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• Trio of Republican 2016 hopefuls stake out positions with Syria vote
• Obama praises France for joining air strikes in Iraq
• Obama: Vote shows US united against Islamic State
• UN warns of food shortages for Syrians
• US Congress authorizes Obama plan to train Syria rebels
• Senate votes to support Obama on rebel aid
• Militant gains illustrate plight of Syrian Kurds
• U.S.: Syrian rebel training may take 12 months
• U.S. strikes jihadist training camp as France to join air war
• Senate Signs Off on Obama's ISIS Plan to Arm Syrian Rebels
• Reading, Writing, Grenades? School and College Police Have Some Serious Military Hardware
• Syrian rebel commander vows to defeat IS militants
• British hostage appears in new video
• At UN, Obama to urge nations to go big on climate
• Senate candidates face dilemma on arming Syrians
• ISIL IRAQ SYRIA
• Fact Sheet - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Condemning Extremism and Combating Terrorism
• Kurds issue call to arms as Islamic State gains in Syria
• Who's who in coalition to defeat Islamist extremists
• Moroccan government proposes penalties for nationals fighting in Syria, Iraq
• NY man denies plotting to aid Islamic State group
• Saudi to restore Egypt's 'beacon of moderate Islam'
• Stateless in New York: A woman's life as a 'legal ghost'
• Bombings, shelling kill 20 in Baghdad Shiite areas
• French president quizzed over domestic failures
• Rochester, N.Y., store manager pleads not guilty to aiding Islamic State
• Funding shortfall threatens UN food aid for Syrians
• Series of attacks kills at least 36 in Iraq
• Keep all options open against IS militants, US lawmakers told
• France to carry out airstrikes in Iraq
• Rand Paul Says Obama and Congress on ‘Fool’s Mission’ Against ISIS
• Three car bombs, mortars kill 23 in Shi'ite Baghdad districts
• Half of Americans disapprove of how Obama handles terrorism
• Iraqi Christians suffering like Jews did, pope tells Jewish leader
• Trinity Broadcasting Network Calls Church to Prayer for God's Mercy to Overcome Horror and Turmoil in Middle East
• Pakistani woman embraced by Islamic State seeks to drop U.S. legal appeal
• Hollande asks Europe for patience with France, vows reform
• Hollande goes on offensive with Iraq air strike decision
• The Hidden Crisis in the Military: Hunger
• Senate OKs Rep. Heck promotion to 1-star general

Trio of Republican 2016 hopefuls stake out positions with Syria vote Posted: 18 Sep 2014 04:16 PM PDT By Gabriel Debenedetti WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three likely Republican White House contenders thrust the party's foreign policy divide into the spotlight with their Thursday votes and comments on a measure to arm moderate Syrian rebels. While Florida Senator Marco Rubio voted in favor of the plan, which passed, Kentucky's Rand Paul and Texas Senator Ted Cruz voted against it, with Paul opposing intervention and Cruz arguing that President Barack Obama had not provided a clear plan to combat Islamic State. "Intervention is a mistake. Intervention when both sides are evil is a mistake. ...

Obama praises France for joining air strikes in Iraq Posted: 18 Sep 2014 04:16 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Thursday praised France for its decision to join American forces in conducting air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq.

Obama: Vote shows US united against Islamic State Posted: 18 Sep 2014 04:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says a bipartisan Senate vote to authorize arming and training Syrian rebels shows the world that Americans are united in combating the Islamic State group.

UN warns of food shortages for Syrians Posted: 18 Sep 2014 04:07 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations on Thursday said that it is running out of money to pay for its food programs for almost 6 million Syrians who have been displaced by the country's civil war and that aid will be cut.

US Congress authorizes Obama plan to train Syria rebels Posted: 18 Sep 2014 04:02 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - Congress on Thursday passed US President Barack Obama's plan to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels to battle Islamic State jihadists, a key plank of his strategy to smash the militants.

Senate votes to support Obama on rebel aid Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In the heat of an election campaign, Congress cleared the way for the U.S. military to train and equip Syrian rebels for a war against Islamic state militants on Thursday, reluctant ratification of a new strategy that President Barack Obama outlined scarcely a week ago.

Militant gains illustrate plight of Syrian Kurds Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:51 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militiamen backed by tanks defiantly advanced Thursday in Syria, capturing more than 20 Kurdish villages as the international community strains to assemble a coalition that might destroy them.

U.S.: Syrian rebel training may take 12 months Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:50 PM PDT Moderate Syrian rebels, once made battle-ready by a U.S.-led coalition, may be asked to help restore the border between Syria and Iraq that the Islamic State group militants have effectively wiped out, the top American military official said Thursday.

U.S. strikes jihadist training camp as France to join air war Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:45 PM PDT U.S. warplanes hit an Islamic State group training camp in Iraq Thursday in their first strike not directly supporting Iraqi or Kurdish forces as France announced it will join the air war.

Senate Signs Off on Obama's ISIS Plan to Arm Syrian Rebels Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:31 PM PDT President Obama has won preliminary congressional support for his plan to go on the offensive against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Reading, Writing, Grenades? School and College Police Have Some Serious Military Hardware Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:11 PM PDT When police in Ferguson, Mo. last month confronted nonviolent protesters with military-grade assault weapons and heavily armored vehicles designed to withstand enemy attacks, it caused public uproar and prompted congressional hearings.

Syrian rebel commander vows to defeat IS militants Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:09 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - The commander of moderate Syrian rebels vowed Thursday that his forces would crush Islamic militants who have gained a foothold in his war-torn country, in a direct appeal to US lawmakers.

British hostage appears in new video Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:04 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group on Thursday released a video showing a British journalist who says he is a prisoner of the extremists.

At UN, Obama to urge nations to go big on climate Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:53 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will turn his sights overseas next week, urging fellow heads of state to be as ambitious as possible as they negotiate a make-or-break global treaty to be finalized in Paris next year.

Senate candidates face dilemma on arming Syrians Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:43 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the most endangered Senate Democrats broke with President Barack Obama on Thursday over his request to train and arm Syrian rebels battling brutal Islamic State militants, while his Republican opponent backed the Democratic president.

ISIL IRAQ SYRIA Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:37 PM PDT Map shows areas of Islamic State or ISIL, militant activity, ethnic divisions and goals.; 3c x 7 inches; 146 mm x 177 mm;

Fact Sheet - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Condemning Extremism and Combating Terrorism Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C. issued the following fact sheet today:Fact Sheet: Condemning Extremism and Combating Terrorism PublicStatementsby Senior Saudi Officials and Religious Scholars As the birthplace of Islam and the home of the Two Holy Mosques, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia rejects extremists and terrorists who aim to subvert the Islamic faith. Saudi officials and religious scholars have long been vocal in condemning terrorism and extremism. ...

Kurds issue call to arms as Islamic State gains in Syria Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:19 PM PDT Islamic State fighters besieged a Kurdish city in northern Syria on Thursday after seizing 21 villages in a major assault, prompting a call to arms from Kurds in neighboring Turkey who urged followers to go and help resist the group's advance. The attack on the city of Ay al-Arab, known as Koran in Kurdish, came two days after the top U.S. military officer said the Syrian opposition would probably need the help of the Syrian Kurds to defeat Islamic State. ...

Who's who in coalition to defeat Islamist extremists Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:05 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - The United States is taking the lead in an international coalition aimed at repelling and defeating the Islamist extremists marauding across parts of Iraq and Syria.

Moroccan government proposes penalties for nationals fighting in Syria, Iraq Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:58 PM PDT By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's government proposed legislation on Thursday which would make it a crime to join an armed group or undertake training in conflict zones, in a move aimed at some 2,000 Moroccan Islamists it believes are fighting in Syria and Iraq. Like other North African countries such as Algeria and Tunisia, Morocco fears that its nationals who have joined Syria's civil war and the conflict in Iraq will pose a security challenge when they return home. ...

NY man denies plotting to aid Islamic State group Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:44 PM PDT ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A man accused of plotting to kill members of the U.S. military and others pleaded not guilty Thursday to new federal charges that he tried to aid the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.

Saudi to restore Egypt's 'beacon of moderate Islam' Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:35 PM PDT Cairo (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has agreed to fund the restoration of Cairo's Al-Azhar mosque in recognition of its role as a "beacon of moderate Islam," the Egyptian president's office said Thursday.

Stateless in New York: A woman's life as a 'legal ghost' Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:33 PM PDT By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When she was a schoolgirl in Kuwait, Mona Kareem would ask her parents why she didn't have a passport and why they never left the country to visit relatives. Kareem, 26, and her family are bedoons, from the Arabic bedoun jinsiyya, meaning "without nationality" or stateless. Like many bedoons, they are descendants of the nomadic Bedouin tribes which for centuries roamed freely with their animals across what now is Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Many bedoons fell through the cracks when Kuwait became independent in 1961. ...

Bombings, shelling kill 20 in Baghdad Shiite areas Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:13 PM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Two bombings and shelling in Shiite-majority areas of north Baghdad killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 50 on Thursday, security and medical officials said.

French president quizzed over domestic failures Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:59 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande sought Thursday to stake out a forceful position on international affairs, even as his failures on the domestic stage continue to mount.

Rochester, N.Y., store manager pleads not guilty to aiding Islamic State Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:58 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A convenience store manager from western New York accused of trying to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group pleaded not guilty in federal court on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office said. Mufid Elfgeeh, 30, was indicted on seven counts earlier this week, with charges ranging from helping people to travel to Syria to fight for Islamic State, which has seized swaths of Iraq and Syria, to plotting to murder American soldiers. ...

Funding shortfall threatens UN food aid for Syrians Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:57 PM PDT Amman (AFP) - The United Nations warned Thursday that the food aid it provides to nearly six million war-affected Syrians is under imminent threat because of a shortfall in funding.

Series of attacks kills at least 36 in Iraq Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:49 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of bomb and mortar shell attacks in and around Baghdad killed at least 36 people, Iraqi officials said Thursday, in an assault that underscored the threat posed to the Iraqi capital by marauding Islamic militants that have seized large parts of country.

Keep all options open against IS militants, US lawmakers told Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:39 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - Veteran military and diplomatic officials urged the US administration Thursday to keep all options on the table to fight Islamic militants, warning it would be a long, hard battle.

France to carry out airstrikes in Iraq Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:34 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — France has agreed to carry out airstrikes requested by Iraq to bolster its fight against the Islamic State group's fighters who've captured swathes of the country, President Francois Hollande said Thursday.

Rand Paul Says Obama and Congress on ‘Fool’s Mission’ Against ISIS Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:33 PM PDT As Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) kicked off the Senate debate on President Obama's call for authorization to arm and train "moderate" Free Syrian Army rebels to help combat ISIS, the potential GOP presidential candidate said the president and Congress are on "a fool's mission" if they think this will strengthen the U.S.'s hand in combating the jihadist terrorists. Paul warned the U.S.

Three car bombs, mortars kill 23 in Shi'ite Baghdad districts Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:29 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three car bombs were detonated in adjacent Shi'ite Baghdad neighbourhoods on Thursday followed by a dozen mortar rounds, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 50, security and medical sources said. Two of the bombs hit Kadhimiya and one hit the adjacent district of Tobcha, the security sources said. A mortar landed near the site of a major Shi'ite shrine in Kadhimiya and gunfire was heard in the district, they said. Bombs hit the capital on a near-daily basis but coordinated attacks of this scale have been rare in the last several weeks. ...

Half of Americans disapprove of how Obama handles terrorism Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:29 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - For the first time since President Barack Obama took office, more Americans disapprove than approve his handling of terror threats, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing a new poll.

Iraqi Christians suffering like Jews did, pope tells Jewish leader Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:19 PM PDT Rome (AFP) - Pope Francis has warned that Christians in Iraq and Syria face persecution just as Jews have in the past, a prominent American Jewish leader said Thursday.

Trinity Broadcasting Network Calls Church to Prayer for God's Mercy to Overcome Horror and Turmoil in Middle East Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:00 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world's largest religious television broadcaster has issued a call for Christians everywhere to pray for God to intervene with mercy in the Middle East, where internal conflicts, horrific terrorism, and war have torn nations apart and are threatening security across continents. Over the past forty years the Trinity Broadcasting Network has forged a strong presence in the Middle East, and today partners with three affiliate networks broadcasting Christian programming to tens of millions of viewers throughout the region. ...

Pakistani woman embraced by Islamic State seeks to drop U.S. legal appeal Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:54 AM PDT By David Ingram NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Pakistan-born neuroscientist has become a rallying cry for militant groups demanding her release from a U.S. prison. But in a little-noticed move she is trying to abandon her legal fight for freedom, saying the U.S. court system is unjust. Islamic militants in Syria, Algeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan have made Aafia Siddiqui's release a condition for freeing certain foreign hostages. Islamic State, for example, proposed swapping American journalist James Foley for her, but he was executed after their demands, which also included an end to U.S. ...

Hollande asks Europe for patience with France, vows reform Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:38 AM PDT By Julien Ponthus PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande pleaded with Germany and other European partners on Thursday to be patient with France and give it more time to reform before it meets deficit targets, admitting that results were coming too slowly. Hollande told a news conference that Paris would join the United States in air strikes in Iraq to combat Islamic State fighters, who have seized swathes of the country, but said he would not attack the militants in their Syrian stronghold. ...

Hollande goes on offensive with Iraq air strike decision Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:37 AM PDT Paris (AFP) - President Francois Hollande kicked off a rare news conference Thursday with the dramatic announcement that France would conduct air strikes in Iraq, as he sought to wrest back the initiative after a catastrophic few weeks at home.

The Hidden Crisis in the Military: Hunger Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:34 AM PDT During Sonia Kendrick's decade in America's armed forces—four years in the Army and six in the National Guard—she says she saw a lot of pain.

Senate OKs Rep. Heck promotion to 1-star general Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:19 AM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Congressman Joe Heck's promotion to one-star general now has the blessing of the U.S. Senate.

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