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IRANIAN LEADER TWEETS GRAPHIC OF OBAMA WITH GUN TO HEAD
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also has an unverified Twitter account, HassanRouhani... READ MORE›
ATTACKS MAY PROMPT TOUGHER STANCE BY US
Iran is fighting the Islamic State, but is hardly an ally of the United States... READ MORE›
FRANCE STRIKES ISIS TARGETS IN SYRIA IN RETALIATION FOR ATTACKS
The United States provided French officials with information to help them strike Islamic State targets in Syria, known as strike packages, American officials said... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE THREATENS ATTACK ON WASHINGTON, OTHER COUNTRIES
The French government has called the Paris attacks an act of war and said it would not end its air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
GI KILLED FREEING PRISONERS OF ISIS IN IRAQ FIRST IN 4 YEARS
Iraqi officials said the raid involved American helicopters, Kurdish and American Special Operations forces, and airstrikes... READ MORE›
BILLIONS FROM US FAIL TO SUSTAIN FOREIGN FORCES
But in 2012, battle-hardened Islamist fighters returned from combat in Libya to rout the military, including units trained by United States Special Forces... READ MORE›
HOW THE UNITED STATES HELPED CREATE THE ISLAMIC STATE
The Bush administration's patent favoritism toward Shiite religious parties and marginalization of the Sunni Arabs had created a powerful constituency for the Islamic State in Iraq... READ MORE›
OBAMA WEIGHS MOVING U.S. TROOPS CLOSER TO FRONT LINES IN SYRIA, IRAQ
The Islamic State depends on the sale of oil and electricity inside Syria to pay for its military operations... READ MORE›
STATE OF TERROR IN RISE OF ISIS NO SINGLE MISSED KEY BUT MANY STRANDS OF BLAME
Both came from Iraq, seemingly a key to top leadership in the Islamic State... READ MORE›
ISIS DESTROYS MORE ARTIFACTS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ
But Thursday was the first time that the Islamic State said it had destroyed Palmyra statues... READ MORE›
LEADER OF ISLAMIC STATE USED AMERICAN HOSTAGE AS SEXUAL SLAVE
Systematic abuse Mueller's mistreatment is the latest evidence of the Islamic State's systematic abuse of women on a significant scale... READ MORE›
OBAMA LOOKS AT ADDING BASES AND TROOPS IN IRAQ TO FIGHT ISIS
Obama would consider establishing a series of outposts where American advisers would work with Iraqi troops and local tribesmen... READ MORE›
ISIS OR AL QAEDA AMERICAN OFFICIALS SPLIT OVER TOP TERROR THREAT
Senior leaders of the Islamic State -- unlike those of Al Qaeda -- have not made a priority of organizing strikes on the West... READ MORE›
OFFERING SERVICES ISIS DIGS IN DEEPER IN SEIZED TERRITORIES
ERBIL Iraq In northern Syria the jihadists of the Islamic State have fixed power lines dug sewage systems and painted sidewalks... READ MORE›
BATTLE TURNING AGAINST IS - DEMPSEY
IS controls huge areas of Iraq and Syria, though Iraqi forces have claimed victory in some recent battles... READ MORE›
OBAMA RULES OUT U.S. TROOPS ON GROUND TO FIGHT ISLAMIC STATE
He also sought a no-fly zone in Syria, a move Obama has resisted, in part because Islamic State has no air force... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE DEFECTIONS MOUNT AS DEATH TOLL RISES, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS
Top military officials estimate that the campaign has killed 23,000 Islamic State fighters, raising their death toll by 3,000 since mid-October... READ MORE›
FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ SINCE OFFICIAL END OF COMBAT IN 2011
Five Islamic State militants were captured, officials said, and at least 10 were killed... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL OBAMA TAKES ON OPPONENTS OF THE IRAN DEAL
As a presidential candidate, Mr. Obama opposed the Iraq war... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE FIGURES KILLED IN AIR STRIKE; BAGHDADI NOT BELIEVED AMONG THEM
Islamic State supporters said on Twitter that even if Baghdadi had been killed, his self-proclaimed caliphate straddling large areas of Iraq and Syria would survive... READ MORE›
AFTER PARIS ATTACKS, PRESSURE BUILDS FOR BIG MILITARY RESPONSE TO ISLAMIC STATE
So far, however, the United States has refrained from direct bombardment of known Islamic State headquarters buildings in its self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa, Syria... READ MORE›
BRITAIN'S BLAIR SAYS 2003 IRAQ INVASION PLAYED ROLE IN ISLAMIC STATE RISE
Decision to disband Saddam Hussein's army after the invasion created a huge security vacuum exploited by al Qaeda, which was eventually replaced by Islamic State... READ MORE›
DEFENSE SECRETARY ASHTON CARTER MAKES UNANNOUNCED VISIT TO IRAQ
He plans to discuss the looming assault with Iraqi officials and with Americans involved in training the Iraqi Army... READ MORE›
FIRST U.S.-TRAINED SYRIA REBEL BELIEVED KILLED IN FIGHTING
Defending the U.S.-trained fighters could become a growing job for United States, which has been waging air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria... READ MORE›
U.S. PULLS PLUG ON SYRIA REBEL TRAINING EFFORT; WILL FOCUS ON WEAPONS SUPPLY
Effort would seek to enable Syrian rebels in much the way the United States had helped Kurdish forces to successfully battle Islamic State in Syria... READ MORE›
GEORGE W BUSH CHARGED $100,000 TO SPEAK AT FUND-RAISING EVENT FOR MILITARY VETERANS
George W Bush charged 100,000 to speak at fund-raising event for military veterans... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SELLING SEX SLAVES, THE YOUNGER THE BETTER, CLAIMS UN OFFICIAL
For Islamic State fighters, the prices in Iraqi dinars for boys and girls aged one to nine are equal to about US165 230, Mrs Bangura said... READ MORE›
AFTER THE ARAB SPRING AN EVER-DEEPENING WAR AGAINST ISLAMIST EXTREMISM
The Paris attacks have rallied the world to take action against the Islamic State, but what, if anything would work isn't clear... READ MORE›
OBAMA AUTHORIZES SENDING ADDITIONAL TROOPS TO IRAQ
104 COMMENTEMAILMORE WASHINGTON The White House authorized up to 1,500 additional troops to be sent to Iraq, the Pentagon announced Friday, doubling the size of the U... READ MORE›
U.S. WEIGHS SPECIAL FORCES IN SYRIA, HELICOPTERS IN IRAQ
Forces with Iraqi troops to support the Islamic State fight if it improved chances of defeating the militants... READ MORE›