Matt Schiavenza

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 07:29
The Obama Administration has run out of patience with Iraq’s Army. On Sunday, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” to discuss the recent fall of Ramadi, one of Iraq’s major cities, to ISIS. Despite possessing substantial advantages in both numbers and equipment, he said, the Iraqi military were unable to prevent ISIS forces from capturing the city.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 06:13
Since its formation in 2002, Boko Haram is responsible for the deaths of thousands across northern Nigeria. But the group—whose name translates roughly as "Western education is sinful"—has especially targeted schoolchildren