Tag: Iraq

‘The Blood-Dimmed Tide’

William Kristol · September 15, 2014 4:00 am

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. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Obama aide: ‘Doctors and pharmacists’ now ready to fight

Luke Rosiak · September 14, 2014 6:04 pm

Arab allies willing to launch airstrikes against Islamic State

Arab allies willing to launch airstrikes against Islamic State

Jennifer Peebles · September 14, 2014 4:46 pm

Kerry Flip-Flops On ‘War’

Kerry Flip-Flops On ‘War’

Daniel Halper · September 14, 2014 2:42 pm

Democratic and Republican lawmakers this week will likely form a bipartisan coalition to pass President Obama's request to arm and train Syrian rebels.ÃÂ (Spencer Platt/Getty images)

National Security

Arming Syrian rebels bridges partisan divide

Susan Ferrechio · September 14, 2014 9:00 am

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria released Saturday a video showing showing another reported beheading of David Haines. (Screengrab)

National Security

Islamic State releases another beheading video

Justin Green · September 13, 2014 11:26 pm

A generator owner inspects his community generator that was destroyed after a bombing in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq in this Tuesday, July 29, 2014 file photo. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

Iraqi Prime Minister orders army to stop shelling to protect civilians

Luke Rosiak · September 13, 2014 10:04 pm

Obama wants to wage this non-war war against a non-state state without congressional authority or debate. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

Obama’s unnecessary, unpromising war

Steve Chapman · September 13, 2014 8:02 pm

It is now President Obama's stated intention to pursue the Islamic State's forces wherever they are, rather than his previous policy of using moderate force only in Iraq and only to protect American facilities and personnel.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Support Obama’s new Islamic State plan

Lawrence Kudlow · September 13, 2014 7:09 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Kerry is in the region to speak with leaders about strategies to address the threat from the Islamic State, a militant extremist group. John Kerry said that the US would provide an additional $500 million in humanitarian aid to victims of the war in Syria, bringing total American assistance to $2.9 billion since the start of the conflict in 2011. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Strikes in Iraq, Syria expected under new war plan

Robert Burns · September 13, 2014 8:48 am

The joint fundraising committee for Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, already appears to be raising money from a controversial speech he gave earlier this week. (Screencap)

Beltway Confidential

Corrected: Cruz fundraising site was not referring to this week’s controversial speech

Becket Adams · September 13, 2014 2:31 am

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

National Security

Boehner promises support to new Iraqi leader

Donna Cassata · September 12, 2014 11:03 pm