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News
Updated November 18, 2015 - 11:26 PM EST
US Military Warns Against Bigger War With ISIS
 
  No Legal Basis for US Governors to Bar Syrian Refugees
Paris: 2 Dead, 7 Arrested During Saint-Denis Raid
 
   French Intel Guessed Wrong on ISIS Attack, Predicting Wrong Date
  Bomb Plot Forces Germany to Cancel Soccer Match in Hanover
  False Flag: Syrian Passport in Paris Meant to Fuel Fear of Refugees
  Jewish Teacher Stabbed by 'ISIS Supporters' in Marseille
Kerry: Syria Ceasefire, Transition 'Weeks Away'
 
  Airstrikes on Raqqa Hitting Empty Areas, Accomplishing Little
  30,000 Foreign Fighters Gone to Syria and Iraq Since 2011: Report
Yemen's Hadi Returns to Aden, Vows to Oversee Taiz Attacks
Israel Approves Another 454 Settlement Homes in Jerusalem
Russia Confirms Sinai Plane Was Bombed, Vows Payback
US Mass Surveillance: No Record of Thwarting Terror Attacks
Viewpoints
Western Double Standards on Terrorism Deaths  by Muhammad Sahimi
Metadata Surveillance Didn't Stop the Paris Attacks  by Marcy Wheeler
US Governors Rushing Headlong Into ISIS's Trap  by Aaron Gell
Who’s Behind the Islamic State?  by Justin Raimondo
America's Empire of African Bases  by Nick Turse & Tom Engelhardt
Don't Give ISIS What It Wants  by Stephen M. Walt

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ISIS Calls Anonymous 'Idiots,' Offers Tips to Evade Hackers
Anonymous Says It Hacked 5,500 ISIS Twitter Accounts
Spain Issues Arrest Warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu
Ben Carson Is Struggling to Grasp Foreign Policy, Advisers Say
 
Iraq
116 Killed in Iraq; Bombs in Baghdad Suburbs
Biden, Iraqi Kurdish Leader Barzani Discuss Sinjar Battle: White House
Iraq Is Flooding America With Lots of Oil
Syria
Syrian Army Captures Village From ISIS
Russian FM: US Deliberately Sparing ISIS Seeking to Weaken Assad
Syria's Assad Says No Intelligence Sharing With France Unless Change in Policy
Russian and US Forces Exchange Military Information Over Airstrikes Against ISIS
Russian Defense Minister Says Cruise Missiles Fired on Syria's Aleppo, Idlib Provinces
Syrian Refugee Crisis
US Process of Admitting Syrian Refugees Includes Security Vetting
German Police Chief Plays Down Security Threat From Refugees
Canada Scrambles to Prepare for Syrian Refugees Amid Unknowns
Calais Refugees Grieve for Paris While Dreading Islamophobic Backlash
Israel/Palestine
IDF Troops Come Under Fire Near Ramallah
Israel Bans Group It Says Foments Violence Over Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli Raid Prompts Tighter Security at PA Hospitals
Poll: Majority of Palestinians Support Third Intifada Against Israel
Prison Officers Suspended Over Be'er Sheva Lynch of Eritrean Asylum Seeker
IDF Reservists Have Not Received Money Owed to Them After Gaza War
Palestinian Landowners Accept Demolition Plan for Disputed Synagogue
Middle East
Iran to Boost Oil Exports After Sanctions Are Lifted
Saudi Wahhabi Dilemma in Spotlight After Paris Attack
Jordan's King Abdullah: We Are Facing a Third World War
Egypt
Egypt Detains Two Airport Staff Over Russian Air Crash
Egypt Says Has Found No Evidence Criminal Action Behind Plane Crash
Putin Vows Payback After Confirmation of Egypt Plane Bomb
For Egypt's Nubians, Years of Patience Wear Thin and Anger Rises
Nigeria
Official: Night-Time Bomb Blast Blamed on Boko Haram Kills 32, Wounds 80 in Northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram's Rocket, IED Factory Uncovered in Borno, Multiple Bombings Averted
Nigeria's President Says Ex-Official Stole $2b in Arms Deal
Tunisia
Tunisia Says It Prevented Major Islamist Attack This Month
UK Sets Tunisia Beach Attack Inquest for Next Year or Early 2017
Africa
South Sudan Rebels and Government Say Each Side Violated Peace Deal
Somali Parliament Passes Motion Compels Kenya to Withdraw
Australia
First Muslim Party Launched in Australia
Cuba
Cuba Blames US for Instigating Surge of Migrants From Island
 
The War at Home
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Says He Is Dropping Out of 2016 Race for President
Sen. Cotton Pushes to Delay NSA Reforms in Wake of Paris Attack
Four People 'Of Middle Eastern Descent' Pulled Off Spirit Airlines Flight
Obama Says GOP Incitement on Syria Refugees 'Needs to Stop'
Prison Town in Colorado Doesn't Want Guantanamo Detainees
Crack Discovered on F-35C Test Plane Wing Spar
Muslim Family Terrified After Shooting Targets Florida Home Following Paris Attacks
Attacks in Paris
As Police Hunt Paris Suspects, More Opportunities Missed
Paris Attacks: Police Believe Two Suspects Are on the Run
Cell Phone Believed to Have Been Used by Paris Attacker Recovered
Paris Attacker May Have Had Accomplice on Journey Through Balkans
Suicide Bomber Passport 'May Have Belonged to Syrian Soldier'
How Two Brothers Became Suspected Members of the Paris Terror Plot
New Clues in Paris Attacks: Authorities Identify Known French Islamist in ISIS Video
France
Two Air France Flights From the US to Paris Diverted
France Demands EU Invoke Mutual-Defense Clause
France Calls for US, Russia to Unite to Fight ISIS
After Paris Attacks, French Leaders Reposition for Presidential Race
Kerry Sees 'Rationale' in Charlie Hebdo Murders, Unlike Friday's Attacks in Paris
EU Ready to Give France Budget Leeway for Security
Hollande's 'War' With ISIS Won't Stand in the Way of France's Arms Deals With Saudi Arabia
Belgium
Belgium Puts More Troops on Streets After Paris Attacks
Belgium Hits Back at French Criticism Over Lax Intelligence
Europe
Britain to Build Cyber Attack Forces to Tackle ISIS, Hackers
Tear Gas Fired Inside and Outside Kosovo Parliament
'We Are Monitoring Every Muslim' After Paris Attacks, Claims Slovakian PM
Afghanistan
Dissident Afghan Taliban Leader Shot and Wounded by Bodyguard
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Pakistan
Pakistan to Demand Proof of Terror Charges for Deportees
Pakistan Stocks Decline Following Paris Attack
China & Her Neighbors
China Says Has Shown Restraint in South China Sea, May Have Seized Other Islands
In Signal to China, Obama to Give 2 Ships to Philippines
Obama 'Confident' US-Philippine Defense Pact Will Proceed
Obama Says US Committed to Freedom of Navigation in Asia
UN Torture Watchdog Questions China Over Crackdown on Activists, Lawyers
After China Trip, US Lawmakers See Hope for Common Ground on Tibet
Asia
India Chittoor Mayor Shot Dead in Her Office
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11/18/2015
Who’s Behind the Islamic State?

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11/17/2015
No Payoff for Netanyahu

Dan Sanchez
11/17/2015
Stop Helping ISIS in Its War on the 'Gray Zone'

Lucy Steigerwald
11/12/2015
Armistice Day or Veterans Day, Both Have Casualties

Ran HaCohen
10/19/2015
What Israel Is Up To in Jerusalem

Nebojsa Malic
8/08/2015
America's 'Junkyard Dogs': Operation Storm, 20 Years On

David R. Henderson
12/16/2014
Questioning the Powerful

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