US air strikes

Residents inspect a damaged site in what activists say was a US strike in Kfredrian, Idlib province, Syria, on September 23, 2014.

Syrian activists worry they won’t be the ones who gain from US airstrikes

September 23, 2014Conflict

Although the US military has the militants of ISIS in its crosshairs, it’s not clear who will step in to fill any territory they may leave behind. Some activists worry that, despite finally receiving direct US intervention, the Syrian opposition will still fall short in the wake of airstrikes.

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of three explosions in the New Baghdad neighborhood on September 10, 2014.

The sound of US airstrikes returns to Baghdad

September 16, 2014Conflict