In Islamic State's global reach, new risks for jihadists – and the West
In launching a flurry of devastating attacks in the skies above Egypt’s Sinai and in Beirut and Paris, the self-described Islamic State appears to have embarked upon a new strategy to lash out against...
View ArticleIslamic State defies air strikes by shelling Syrian Kurdish town
BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR, Turkey - New U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State fighters failed to stop them from pressing their assault on a strategic Syrian town near the Turkish border on Saturday,...
View ArticleISIS Will Become More Deadly Before It Dies
As ISIS faces a stepped-up air and ground campaign in the aftermath of the Paris attacks, there is a good chance the group will lose more territory in Iraq and Syria. But if history is any guide, ISIS...
View ArticleAP Interview: Iraq premier nixes US ground troops
BAGHDAD (AP) Iraq's new prime minister ruled out stationing U.S. ground troops in his country, chiding the international community Wednesday for inaction in Syria and lamenting the "puzzling"...
View ArticleIslamic State could ultimately force West to consider invasion
CAIRO — This is the fundamental contradiction, after Paris: Few in the West want to send ground troops to Syria and Iraq to battle the Islamic State group, but it may be even harder to find anyone who...
View ArticleIS could ultimately force West to consider invasion
CAIRO (AP) - This is the fundamental contradiction, after Paris: Few in the West want to send ground troops to Syria and Iraq to battle the Islamic State group, but it may be even harder to find anyone...
View ArticleIslamic State under pressure as Kurds take Syrian town
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kurdish forces dealt a blow to Islamic State by capturing an important town on Friday in the latest stage of a powerful offensive in northeast Syria, a Kurdish militia spokesman...
View ArticleObama's attack plan for ISIS differs from Iraq War strategy
WASHINGTON— The military offensive ordered by President Obama against marauding Islamic State militants barely resembles the grinding ground war that the United States waged in Iraq from 2003 to 2011 —...
View ArticleUS airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels
DAMASCUS: United States (US) forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in the long-running civil war by...
View ArticleIran sends troops to help Assad in Syria; Russia hits rebels
Hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria to join a major ground offensive in support of President Bashar Assad’s government, Lebanese sources said on Thursday, a sign that the civil war is...
View ArticleSyrian crisis simplified: Who's fighting whom, and why?
One nation, two wars, a quarter-million lives lost, millions forced from their homes, and still no end in sight for the pitiless, seemingly bottomless crisis in Syria. The U.S., Russia and a collection...
View ArticleOnly ground forces can wipe out Islamic State
By Manish Rai Islamic State has again proved its striking capability beyond Iraq and Syria. The so-called soldiers of the caliphate appear to have underscored their chilling reach — with terrorist...
View ArticleDefense secretary praises Kurdish militia's help on ground in Syria
WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Almost a year into a bombing campaign intended to degrade and destroy the Islamic State group, the United States finally may have found a reliable partner on the...
View ArticleKurdish militia proving to be reliable partner against Islamic State in Syria
WASHINGTON — Nearly a year into a bombing campaign intended to degrade and destroy the Islamic State, the United States finally may have found a reliable partner on the ground in Syria. In comments...
View ArticlePro-Regime Forces Abandon Political Solution In Syria
BEIRUT -- After more than four years of gridlock fighting, forces loyal to the Syrian regime are convinced that Russian military action in Syria is the catalyst that will propel Syria’s civil war to...
View ArticleKurdish Forces in Iraq Advance Against IS Fighters
VOA News Kurdish fighters launched a series of attacks against Islamic State positions Tuesday in Iraq, supported by the Iraqi military and the U.S.-led coalition. U.S. Central Command said 11...
View ArticleA look at combatants in the air and on the ground in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) Russia is the latest country to enter Syria's complex conflict that killed 250,000 people and displaced half of the country's prewar population since March 2011. Here is a look at the...
View ArticleThe Seinfeld War — a US Mideast policy about nothing
A little less conversation, a little more action, please. When it comes to the Mideast, Elvis’ famous lyrics had it right. Yet President Obama opts for the “Seinfeld” approach instead: His is a...
View ArticleBritain and the bombing of Isis: eight questions raised by the vote for war
The pros and cons of fighting Islamic State – and what might happen next...
View ArticleThe tightrope of foreign intervention in Iraq
The expansion and barbarity of the Islamic State group leaves no doubt that it must be stopped without delay. On August 12 Amnesty International released a statement accusing the group of "ethnic...
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