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US Prepares Military Options In Syria Against Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is preparing military options to pressure the Islamic State in Syria, the U.S. military said on Monday, but officials cautioned that no decision had been made...
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Egypt And The United Arab Emirates Bombed Libya, And Qatar Could Be A Big...
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have jointly bombed Islamist militants in Libya twice without U.S. notification or knowledge, The New York Times reports, citing four senior U.S. officials. The...
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Boko Haram Just Followed ISIS's Lead In Declaring Itself A Caliphate
In a continuing escalation of violence, Boko Haram has now taken its campaign to another level, seizing and controlling large swaths of land in Nigeria's northeast.The group's five-year rampage has...
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North Korea Is Trying To Build A Submarine That Can Launch Ballistic Missiles
U.S. intelligence agencies believe North Korea is building a submarine capable of launching ballistic missiles, potentially increasing the threat posed by the nuclear-armed rogue state.A missile launch...
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Intense Photos Show Elite Soldiers Competing In A Special Forces Olympics
For nine days in July, the United States military sponsored dozens of elite Latin American soldiers and police from 17 countries for a "friendly competition" at the enormous Tolemaida military base in...
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ISIS's Recruitment Push Has Now Hit Italy As Well
Compared to France, Germany, or Britain, Italy’s problem with domestic jihadism is relatively modest, yet it is growing fast, thanks to the wars in Syria and Iraq. A new report in Corriere della Sera,...
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A Retired Top US General Showed Up In Israel Unannounced To Help Restart The...
As fighting between Israel and Hamas persisted for a 50th day Tuesday, retired U.S. general John Allen was set to meet with Israeli officials to discuss the possible renewal of peace talks with the...
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The US Is Reportedly Giving Information About ISIS To Syria's Assad Regime
The U.S. has begun reconnaissance flights over Syria and is sharing intelligence about jihadist deployments with Damascus through Iraqi and Russian channels, sources told AFP on Tuesday."The...
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Here's What It's Like When An Armored Column Appears Out Of Nowhere In Ukraine
On Monday, a resident of Novoazovsk in southeastern Ukraine said she saw a column of armored vehicles approach the town and start shooting."It all started at 8:00 this morning, tanks appeared, no fewer...
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ISIS Demands A $6.6 Million Ransom For Release Of A 26-Year-Old American Woman
The militant Islamic group known as ISIS has released demands that America pay a $6.6 million ransom and release a suspected terrorist in exchange for the release of a captured 26-year-old American...
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ISIS Has Radically Changed The Balance Of Power In The Middle East
The territorial gains this summer by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in both those countries have added a new element to the new Middle East cold war that I wrote about in aBrookings Doha...
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American Killed While Fighting For ISIS Seemed Increasingly Radical On Social...
An American who grew up in Minnesota joined the Islamic militant group ISIS and was killed along with two other foreign fighters in Syria, NBC News reports, citing activists linked to the Free Syrian...
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Dozens Of 'Men In Green' With Russian Accents Have Showed Up In East Ukraine
Unidentified, heavily-armed strangers with Russian accents have appeared in an eastern Ukrainian village, arousing residents' suspicions despite Moscow's denials that its troops have deliberately...
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Obama Is Awarding The Medal Of Honor For A Soldier's Heroics From More Than...
The White House announced on Tuesday it would award the Medal of Honor to an Army officer who distinguished himself during the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg more than 151 years ago.Army artillery...
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The American Journalist Held By Terrorists In Syria For Two Years Is Back In...
American writer and journalist Peter Theo Curtis, who was held captive for nearly two years by the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria, returned to the United States Tuesday, two days after his...
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Ukrainian Military: More Russian Soldiers Have Entered Ukraine
The Ukrainian military said on Wednesday that more Russian soldiers had crossed the border into eastern Ukraine, entering the small town of Amvrosiyivka in five armored infantry carriers and a...
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The Ceasefire Shows How Hamas Was Humiliated In Gaza — But That Doesn't Mean...
As expected, minutes after the Palestinian-Egyptian announcement of a ceasefire in the conflict with Israel, Hamas leaders took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate “victory.”The same cruel and cynical...
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As The US Strikes At ISIS, Here's A Look At What The Jihadists Have In Their...
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) rakes in over $1 million a day and commands"a volume of resources and territory unmatched in the history of extremist organizations," according to Janine...
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Ukraine Says More Tanks Roll In From Russia Despite Talks
Ukraine appealed for NATO's help on Wednesday after reporting that a huge convoy of tanks and weaponry from Russia was moving through the southeast of the country.Kiev's claims came just hours after...
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Here's The Passport Of The American Killed While Fighting With ISIS
The first reported American to die while fighting for the Islamic State, Douglas McAuthur McCain, 33, was carrying his American passport along with $800 when he went into battle in a recent clash...
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