David Cameron has said the UK is ready to “play its part” in fighting Islamic State, which he called an “evil against which the whole world must unite”. Speaking at the UN in New York, the prime minister said “past mistakes” must not be an “excuse” for inaction. He spoke […]
President Barack Obama has touted the involvement of Arab nations – many of them Sunni-majority – in US air strikes against Islamic State militants. But will this coalition hold up to the scrutiny of their own internal politics? What a difference a year makes. President Barack Obama limped to New […]
President Barack Obama has touted the involvement of Arab nations – many of them Sunni-majority – in US air strikes against Islamic State militants. But will this coalition hold up to the scrutiny of their own internal politics? What a difference a year makes. President Barack Obama limped to New […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent The moment America expanded its anti-Isis war into Syria, President Bashar al-Assad gained more military and political support than any other Arab leader can boast. […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent The moment America expanded its anti-Isis war into Syria, President Bashar al-Assad gained more military and political support than any other Arab leader can boast. […]
By Janine di Giovanni / September 23, 2014 10:46 AM EDT The names of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and the British aid worker David Haines have become well-known since their gruesome deaths at the hands of the Islamic State, more commonly known as ISIS, as have Alan […]
By Janine di Giovanni / September 23, 2014 10:46 AM EDT The names of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and the British aid worker David Haines have become well-known since their gruesome deaths at the hands of the Islamic State, more commonly known as ISIS, as have Alan […]
Scott Pelley speaks with two men who recognized the threat of ISIS early and warned of the possible consequences of not acting The following script is from the second part […]
• US aircraft and cruise missiles attack targets in Syria • Allies include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Bahrain and Qatar • Raqqa city and Iraq-Syria border among areas hit • […]
Anyone who has studied Syria knows the moderate opposition doesn’t exist by Robert Fisk, The Independent John Kerry is becoming more and more like William McGonagall, the “worst poet in the world” whose horror at the 1879 Tay Bridge railway disaster yielded the imperishable observation that it “will be remember’d […]
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/international/2014/09/21/kurdish-refugees-head-to-turkey.cnn By Ben Brumfield, Josh Levs and Gul Tuysuz, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — The sudden, massive flood of refugees fleeing the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is unlike any […]
Summary BY DAVID IGNATIUS, THE DAILY STAR, LEBANON The U.S. has made the same mistake in evaluating fighters from ISIS that it did in Vietnam – by underestimating the enemy’s will, according to James Clapper, the director of national intelligence. Clapper’s comments came in a telephone interview Wednesday, in which […]
Summary ISIS jihadists were closing in on Syria’s third largest Kurdish town Sunday after their capture of surrounding villages sent tens of thousands of refugees streaming into Turkey, an activist […]
A Saudi citizen who recently returned from Syria after fighting with the “Islamic” State (IS) terror organization has posted an online video urging fellow youth not to fall victim to the group’s rhetoric. Fahad Al-Zaidi stressed that he had been brainwashed and deluded into thinking this was a legitimate form […]
by David Ignatius Summary How can President Barack Obama provide limited military support on the ground to help “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS without formally violating his pledge not to […]
Thousands of Kurds fleeing the “Islamic State” have crossed into Turkey. The militant group has seized Kurdish villages in northern Syria over the past two days. On Friday, Turkey opened […]
Thousands of Kurds fleeing the “Islamic State” have crossed into Turkey. The militant group has seized Kurdish villages in northern Syria over the past two days. On Friday, Turkey opened […]
Interview conducted by Dieter Bednarz SPIEGEL: Mr. Chalabi, how close have fighters from Islamic State come to Baghdad? Chalabi: They are 26 kilometers away. That is menacingly close, but the situation is calm at the moment and Islamic State has not made any more advances on Baghdad. Thank God. SPIEGEL: […]
Interview conducted by Dieter Bednarz SPIEGEL: Mr. Chalabi, how close have fighters from Islamic State come to Baghdad? Chalabi: They are 26 kilometers away. That is menacingly close, but the situation is calm at the moment and Islamic State has not made any more advances on Baghdad. Thank God. SPIEGEL: […]
Syria has asked Washington to engage in military and intelligence collaboration to defeat their mutual enemy Isis, inviting US congressmen and senators to visit Damascus to discuss joint action against […]