Islamic Jihad

A frame from a video released by Islamic State militants Tuesday that purports to show the killing of journalist James Foley by the militant group. Foley, from Rochester, N.H., went missing in 2012 in northern Syria while on assignment for Agence France-Press and the Boston-based media company GlobalPost. (AP Photo)

National Security

White House confirms authenticity of beheading video

Susan Crabtree · August 20, 2014 4:32 pm

White House: If true, video of journalist beheading by Islamic State ‘appalling’

National Security

White House: If true, video of journalist beheading by Islamic State ‘appalling’

Susan Crabtree · August 19, 2014 10:46 pm

Activists: Jihadi killed near Syria-Lebanon border

Activists: Jihadi killed near Syria-Lebanon border

Washington Examiner · August 19, 2014 1:06 pm

In an interview with ABC's Martha Raddatz Sunday, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, criticized President Obama's response to the threat posed by the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

National Security

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard calls U.S. counterterrorism mission ‘lost’

Susan Crabtree · August 17, 2014 5:01 pm

Islamic State’s murderous excess is the road to its demise

Austin Bay · August 14, 2014 2:52 pm

Syria rebels raid Lebanese town, capture troops

Bassem Mroue · August 3, 2014 12:00 am

Iraqi Shiite fighters with the "Peace Brigades" patrol in Samarra, Iraq.ÃÂ (AP Photo/File)

Iraq’s crisis requires a political solution

Mike Coffman · July 20, 2014 10:00 am

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif waits for the start of closed-door nuclear talks with European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, July 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iranian foreign minister: Keep Iraq intact

Zack Colman · July 13, 2014 4:27 pm

This Wednesday, July 9, 2014 photo, provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man helping children out of a damaged building following a Syrian government airstrike in the Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Islamic militants on offensive against Kurds

Bassem Mroue · July 10, 2014 5:28 pm

Turkey calls on Islamic militants to release Turks

Turkey calls on Islamic militants to release Turks

Washington Examiner · July 10, 2014 9:14 am

Smoke and debris go up in the air as Shiite's Saad bin Aqeel Husseiniya shrine explodes in Tal Afar, Iraq. (AP)

Breaking through the myth of ‘Islamophobia’

Jed Babbin · July 9, 2014 9:26 pm

This undated family photo provided by Chris Boudreau shows Boudreau, left, and her son, Damian Clairmont. Clairmont, a Calgary, Canada native, was 22 when he was killed in fighting between rival groups of Islamic militants in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Boudreau feels abandoned by Canadian authorities, who she said failed to tell her they had been observing Damian before he left for Syria. (AP Photo/Boudreau Family)

Europe takes rehab approach to Islamic extremists

FRANK JORDANSKIRSTEN GRIESHABER · July 7, 2014 8:28 pm