Islamic 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleIn 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...
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