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Minutes after the Senate voted to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels in the fight against the Islamic State militant group, the administration signaled that it is poised to expand its air campaign into Syria, opening a new geographic front in the war on terrorism. President Obama said, "These terrorists thought they could fight us, or intimidate us, or cause us to shrink from the world, but today they're learning the same hard lesson of petty tyrants and terrorists who've gone before." (Associated Press)

Obama given green light to battle ISIS in renewed war on terrorism

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 22, 2014, file photo, a sign is posted at a checkpoint belonging to the Islamic State group, captured from the Iraqi Army, at the main entrance of Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Arabic reads, "Islamic State, the Emirate of Anbar, City of Rawah." The U.S. and its allies are trying to hammer out a coalition to push back the Islamic State group in Iraq. But any serious attempt to destroy the militants or even seriously degrade their capabilities means targeting their infrastructure in Syria. That, however, is far more complicated. If it launches airstrikes against the group in Syria, the U.S. runs the risk of unintentionally strengthening the hand of President Bashar Assad, whose removal the West has actively sought the past three years. Uprooting the Islamic State, which has seized swaths of territory in both Syria and Iraq, would potentially open the way for the Syrian army to fill the vacuum. (AP Photo, File)

Seeking war powers, Obama now ties Islamic State to al Qaeda

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A check point near the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

Inside the Ring: CIA goes to war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In the Pakistani tribal regions, such as South Waziristan, that harbor al Qaeda and other jihadist groups, militants from Central Asia, China, Turkey and even Germany are growing in number, eclipsing Arabs, say intelligence officials, analysts and residents of the region. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda says ‘lions of Allah’ hijacked ship to fire at U.S. vessels

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A police officer searches a house in Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, Australia, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Australian police detained 15 people on Thursday in a major counterterrorism operation, saying intelligence indicated a random, violent attack was being planned on Australian soil. (AP Photo/AAP Image, Dave Hunt) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT, SOUTH PACIFIC OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES

Australian leader warns of planned attack

By Kristen Gelineau - Associated Press

Posters depicting ISIL ambition in Syria and Iraq are displayed as Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey testify concerning the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 16, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

ISIS-al Qaeda competition could prompt strikes against Americans: Intelligence officials

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW:How a former Western jihadi renounced terrorism

By Joshua Sinai - The Washington Times

architects: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey remain in the process of continuing to shape Obama administration activities to rout the Islamic State terrorist group. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Pentagon open to U.S. ground troops in fight against Islamic State

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Muslim women perform an evening prayer called 'tarawih' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan n Jakarta, Indonesia in June. Fears about the threat posed by the Islamic State are mounting not only in the West but also in the capital of the world's most populous Muslim nation. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia cracks down on suspected jihadists as Islamic State fears mount

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Agent Storm’

By Joshua Sinai - Special to The Washington Times

President Obama talks on the phone from the Oval Office in 2009. (White House photo)

Obama sought repeal of Bush war statute now used to justify Islamic State strikes

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 10, 2014, photo, President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the Cross Hall in the White House in Washington. As a U.S. senator from Illinois running for the White House in 2007, Obama sponsored a resolution to prohibit President George W. Bush’s administration from taking military action against Iran unless it was explicitly authorized by Congress. His idea died in committee. Obama said Wednesday he had authorized U.S. airstrikes inside Syria for the first time, along with expanded strikes in Iraq, as part of &quot;a steady, relentless effort&quot; to root out Islamic State extremists. He did not say how long he expected the fighting to last. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Can Obama wage war without consent of Congress?

By STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks during a joint press conference with his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak after a meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in this Sept. 6, 2014, file photo. The Australian government on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, elevated its terrorism threat level to the second-highest warning in response to the domestic threat posed by Islamic State movement supporters. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File)

Australian terrorism threat level raised to ‘high’ over Islamic State intelligence reports

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bipartisan malfeasance in the Middle East

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on Obama's renewed military posturing by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: The president’s belated about-face on fighting terrorism

By Donald Lambro

President Obama addresses the nation from the Cross Hall in the White House. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Text of Obama’s speech

By White House - The Washington Times

CROWLEY: What Obama’s response to Sept. 11 reveals

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times

This image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows a convoy of vehicles and fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters in Iraq's Anbar Province. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm took hold over Fallujah on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 and residents started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces were stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle.(AP Photo via militant website)

Islamic State militants organized, trained, financed, growing in numbers: U.S. intelligence

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2006 file photo, Jose Padilla, center, is escorted to a waiting police vehicle by federal marshals near downtown Miami. Padilla is set to be sentenced a second time by a federal judge Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014 in Miami, because the original prison term of 17 years was too lenient. Padilla was arrested by the FBI in 2002 on what authorities said was an al-Qaida mission to detonate a radioactive &quot;dirty bomb&quot; inside the U.S. Those accusations were later discarded. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)

Terror plotter Jose Padilla gets new 21-year sentence

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

In this Sept. 3, 2014 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington. Kerry will travel to Saudi Arabia and Jordan this week to meet with Mideast leaders about confronting threats from the Islamic State militant group. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the meetings with will focus on how the region can contribute to a new crackdown against the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

US fears Islamic State group attack on Jordan

By KEN DILANIAN - Associated Press