Syria

Cruz may be the most conservative member of the GOP field.

Al-Qaeda condemned the mosque bombings, which killed more than 100 people, as “unlawful.”

Does this mean the US is getting more xenophobic?

This is not as big of a shift in US policy as it might seem, but it does show how the conflict is changing.

Toggle back and forth between prewar Syria and today to see just how bad it’s gotten.

It’s the latest iteration of ISIS using children in its war for the Middle East.

To understand the Iran letter controversy, you need to understand how the GOP thinks about Iran — and why it’ll be a huge issue in the 2016 campaign.

What does it feel like to have your history destroyed?

“I was crying and begging him to stop, but he wouldn’t listen.”

Here are Netanyahu’s critical point about the lessons of Jewish history and four other key moments from the speech.

The full text of Netanyahu’s controversial speech

The rise of the hawks at the year’s biggest conservative conference is part of a much broader trend in the GOP.

How did he go from a middle class Londoner to beheading Western journalists on film?

British intelligence reveal that the ISIS militant known as “Jihadi John” comes from a middle class family in London.

The United States just announced a strategy for retaking Mosul, relying on Iraqi troops. But will it work? And why are some Iraqi defense officials angry about it?

Slowly but surely, ISIS is being beaten back on the battlefield. Unless it starts adapting, there’s a very good chance its so-called caliphate is going to fall apart.

The image is shocking — and it’s supposed to be.

It’s not that there aren’t conservative foreign policy ideas. It’s that the GOP doesn’t really know which ones it wants to embrace.

The president owes it to Americans — including Muslims in the US — to have an honest conversation about religious extremism.

How a terrorist organization with a history of violence against women convinced many to join its cause.

Why Jeb Bush doesn’t have a W. problem.

You asked. We answered.

He’s asking for authority to use military force that he already has. The real game here is getting congress back involved in making war.

“I have come to see there is good in every situation, sometimes we just have to look for it.”

“The trajectory of this planet overall is one toward less violence, more tolerance, less strife, less poverty.”

“There are no global problems that can be solved without the United States, and few that can be solved by the United States alone.”

The scandal here isn’t Obama’s analogy — it’s that some critics want to see the world’s Muslims as inherently inferior.

Why we shouldn’t take ISIS propaganda at face value

That and more in our daily news roundup.

ISIS just released a video of its fighters burning a Jordanian captive alive. This isn’t just about being cruel — they think the video can help them win.

Health workers in Syria and Iraq cite the group in the polio vaccination effort.

An expert on Syria explains two crucial facts you need to know to understand the war in Syria.

This British legislator admits to not knowing what Snapchat or WhatsApp are, but he’s convinced that ISIS is using them. And, for that reason, he wants to expand online surveillance dramatically.

According to a new study, historic numbers of foreigners are volunteering for militant groups in Iraq and Syria. That’s not just a problem in those two countries.

The A-10 Warthog the best plane the US has at what it does, and it has a passionate fanbase among soldiers. Yet the Air Force is trying to retire the plane — for reasons that go to the heart of the branch’s identity.

Dr. Erica Borghard, an expert on proxy warfare, discusses the dangers of arming “moderate” rebels in Syria.

The claim that ISIS has nearly doubled its territory in Syria since US airstrikes began in September is seriously misleading. Here’s why.

This is President Obama’s agenda.