Russian and US forces exchange military information over airstrikes against Isis
Intelligence services work to coordinate strikes on Isis stronghold of Raqqa as countries plan unified response after Paris terror attacks...
View ArticleVictory at Iraq's Sinjar aided by Islamic State withdrawal
The ousting of Islamic State group forces from the Iraqi town of Sinjar is being touted by Kurdish leaders as a major military victory. But commanders on the ground say the extremists largely withdrew,...
View ArticleIraqi-Kurdish leader says Paris attacks a 'wake-up call'
The head of intelligence and security in Iraqi Kurdistan has said he hopes last Friday's attacks in Paris will act as a wake-up call to Western powers. Masrour Barzani told the BBC that the Islamic...
View ArticleParis attack prompts call for new strategy to combat Islamic State
The U.S. military has been rolling back the Islamic State's territorial expansion in Iraq and Syria, but the ability of the group to launch a massacre like last week's Paris attacks is triggering calls...
View ArticleThe inconvenient truth: There's no easy military answer to war on ISIS
(CNN)ISIS has metastasized into something many predicted, but most prayed would never happen: a nihilistic group of militants who have both a safe haven in an anarchic land, and cells in Europe able to...
View ArticleTo Defeat ISIS, Put Boots on the Ground
Since the Paris attacks there have been an avalanche of pledges to destroy ISIS, to wage “pitiless” or “merciless” war against the world’s worst and most bloodthirsty terrorist organization. Don’t...
View ArticleThe long war against Islamist extremism has become more complicated than ever
BAGHDAD — With the attacks in Paris and the downing of a Russian passenger plane, the Islamic State has declared war on the wider world, galvanizing new calls for an intensified global effort to defeat...
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 ArticleAfter Paris: Should Britain Join Air Strikes in Syria? (YouGov plc)
(Source: YouGov plc) The atrocities in Paris last Friday have outraged the western world more than any act of Islamic terrorism on the European continent in the last decade. They have also generated a...
View ArticleParis attacks may prompt Obama to step up military action
The Paris terrorist attacks seem likely to compel President Barack Obama to consider military escalation against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. But that probably will not mean dramatic moves like...
View ArticleSeparating Syrian moderates from terrorists could tank talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran haven't agreed on much throughout Syria's bloody four-and-a-half year-old civil war. But for the sake of peace, they will try this...
View ArticleHistory of the Islamic State group as 'Jihadi John' targeted
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) U.S. officials said a drone strike targeted Islamic State fighter "Jihadi John," known for taking part in beheading videos, though it's unclear whether the strike...
View ArticleKurdish forces retake towns in Iraq, Syria
SINJAR, Iraq - Dealing a double blow Friday to the Islamic State group, Iraqi Kurdish forces pushed into the strategic town of Sinjar in northern Iraq, and a coalition of Arab, Christian, and Kurdish...
View ArticleUnited States to send dozens of special forces to Syria as first boots on ground
Vienna and Washington: United States officials disclosed plans on Friday to station the first American boots on the ground in Syria in the war against Islamic State fighters, saying dozens of special...
View ArticleA Serious War Calls for a Serious Strategy
On the very day that President Obama declared ISIS to be “contained,” it reached hundreds of miles outside the borders of its so-called caliphate and struck the heart of Paris. The dead and wounded are...
View ArticleUS escalates involvement in Syria amid talks on Assad future
WASHINGTON — The United States escalated its fight against the Islamic State in Syria on Friday, pledging the first open deployment of military boots on the ground, even as U.S., Russian and other...
View ArticleWhat is Russia Doing in Syria?
The military balance of power in Syria and Iraq is changing. The Russian air strikes that have been taking place since the end of September are strengthening and raising the morale of the Syrian army,...
View ArticleKurdish forces recapture key towns in Iraq, Syria
SINJAR, Iraq (AP) – Dealing a double blow Friday to the Islamic State group, Iraqi Kurdish forces pushed into the strategic town of Sinjar in northern Iraq, and a coalition of Arab, Christian and...
View ArticleAfter Obama changes tack on Syria, what would the presidential candidates do?
Experts warned of mission creep after the president ordered US special forces to take a more active role but most White House hopefuls back greater intervention...
View Article'Tyranny has gone': Kurds and Yazidis celebrate recapture of Sinjar from Isis
Dealing a double blow Friday to the Islamic State group, Iraqi Kurdish forces pushed into the strategic town of Sinjar in northern Iraq, and a coalition of Arab, Christian and Kurdish rebel factions...
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