Opposition in Syria Is Skeptical of U.S. Strikes on ISIS – NYT
In Yumurtalik, Turkey, a Syrian Kurdish family waited to be taken to a Turkish shelter after fleeing shelling. Credit Bryan Denton for The New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Across insurgent-held Syria over the past week, images have proliferated of protesters burning American flags, calling President ...
Confusion over returning European jihadis
The conflict with the Islamic State is “jolting the process” among EU member states to reach an agreement on countering the threat of attacks from European citizens returning from Syria and Iraq, writes The Guardian. The daily reports that interior ministers of the 28 member states will meet in Luxe ...
U.K. carries out first airstrikes in Iraq
Jenny Gross writes for the Wall Street Journal: Britain's Royal Air Force carried out its first strikes in Iraq on Tuesday, destroying an Islamic State arsenal and a machine gun-mounted vehicle, the Ministry of Defense said. Prime Minister David Cameron on ...
