Kabul summoned Pakistani envoy after 3 border police martyred in cross-border...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Pakistani Charge d’affair after a border violation incident by Pakistani troops along the joint border in Paktika province. According to the ministry,...
View ArticleCanada will increase number of ground troops in Iraq: Trudeau
MANILA, Philippines -- Canada will increase the number of ground troops it has in Iraq to train local forces as a way of making a bigger military contribution to the coalition fighting Islamic...
View ArticleSmashing Islamic State After Paris Attacks Poses Huge Challenges
The Islamic State’s barbaric attacks in Paris are forcing an anguished reassessment by world powers that so far have lacked the political will and regional partners to defeat an organization flush with...
View ArticleObama: G20 Leaders United in Fight Against IS
VOA News U.S. President Barack Obama says he and other world leaders are united in fighting the threat posed by the Islamic State, which has claimed responsibility for carrying out the deadly Paris...
View ArticleCity of Lights explodes – Paris and Europe awaken
In a rare exhibition of bi-partisanship, both sides of the political aisle are demanding President Obama cease and desist in his plans to resettle tens of thousands of Syrian refugees in the US. With...
View ArticleThe long war against Islamist extremism has become more complicated than ever
BAGHDAD — With the attacks in Paris and the downing of a Russian passenger plane, the Islamic State has declared war on the wider world, galvanizing new calls for an intensified global effort to defeat...
View ArticleIraq warned of ISIS threat one day before Paris attacks
BAGHDAD — Senior Iraqi intelligence officials warned coalition countries of imminent assaults by the Islamic State group just one day before last week’s deadly attacks in Paris killed 129 people, The...
View ArticleDavid Cameron: Britain must extend airstrikes to Syria to fight Isis
PM says Paris attacks had made case for joining coalition compelling and that he would be outlining plan for action on Syria next week before a possible vote...
View ArticleUS needs clear strategy against IS to prevent a catastrophe in Afghanistan
While the world media’s attention is largely focused on Syria’s perennially deteriorating scene, the situation in Afghanistan too is far from stable. US can still indirectly turn Taliban into an ally...
View ArticleU.S. Defense Policy for the 21st Century (Jeb Bush)
(Source: Jeb Bush) America entered the 21st Century as the guarantor of the liberal international order and with the strategic advantage of being the world's leading economic and military power. For...
View ArticleIraq says it shared information that France, US, Iran were targets
Baghdad: Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has said his country's intelligence services shared information they had which indicated that France, the United States and Iran were among countries...
View ArticleThe new ‘war on terror’
THE wave of atrocities over the last two weeks — from the downing of a Russian passenger aircraft to a bloodbath in Beirut and now the massacre in Paris — reveals a new global terror war. The militant...
View ArticlePM: I will make case for strikes against IS in Syria
He wanted to "do the right thing for our country", and hit the "head of the snake" of IS in Raqqa, Syria, he said. MPs rejected strikes against Syrian government forces in a 2013 vote. 'Growing threat'...
View ArticleIraq warned of attacks before Paris assault
Senior Iraqi intelligence officials warned members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group of imminent assaults by the militant organization just one day before last week’s deadly...
View ArticleIraq forces kill senior members of Daesh terrorists
Iraq’s army forces, backed by volunteer fighters, have killed senior members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the northern and western parts of the country. According to local media reports, a...
View ArticleUS Air Force set to increase airstrikes in Iraq, Syria
The United States is gearing up to increase its airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, despite concerns over the eruption of a major conflict between American and Russian forces running their own military...
View ArticleIsraeli commander working with Daesh arrested in Iraq: Popular forces
Iraqi popular forces have say they have arrested a senior Israeli commander working with the Takfiri Daesh terrorists. According to a report by Iran’s Fars news agency, sources in Iraq’s Popular...
View ArticleThe Obama–Netanyahu Meeting: An Opportunity to Bolster Strategic Cooperation...
(Source: The Heritage Foundation) President Barack Obama will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on November 9 after a long period of tension between the two leaders...
View ArticleThe Caliph at the Gates of Vienna
History has a jolly habit of repeating itself as surrealist farce. Is it 1683 all over again, with the Ottoman Empire laying siege to Vienna just to be defeated by the “infidels” at the last minute?...
View ArticleThe Latest: US lawmakers restrict refugees from Syria, Iraq
The latest news as hundreds of thousands make their way across Europe in search of safety and a better life. All times local: 9:20 p.m. U.S. lawmakers in the House of Representatives have approved a...
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