Kasia Anderson / TruthdigSep 8, 2014
On Sunday, as the U.S. military announced that it had initiated airstrikes targeting ISIS in western Iraq, President Obama made an appearance on "Meet the Press" to give a sense of what he'll have to say on Wednesday when he formally outlines America's strategy for targeting the militant Islamist group. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 6, 2014
The NATO summit in Wales was supposed to be all about getting out of Afghanistan. Instead, two new issues dominated it -- Ukraine and ISIL in Iraq and Syria. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigSep 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 )
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E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigSep 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 )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 4, 2014
There has been a lot of justifiable outrage about the invasion of privacy of celebrities and the posting of their private, nude photos at 4Chan by hackers who apparently got into their cloud accounts. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigSep 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 )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 3, 2014
Joint Iraqi and Kurdish forces began moving into Tikrit on Tuesday night into Wednesday after victories over the so-called Islamic State of Syria and the Levant in villages around Amerli, including Sulaiman Bek. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigSep 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 )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 2, 2014
The Iraqi military is maintaining that it has successfully relieved the town of Amerli (pop. 15,000) in northern Iraq from a siege by ISIL (the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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