ISIS

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019.

‘ISIS will resurge’: Mattis predicts ISIS comeback without more pressure from US

John Gage · October 12, 2019 8:34 pm

Â "U.S. forces are not taking direct military action in Yemen in support of this effort," a Pentagon spokeswoman said.Â

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To put America first, end US support for the war in Yemen

Jerrod Laber · October 11, 2019 6:29 pm

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Trump’s absurd hypocrisy: Abandon the Kurds, send troops to Saudi Arabia

Tom Rogan · October 11, 2019 5:19 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters as he arrives to begin a markup on immigration policy on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. The Senate Judiciary Committee is engaged in a heated battle over immigration policy as chairman Lindsey Graham threatens to upend the rules to advance a detention bill that Democrats oppose. Itâs one last battle, being led Thursday by a top ally of President Donald Trump, before senators break for a long August recess and the start of 2020 campaigning.

‘A big problem’: Lindsey Graham labels Kurds a ‘threat’ to Turkey in prank phone call

Zach Halaschak · October 10, 2019 8:28 pm

Alexanda Amon Kotey, center, and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British jihadis who made up a brutal Islamic State cell dubbed "The Beatles," sit on a sofa at a security center in Kobani, Syria.

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Put the ISIS beheader ‘Beatles’ on trial at Guantanamo Bay

Tom Rogan · October 10, 2019 4:36 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

US takes control of two British ‘Beatles’ accused of ISIS torture and execution of American hostages

Tim Pearce · October 9, 2019 10:41 pm

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Trump’s Kurdish betrayal is already reviving ISIS and hurting Israel

Quin Hillyer · October 9, 2019 9:13 pm

Fighters from Kurdish popular defense units YPJ (women) and YPG men) gather during a short break before heading out to fight for new positions in Kobani, Syria.

Turkey’s invasion of Syria set to obliterate key US ally in fight against ISIS

Russ Read · October 9, 2019 8:08 pm

In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke billows from targets inside Syria during bombardment by Turkish forces Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019.

‘This operation is a bad idea’: Trump condemns Turkish invasion of Syria

Zach Halaschak · October 9, 2019 6:14 pm

Shortly after the Turkish operation inside Syria had started, local residents cheer and applaud as a convoy of Turkish forces vehicles is driven through the town of Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, at the border between Turkey and Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019.

‘Recipe for disaster’: No plan to control ISIS prisoners as Turkey invades Syria

Jerry Dunleavy and Russ Read · October 9, 2019 5:52 pm

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Turkey attacks: Civilians will die, allies will fall, and Trump will reap the ISIS whirlwind

Tom Rogan · October 9, 2019 4:02 pm

Turkish forces poised to invade northern Syria within 24 hours

Ellie Bufkin · October 9, 2019 2:31 am