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Smoke rises from an arms depot at the Jabal Hadeed military compound in Yemen's southern port city of Aden on March 28, 2015.
Conflict
Why isn’t America evacuating its citizens in Yemen?
A fighter from the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, flashes a victory sign as he patrols the streets in the northern Syrian town of Kobane on January 28, 2015.
Conflict
Antique weapons combined with high-tech airpower pushed ISIS out of Kobane
Iraqi security forces inspect the site of three explosions in the New Baghdad neighborhood on September 10, 2014.
Conflict
The sound of US airstrikes returns to Baghdad
Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu talk to the media before a meeting in Ankara. The United States is not getting all it wants from Turkey in the fight against the Islamic State.
Conflict
The US is having problems building a coalition to fight ISIS
President Barack Obama delivering his address to the nation, Wednesday, on his plans for military action against the Islamic State, from the Cross Hall of the White House.
Conflict
Can the US ‘destroy’ ISIS without American ground troops?
The Russian flag being hoisted over a Ukrainian naval facility in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, after the base was forcefully occupied, Wednesday.
Global Politics
Here’s the argument for why Crimea’s secession was against international law
The Russian flag being hoisted over a Ukrainian naval facility in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, after the base was forcefully occupied, Wednesday.
Global Politics
Here’s the argument for why Crimea’s secession was against international law