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U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (center) listens to Aditya Utama Surono (left), director of Fishing and Living, a USAID-supported fishery NGO, as Indonesian Maritime and Fisheries Minister Syarif Tjitjip Soetardjo looks on during a visit to a tuna packaging factory in Bali, Indonesia, on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Pardomuan Siagian)

John Kerry: Terrorists ‘can run but they can’t hide’

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

** FILE ** Men carrying automatic weapons and bags are seen in the storeroom of the Nakumatt shop during the four-day siege at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, which killed more than 60 people in September. A Kenyan military spokesman confirmed the names of four attackers as Abu Baara al-Sudani (left), Omar Nabhan (unseen), Khattab al-Kene (unseen) and Umayr (right). (AP Photo/Kenyan Defense Forces via Citizen TV)

Libya bristles at U.S. raid that captured al Qaeda militant

By Esam Mohamed and Tony G. Gabriel - Associated Press

FILE - People inspect the aftermath of a car bomb explosion at a commercial street in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Suicide bombings in Iraq kill nearly 50 people

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

In this photo taken from footage from Citizen TV, via the Kenya Defence Forces and made available Friday, Oct. 4 2013, a man reported to be Khatab Alkene, one of the four armed militants walking in a store at the Westgate Mall, during the four-day-long siege at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya which killed more than 60 people last month. A Kenyan military spokesman has confirmed the names of four attackers as Abu Baara al-Sudani, Omar Nabhan, Khattab al-Kene and Umayr. (AP Photo/ Kenyan Defence forces via Citizen TV)

U.S. commandos raid Somalia, nab Libyan al Qaeda leader

By Abdi Guled, Jason Straziuso and Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Kenyan security personnel motion to bystanders to take cover as gunfire erupts from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi on Monday. Multiple blasts rocked the mall on the third day of a hostage siege. Al-Shabab terrorists were holding an unknown number of people. (Associated Press)

Kenyan intelligence agency had advanced warning al Qaeda-linked group was planning attack

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This Tuesday, July 9, 2013, citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels running during heavy clashes with Syrian soldiers loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the Salah al-Din neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

No way to keep U.S. arms out of enemy hands in Syria

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This photo illustration posted on a militant website announcing the death of Osama al-Obeidi, who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Abdullah al-Libi. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant said its commander in Idlib province, al-Libi, was ambushed by members of the Free Syrian Army near a border crossing with Turkey on Sept. 23, 2013. (Associated Press via militant website)

Local al Qaeda affiliate chief killed in Syria: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Kenyan security personnel motion to bystanders to take cover as gunfire erupts from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi on Monday. Multiple blasts rocked the mall on the third day of a hostage siege. Al-Shabab terrorists were holding an unknown number of people. (Associated Press)

Terrorist attacks on soft targets feared in U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces carry a wounded colleague out of the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, following the sound of explosions and gunfire. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Kenya mall crisis: Hostages not yet released

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press

KUHNER: How Obama arms al Qaeda

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

** FILE ** In this Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, file photo, Yemeni soldiers man a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. and British embassies in Sanaa, Yemen. A Yemeni military official said Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, that coordinated attacks by al Qaeda militants in Maysaa and Kamp areas in Shabwa province killed scores of soldiers and wounded dozens. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Al Qaeda militants kill 38 troops in Yemen attack

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement about Syria and chemical weapons ahead of next week's United Nations General Assembly at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Kerry tells U.N. to focus on ridding Syria of chemical weapons, not on sarin attack

By Guy Taylor and Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A Syrian government solider aims his weapon during clashes with Free Syrian Army fighters (not pictured) in the ancient, predominantly Christian village of Maaloula, Syria, northeast of the capital, Damascus, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Heavy fighting flared as government troops tried to flush out rebel units, including two that are linked to al Qaeda, from the hilltop enclave that they broke into last week. (AP Photo/SANA)

Al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebel snipers haunt Christian town of Maaloula

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this photo released on early Thursday Sept. 19, 2013, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Fox News channel, in Damascus, Syria. Assad says a United Nations report finding "clear and convincing evidence" that sarin nerve gas was used in Syria painted an "unrealistic" account, and he denied his government orchestrated the attack. (AP Photo/SANA)

Bomb hits bus in central Syrian province, kills 19

By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

LIVINGSTON: The high cost of ‘leading from behind’

By James E. Livingston and Michael S. Smith II

A woman inspects the site of a car bomb attack in front of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in central Baghdad on Sept. 18, 2013. More than 4,000 people have been killed since April, including more than 800 just in August, according to U.N. figures. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda pushing Iraq toward civil war, ambassador says

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Zanzibar police arrest 15 for acid attacks

By Ali Sultan - Associated Press

A moment of prayer near the Washington Navy Yard. (Twitter/JaredHalpern)

Jihadists cheer, suggest responsibility for Navy Yard shooting that killed 13

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

** FILE ** This file image from video the AP obtained Feb. 12, 2012, from the SITE Intel Group, an American private terrorist threat analysis company, shows al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahri in a web posting by al Qaeda's media arm, as-Sahab, calling on Muslims across the Arab world and beyond to support rebels in Syria who are seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad. Al-Zawahri marked the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the United States, using any opportunity they can to "bleed" America financially, speaking in an audio message released Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/SITE Intel Group, File)

Al Qaeda leader calls for strikes on U.S. soil to ‘bleed’ America’s finances

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Syrian rebels rest during clashes with the nation's military troops in Aleppo, Syria, on Nov. 15, 2012. (Associated Press)

Woman who wrote WSJ op-ed cited during Syria hearing fired for lying

By Guy Taylor and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times