Even with 14 airstrikes carried out by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia on the town of Kobani in Syria in support of the Kurdish fighters on the ground on Wednesday and Thursday, the Pentagon says that Kobani may still fall to the Islamic State. More and more Islamic State fighters continue to pour into the […]
The fight for control of Kobani, the Kurdish city in Syria, near the Turkish border, continues today with the Islamic State continuing to gain ground in the city center. Reports coming from Kurdish leaders say that many key government buildings, including the courthouse, police headquarters, and Main municipal buildings in the city center have fallen […]
CAPITOL HILL—U.S. lawmakers are reacting to the first U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria, with a number of congressional leaders praising the action taken by President Barack Obama. But some members of Congress say the nature of the U.S. mission is shifting, and that Congress needs to debate and vote on authorization of […]
CAIRO—Arab world reaction to the U.S.-led airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, carried out Tuesday with participation or support from Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, has been mostly positive with some nuances. People in a number of countries, however, decried the attacks online. One man, calling himself Nizar, wrote […]