Tag: Iraq

White House: If true, video of journalist beheading by Islamic State ‘appalling’

National Security

White House: If true, video of journalist beheading by Islamic State ‘appalling’

Susan Crabtree · August 19, 2014 10:46 pm

IS Threatens Another U.S. Journalist

Lee Smith · August 19, 2014 10:27 pm

An Appalling Propaganda Ploy

Thomas Joscelyn · August 19, 2014 10:14 pm

Kurdish forces, known as peshmerga, stand guard near Mosul Dam at the town of Chamibarakat outside Mosul, Iraq, on Sunday. (AP/Khalid Mohammed)

Just when he thought he was out, Iraq pulls Obama back in

Noemie Emery · August 19, 2014 9:28 pm

One Cheer for Pope Francis

Lee Smith · August 19, 2014 8:33 pm

National Security

Obama heads back to Martha’s Vineyard after quick break

Lisa Ruhl · August 19, 2014 8:09 pm

Smoke rises during airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants at the Mosul Dam outside Mosul, Iraq, Monday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

National Security

Pentagon says Iraq airstrikes will be limited — for now

Susan Crabtree · August 19, 2014 7:28 pm

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter prepares his weapon at his combat position near the Mosul Dam at the town of Chamibarakat outside Mosul, Iraq, Sunday. (AP/Khalid Mohammed)

Beltway Confidential

Tulsi Gabbard, meet President Obama

Charles Hoskinson · August 19, 2014 6:46 pm

Iraq Shiite fighters make their way to the front line to fight militants from the extremist Islamic State group in Jurf al-Sakhar, 43 miles (70 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug 18, 2014. Fighters of the voluntary armed group formed after the radical Shiite cleric Muqtatda al-Sadr called to protect holy shrines against possible attacks by Sunni militants. (AP Photo/ Hadi MIzban)

Iraqi military clashes with militants in Tikrit

Sinan Salaheddin · August 19, 2014 4:21 pm

President Obama speaks during a press conference Monday in Washington, DC. Obama returned from his vacation in Martha's Vineyard to hold meetings with his national security team and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. (Getty images / Win McNamee)

Obama offers no clues on why he returned to Washington

Brian Hughes · August 19, 2014 9:00 am

This Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014 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 a Free Syrian Army fighter aiming his weapon during a battle with Islamic State militants in Aleppo, Syria. Members of the Islamic State group have been marching in the northern province of Aleppo capturing areas under the control of the mainstream Free Syrian Army. Islamic State fighters have overrun nearly a dozen towns and villages in Aleppo province last week crushing what little resistance they have encountered. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

National Security

Syria strikes militants as US targets them in Iraq

Zeina Karam · August 19, 2014 8:44 am

President Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Monday. Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, Obama met with top advisers at the White House to review developments in Iraq and in racially charged Ferguson, Mo., two trouble spots where Obama has ordered his administration to intervene. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Morning Examiner with Steve Doty for Aug. 19

Steve Doty · August 19, 2014 6:50 am