The Washington Post
Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 10:52
Security forces backed by helicopters battled supporters of a radical cleric in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Wednesday, as spreading violence threatened to pull more areas of the country into turmoil.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 07:16
While the Obama administration is trying its best to keep American boots off the ground in Iraq, the skies over the embattled Middle Eastern country are getting crowded with Russian fighter jets and American and Iranian drones.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 10:24
Israeli aircraft pounded dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after vowing to extract a heavy price from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which it accuses of killing three Israeli teenagers.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 07:01
There’s a call for more involvement by some of the Iraq War’s most famous U.S. generals, though. U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R.-Calif.) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday, saying he should bring up for re-assignment a number of officers who had key roles in Iraq in 2007 and 2008.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 06:22
The demonstrations in Jordan have been the first public displays of support for ISIS in Jordan. But more troubling to the Amman government than the possibility of an ISIS invasion are signs that support for the group may be expanding here and that homegrown recruits could take action in Jordan.
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 07:03
Since it began last fall, the international effort to find, verify, pack, transport and ultimately destroy the Syrian weapons has been unprecedented in countless ways
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 06:25
Frustrated with the pace of U.S. jet and attack helicopter deliveries, the Iraqi government has resorted to negotiating the return of decades-old planes from Iran as it desperately tries to cobble together air power to turn the tide against al-Qaeda-inspired insurgents.
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 08:15
Targeted drone strikes, a centerpiece of the Obama administration’s counterterrorism policy, represent a “slippery slope” toward a state of never-ending war, according to a new report issued by a bipartisan panel of former intelligence and defense officials.
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 08:10
Fact checking on the background of the “moderate opposition” Obama plans to give military assistance.
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 07:42
Secretary of State John F. Kerry is leading an increasingly public U.S. effort to persuade Persian Gulf nations to help pull Iraq back from the brink of civil war, leaning on them to use their influence with Iraq’s Sunni tribes.