The 5 Things You Need to Know Today About the Fight Against ISIL

Juan Cole / Truthdig Sep 8, 2014 All the governments in the Arab League are afraid of ISIL. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Would a U.S./NATO War in Syria Be Legal in International Law?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Sep 8, 2014 Efforts are being made in Congress to give President Barack Obama the formal authority to conduct airstrikes in Syria against ISIL. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Our Challenge With Islam

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 6, 2014 Destroying, degrading or containing the Islamic State -- whichever goal President Obama chooses -- will be the easy part. Finding ways for fundamentalist Islam to express itself peacefully is a bigger, tougher and more important project. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Beyond the Sound Bite

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 6, 2014 In contemplating President Obama's foreign policy, Mark Twain's reference to Richard Wagner's music -- it's "better than it sounds" -- comes to mind. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Islamic State Cancer

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ISIS Religion

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ISIS Attention

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Vice President Joe Biden Will Chase ISIS ‘to the Gates of Hell’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 4, 2014 Joe Biden isn't waiting for a formal declaration of war against the Islamic State. The vice president said Wednesday that America's enemies underestimate her strength and resolve. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Islamic State Says It Has Beheaded Another American Journalist

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 3, 2014 Steven Sotloff of Time is reportedly the latest American journalist to be beheaded by the Islamic State, a militant group in control of large parts of Iraq and Syria. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Syrian Rebels Welcome U.S. Airstrikes on ISIL Terrorists

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 30, 2014 Arab online newspaper Elaph reports that rebels in East Aleppo, Syria, are deeply divided over the prospect of President Obama ordering U.S. airstrikes on the so-called Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Have We Gone to War Again?

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 29, 2014 I'd like to know whether the United States is at war with the Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Can Al-Abadi Win Over Iraq’s Moderate Sunnis?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 20, 2014 Arguably, the so-called Islamic State (actually a vicious gang of serial killers) could never have taken over northern and western Iraq if the largely Sunni Arab populations there had not been deeply alienated from the government in Baghdad by the openly sectarian politics of former Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )