The Secret Life of an ISIS Warlord
byWill Cathcart Vazha Tavberidze Nino Burchuladz Abu Omar al-Shishani has a fierce, gorgeous Chechen bride. He learned intelligence operations from …
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ISIS Hostage John Cantlie ‘Reports’ From Kobani
BY Elias Groll The Islamic State is no stranger to brazen PR moves. Its propaganda videos of mass executions and …
Children of the Caliphate
BY Kate Brannen They stand in the front row at public beheadings and crucifixions held in Raqqa, the Islamic State’s …
Qatar officials dismiss IS funding claims
Senior officials from Qatar have strongly denied claims the country is supporting extremist groups in Syria such as Islamic State. …
West waging a ‘CNN war’ in Syria as Isil makes gains in Iraq
By Sofia Barbarani, Erbil and Richard Spencer, While American air strikes on the Syrian border town of Kobane play out …
The Horror Before the Beheadings
ISIS Hostages Endured Torture and Dashed Hopes, Freed Cellmates Say By RUKMINI CALLIMACHIOCT. 25, 2014 The father of Jejoen Bontinck, …
Vladimir Putin Is The Leader Of the Moral World — Paul Craig Roberts
Paul Craig Roberts Dear Friends, Vladimir Putin’s remarks at the 11th meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club are worth …
Syrian Rebels Oppose New U.S. War Strategy
BY John Hudson The Obama administration’s strategy to train Syrian rebels to defend, but not seize, territory from Islamic State …
Syrians to be trained to defend territory, not take ground from jihadists, officials say
Rebel fighters run during a battle against Syrian government soldiers in Handarat, on Oct. 20. Moderate Syrian fighters have been …
Kurds Hold Their Own Against Militants in Syria
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOCT. 15, 2014, MURSITPINAR, Turkey — Intensified U.S.-led airstrikes and a determined Kurdish military force on the …
Ankara can’t seem to make up its mind about who’s the bigger enemy: the Islamic State or the Kurds.
What’s Stopping Turkey from Saving Kobani? BY David Kenner ISTANBUL — There’s no harsher critic of the Turkish government these …
Washington’s Secret Back-Channel Talks With Syria’s Kurdish ‘Terrorists’
As the town of Kobani appears poised to fall to the Islamic State, exclusive, previously classified, State Department cables show …
‘I Am Only Looking Up to Paradise’
The French government doesn’t have to worry about Abu Mariam coming home from the jihad in Syria. He wants to …
Too Many, Too Late
Syria’s beleaguered moderate rebels have been begging for U.S. airstrikes for years. Now that the bombs are falling, they wish …
The Shape-Shifting Coalition
America’s allies in the fight against the Islamic State may seem willing now. But what happens when they want to …
Washington’s Secret Agendas
Paul Craig Roberts One might think that by now even Americans would have caught on to the constant stream of …
Bad Moon Rising
Behind the scenes at the U.N., a more unsettling story emerges of Syria, Iraq, and fighting the Islamic State. BY …
Is This Washington’s Intermediary to Assad?
BY Elias Groll SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 – 06:05 PM Immediately after the United States began its bombing campaign in President …
Syria informed in advance of U.S.-led airstrikes against Islamic State
By Rebecca Collard and Brian Murphy BEIRUT — Syria was informed by the United States in advance of airstrikes against …
With Hezbollah and U.S. airstrikes in Syria, are we on the verge of a big Mideast war? Is this the end of Ottoman history?
BY Thomas E. Ricks Both the United States and Hezbollah are reported to have conducted air strikes in Syria. And …
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