The Los Angeles Times
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 06:54
Obama questions the ability of military intervention to fix entrenched political problems.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 06:44
To stop the advance of ISIS, Obama should immediately offer to send into Iraq a limited number of special operations forces and military trainers who can call in airstrikes and buttress the battered Iraqi security forces.
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 07:35
A prominent Iranian military figure has been killed while fighting in Syria, according to both Syrian opposition and Iranian government sources, adding to mounting evidence of Tehran's military assistance to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 06:05
Initially, federal forces tried to cooperate with the vigilantes. Now fearing a Frankenstein-like scenario, authorities are trying to rein them in.
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 07:13
On Saturday, authorities formally approved three candidates, Assad and a pair of relatively unknown politicians who are both government stalwarts, Maher Abdul-Hafiz Hajjar and Hassan Abdullah Nouri.
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 07:05
According to two U.S. officials who would not be quoted discussing classified matters, the CIA informed the command before the attack that the spy agency did not have confidence in the underlying intelligence.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 08:24
It’s a nasty business, this abduction of 270 teenage girls in Nigeria by the Boko Haram terrorist group. But should dealing with these terrorists be our business too?
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 07:18
Off the record, Israeli officials went further, saying the report carried a "whiff of anti-Semitism." According to local media, an unnamed Israeli source said someone was “gunning for the visa waiver program” by playing the intelligence card.
Monday, May 5, 2014 - 08:58
Col. Ahmad Nemeh, long the head of the U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army in Syria’s southern Dara province, was taken by the Nusra Front, according to opposition advocates.
Monday, May 5, 2014 - 07:51
The reasons for the border town's revival are also unclear, and the uplift could well prove short-lived. But there is no question that homicides have declined precipitously.