May 7, 2015 President Obama, Syria, ISIS and more unlawful presidential killing Is the White House being transparent about military plans to combat ISIS?
May 7, 2015 ISIS threat: America ignores growing anarchy in Iraq at its peril When it comes to the current situation in Iraq, despite the diplomatic capital spent building an international consensus, the people who matter are those on the ground. They are the ones dying.
May 7, 2015 ISIS rising: Obama's airstrikes, lackluster leadership an embarrassment The numbers portraying how many square miles ISIS controls across Iraq and Syria, how many towns and villages it has captured or put under siege and how many fighters it commands all continue to rise.
May 7, 2015 ISIS threat: What can we learn from the life and death fight for Kobani The US, Turkey, and others are still gambling on the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” policy.
May 7, 2015 The Peter Kassig I know: Brave, intense and committed to helping Syrians The Peter Kassig I know is brave, intense and knew the risks he faced as he attempted to help as many Syrians as possible.
May 7, 2015 ISIS threat: It's time to fully back the Kurds The only effective fighting force opposing ISIS on the ground today are the Kurdish Peshmerga. If we are serious about defeating ISIS, we must get serious about the Kurds as allies.
May 6, 2015 ISIS Captures Christians: Piece by piece, Middle Eastern Christianity is being shattered Still reeling from last week’s news of the Islamist beheading of 21 Coptic Christian migrant workers in Libya, Middle Eastern Christians were again targeted by a large scale Islamist terror attack with thousands of victims Monday, in Syria.
May 6, 2015 ISIS, Ebola and Nicolas Cage: Is the end of the world near? The new Nicolas Cage movie “Left Behind,” based on the book series that has sold 60 million copies, opens this weekend, and it promises to spark discussion once again about the end of the world.
January 13, 2015 What is sarin gas? Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday the U.S. intelligence community believes Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime used the chemical weapon sarin in the country’s civil war.
January 13, 2015 Syrian airstrike kills 21 in Aleppo, activists say A Syrian government airstrike hit a crowded vegetable market in a rebel-held neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday, killing at least 21 people, activists said.