
On this weeks “Fox News Sunday” National Journal’s Ron Fournier criticized President Barack Obama for his promise of no U.S. ground troops in Syria, saying he was either naive or a liar. Fournier said, “I disagree with one thing. I
by Pam Key1 Nov 2015, 1:01 PM PST0

This week on “Fox News Sunday,” political commentator Liz Cheney discussed President Barack Obama sending American boots to be on the ground in Syria when he repeatedly said that he would not and argued it’s no longer news when Obama contradicts himself. Cheney
by Pam Key1 Nov 2015, 11:56 AM PST0

With 95 percent of the vote in, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) appear to have solidified their control of the nation’s Parliament, with significant losses for Kurd-friendly leftist People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP).
by Frances Martel1 Nov 2015, 10:55 AM PST0

The Russian jetliner that crashed shortly after takeoff from an Egyptian resort city broke up at high altitude, scattering fragments of wreckage over a wide area in the Sinai Peninsula, Russia’s top aviation official said Sunday as search teams raced to recover the bodies of the 224 people who died.
by Breitbart News1 Nov 2015, 10:54 AM PST0

Contents: Russia warns that Syria war could become a ‘proxy war’; Syria’s civil war and Generational Dynamics; Generational Dynamics and crisis civil wars; Generational Dynamics and war between Palestinians and Israelis
by John J. Xenakis1 Nov 2015, 8:33 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terror group says it is responsible for downing a Russian passenger jet that crashed Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
by Jordan Schachtel31 Oct 2015, 11:44 AM PST0

New Jersey Governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said, “we have to work with the rebels in Syria to be able to find out who’s best to be able to bring stability to that country” on Saturday’s “Fox &
by Ian Hanchett31 Oct 2015, 10:54 AM PST0

Republican residential candidate former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee argued “CNBC utterly embarrassed themselves” in their handling of the GOP presidential debate and the US should attack ISIS’ supply lines on Saturday’s “Fox & Friends” on the Fox News Channel. Huckabee
by Ian Hanchett31 Oct 2015, 10:41 AM PST0

Hillary Mann Leverett, who served on the National Security Council under both Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush stated that the deployment of US special forces to Syria isn’t a significant change to the Obama administration’s strategy, which “for the past
by Ian Hanchett31 Oct 2015, 9:46 AM PST0

NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Luke Russert said that there is “near universal belief” on Capitol Hill that the 50 commandos sent to Syria are “not enough” and that liberal Democrats oppose the move, with some making “Vietnam analogies” on
by Ian Hanchett31 Oct 2015, 6:50 AM PST0

Contents: Germany to deport thousands of Afghan and Balkans migrants home; President Obama orders American special forces into Syria
by John J. Xenakis31 Oct 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) declared, “I don’t think we have a plan for destroying ISIL,” and “I think our objective today is to degrade them, to keep them on their heels” on Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” Murphy said, “There’s no
by Ian Hanchett30 Oct 2015, 6:28 PM PST0

NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel stated that the US troops who will be sent to Syria “are going to be involved in combat” on Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” Engel said, “These troops are going to be involved
by Ian Hanchett30 Oct 2015, 5:27 PM PST0

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he has “moderate confidence” the US can monitor Iran’s compliance with the nuclear agreement in an interview with CNN aired on Friday’s “Situation Room.” Clapper was asked, “With regard to Iran, why does
by Ian Hanchett30 Oct 2015, 4:54 PM PST0

NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and “Andrea Mitchell Reports” anchor Andrea Mitchell declared, “the United States looks very weak diplomatically” in the Middle East on Friday. Mitchell said, “we are not showing the muscle militarily, the US isn’t, that
by Ian Hanchett30 Oct 2015, 1:01 PM PST0

ISIS is a fear merchant. It depends heavily upon using fear to intimidate those opposed to it.
by James Zumwalt30 Oct 2015, 12:38 PM PST0

Friday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” while discussing the news that President Barack Obama is sending 50 special operations forces to go into Syria and advise a rebel group to fight against the Islamic State, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham
by Pam Key30 Oct 2015, 11:00 AM PST0

The head of the Syrian rebel group the Raqqa Revolutionaries Front has announced in a video uploaded to YouTube that his group will “soon” announce a military offensive on Raqqa, the “capital” of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) terrorist group.
by Frances Martel30 Oct 2015, 10:33 AM PST0

The White House officially “announced” on Friday that small teams of U.S. special forces would be deployed in Syria, totaling up to 50 commandos on the ground.
by John Hayward30 Oct 2015, 8:36 AM PST0

Iran is in the final stages of deploying a “fleet of warships” to patrol the Atlantic Ocean, according to the man in charge of Tehran’s Navy, reported the state-run Fars News Agency on Thursday.
by Jordan Schachtel30 Oct 2015, 8:24 AM PST0

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Kurd-friendly opposition People’s Democratic Party (HDP) of using the “top minds” of both Barack Obama presidential campaigns to spread “lies” intended to win them parliamentary seats in Sunday’s election.
by Frances Martel30 Oct 2015, 7:10 AM PST0

One of the factors spurring Russia to action in Syria was the success of ISIS recruitment in certain parts of Russia. A notable example of this is the province of Dagestan, which has a large and impoverished Muslim population, a history of unrest, some hot spots of radical Salafist Islam, and lingering resentment against heavy-handed police tactics.
by John Hayward29 Oct 2015, 9:22 PM PST0

“Insulting the president” is a crime in Turkey, punishable by up to 28 months in prison—even if the offenders are 12 or 13 years old.
by John Hayward29 Oct 2015, 9:00 PM PST0

Russian cargo planes have delivered Iranian weapons into Syria 20 times over the past 10 days, Fox News learned from western intelligence sources.
by Edwin Mora29 Oct 2015, 6:32 PM PST0

Iberia Airlines flight 3316 from Madrid touched down at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday, with the pilot of the plane welcoming customers to “Palestine.”
by Jordan Schachtel29 Oct 2015, 3:32 PM PST0