital and others demanding the country's south secede after the nation's president and Cabinet resigned. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

National Security

Military’s complex bedfellows highlight difficulties ahead

Tara Copp · March 28, 2015 10:00 am

U.S. and coalition aircrafts have hit Islamic State targets in Tikrit about 20 times in the last two days. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Iraqis return to fight in Tikrit

Tara Copp · March 27, 2015 5:15 pm

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter stands next to a firearm in Mahmoudiyah, Iraq, where fighters took control of it from the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

National Security

Bill seeks direct arms shipments to Kurds

Charles Hoskinson · March 27, 2015 1:24 pm

Chaos in Iraq

Geoffrey Norman · March 26, 2015 6:38 pm

The leaflet shows potential recruits lining up at the "Daesh Recruiting Office," which leads to a bloodied meat grinder also labeled "Daesh." (AP Photo)

National Security

U.S. leaflets warn would-be Islamic State fighters of the ‘meat grinder’

Tara Copp · March 26, 2015 6:29 pm

In this file photo taken Sunday, March 15, 2015, Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite militiamen clash with Islamic State fighters at the frontline in the Qadisiyah neighborhood in Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

National Security

Iranian-backed militias move out of Tikrit ahead of U.S. airstrikes

Tara Copp · March 26, 2015 5:22 pm

Critics: Obama lets Iran dominate Middle East in hopes of nuclear deal

Critics: Obama lets Iran dominate Middle East in hopes of nuclear deal

Charles Hoskinson · March 26, 2015 9:00 am

Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group called Imam Ali Brigades launch rockets against Islamic State extremist positions during clashes in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

National Security

U.S. jumps into fight for Tikrit

Charles Hoskinson · March 25, 2015 9:50 pm

Former Vice President Dick Cheney. AP Photo

National Security

Cheney: Obama to blame for Islamic State in Iraq, warns against nuclear Iran

Paul Bedard · March 25, 2015 4:44 pm

NebraskaÂ Watchdog added that Chambers' "most outrageous comments are rarely covered by Nebraska media -- in part because he's been making them for years." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Left-wing state legislator: Police are worse than ISIS

Ashe Schow · March 25, 2015 3:39 pm