Tag: Iraq

Is the U.S. Losing in Iraq?

Is the U.S. Losing in Iraq?

Geoffrey Norman · October 14, 2014 1:02 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio called on Turkey to play a greater role in the U.S.-led effort against the Islamic State, saying it has a responsibility "as a member of NATO" to give safe haven to refugees fleeing battle-torn northern Syria. (AP/Molly Riley)

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Rubio: Turkey must give Kurds safe haven

Sean Lengell · October 13, 2014 7:21 pm

Rabia Ali mourns at the grave of her son Seydo Mehmud 'Curo', a Kurdish fighter who was killed in fighting with militants of the Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria, and was buried on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at a cemetery in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Obama’s political interests are getting in the way of protecting Kobani from the Islamic State

Hugh Hewitt · October 12, 2014 9:00 pm

Susan Rice: Iraq must take lead to defeat Islamic State

Susan Rice: Iraq must take lead to defeat Islamic State

Sean Lengell · October 12, 2014 6:16 pm

Saudi pilots sit in the cockpit of a fighter jet as part of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Islamic State militants and other targets in Syria,Â in this image released Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 by the official Saudi Press Agency. Sen. Bernie Sanders noted Saudi Arabia is the world's fourth-largest defense spender, yet he suggested the country hasn't done enough to help defeat Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)

Bernie Sanders: U.S. needs Arab partners to help defeat Islamic State

Sean Lengell · October 12, 2014 3:10 pm

As seen from Mursitpinar in the outskirts of Suruc at the Turkey-Syria border, a Turkish forces armored vehicle patrols the border road as in the background thick smoke rises following an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition in Kobani, Syria. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

John McCain: Islamic State is winning

Sean Lengell · October 12, 2014 2:43 pm

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants apparently have killed an Iraqi journalist for refusing to join the group.Â (AP Photo)

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Islamic State kills Iraqi journalist, says American could be next

Sean Lengell · October 11, 2014 10:20 pm

An Iraqi federal policeman stands guard as his colleague searches a car at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday. On the western edge of Iraq's capital, Islamic State group militants battle government forces and exchange mortar fire, only adding to the sense of siege in Baghdad despite airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition. Military experts say the Sunni militants, won't be able to fight through both government forces and Shiite militias now massed around the capital, It does, however, put them in a position to wreak havoc in Iraq's biggest city, with its suicide attacks and other assaults. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

National Security

Iraq’s Anbar province wants U.S. ground troops to fight Islamic State

Sean Lengell · October 11, 2014 7:39 pm

National Security

Worried Iraqi capital sees militant push around it

Vivian Salama · October 11, 2014 7:24 pm

U.S. leads strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria, Iraq

National Security

U.S. leads strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria, Iraq

Sean Lengell · October 11, 2014 6:28 pm

Turkish tank and armored vehicle soldiers hold their position at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani, Syria on Thursday. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

U.S. frustrated with Turkey as airstrikes sputter

Charles Hoskinson · October 9, 2014 11:14 pm

Ramping Up … Before Pulling Out

Ramping Up … Before Pulling Out

Geoffrey Norman · October 9, 2014 7:32 pm