The New York Times
Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 07:08
Saudi Arabia has agreed to an American request to provide a base to train moderate Syrian opposition fighters, American officials said on Wednesday.
Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 06:18
Russia will continue to build up its military might with large-scale weapons purchases in order to meet any threat, particularly from the United States and NATO, President Vladimir V. Putin said on Wednesday.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 06:32
Chancellor Angela Merkel told lawmakers on Monday that her government had decided to break with a taboo on delivering weapons to conflict zones because Germany and all of Europe faced a security threat from the extremists of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 06:10
President Obama has authorized surveillance flights over Syria, a precursor to potential airstrikes there, but a mounting concern for the White House is how to target the Sunni extremists without helping President Bashar al-Assad.
Friday, August 22, 2014 - 06:36
For weeks, Capitol Hill has tried to keep America’s military engagement in Iraq at arm’s length: Democrats and Republicans warily backed President Obama’s limited airstrikes against Sunni militants, but nobody — aside from Senator John McCain and a few fellow hawks — demonstrated an appetite for deeper involvement.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 07:42
As Kurdish and Iraqi forces backed by American jets battled to dislodge Islamic militants from areas around Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that it was planning one of its biggest aid operations in recent years.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 07:20
Unidentified warplanes on Monday bombed a small arms depot and other locations in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, that are controlled by Islamist-aligned militias, suggesting that a foreign state had intervened in the escalating battle for control of the city.
Friday, August 15, 2014 - 08:07
Galvanized by the brutality of Islamist militants marauding through Iraq, the United Nations Security Council appeared set to approve a resolution on Friday aimed at severely weakening them by choking their sources of money, weapons and foreign recruits.
Friday, August 15, 2014 - 08:06
With Iraq’s myriad crises unfolding at a rapid pace, foreign ministers of the European Union gathered in Brussels on Friday under pressure from some members of the 28-nation bloc to step up arms supplies to the country’s beleaguered Kurdish minority.
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 07:50
European nations moved on Wednesday to intensify their involvement in Iraq, announcing further humanitarian aid and, for the first time, pledging to supply arms to the embattled Kurdish forces fighting the Sunni militants who have overrun much of northern Iraq.