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Qatar-Gulf Deal Forces Expulsion of Muslim Brotherhood Leaders
Qatar has pledged to expel exiled leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood as one of the conditions of an agreement…
Islamic State Campaign Tests Obama’s Commitment To Mideast Allies
After about 15 hours of flying and five hours of meetings, sleep finally caught up with U.S. Secretary of State…
U.S. Scouts For Sunni Allies On The Ground In Iraq
Unwilling to send U.S. troops back to Iraq, Washington is trying to persuade armed Sunni factions and tribal…
CIA: As Many As 31,000 Islamic State Fighters In Iraq, Syria
U.S. intelligence says the Islamic State militant group has between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters on the ground in…
US Preparing ‘Coalition of the Weird’ in Middle East: Former NSC Iraq Director
The American strategy of cooperating with Middle East regional powers and non-state actors in addressing the…
United States Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance for Syria Crisis
Secretary of State John Kerry announced Friday the United States is providing nearly $500 million in additional…
How U.N. Troops Defied Orders, Opened Fire And Escaped Syrian Rebels
Early on Aug. 28, al Qaeda-linked militants fighting government forces in Syria crossed a ceasefire line in the…
Obama Orders U.S. Airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State
President Barack Obama told Americans on Wednesday he had authorized U.S. airstrikes for the first time in Syria…
Iraq Approves New Government, Opens Way for Expanded U.S. Role
Under huge international and domestic pressure, Iraq swore in a new government on Monday, opening the way for an…
Kerry to Hold Arab anti-ISIS Talks in Saudi Arabia
Lebanon's Gebran Bassil will join other Arab foreign ministers in Jeddah Wednesday with US Secretary of State John…