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Irina Bokova, Director General of the U.N.'s culture agency UNESCO, speaks during a press conference in Paris, France, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Bokova asked for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to be convened &quot;on the protection of Iraq's cultural heritage as an integral element for the country's security&quot; after extremists released a video thought to show men using sledgehammers to smash ancient Mesopotamian statues and other artifacts in Iraq's northern city of Mosul.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

UNESCO chief decries ‘cultural cleansing’ in Islamic State video

Associated Press

Presumed Democratic 2016 front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton's rush to action in Libya is drawing fire from her own party. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton takes fire from Democrats as Libya chaos creates terrorist safe haven

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter sits besides the anti-tank gun MILAN at the Infantry School of the German Federal Armed Forces Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany, on Oct. 2. (Associated Press)

Obama lacks Islamic State plan, should increase arms to Kurdish peshmerga, envoy says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this image made from video posted on a social media account affiliated with the Islamic State group on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, a militant topples an ancient artifact in the Ninevah Museum in Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo via militant social media account)

New Islamic State video shows militants smashing ancient Iraq artifacts

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter IS, retired Gen. John R. Allen prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to examine the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Gen. John Allen, overseer of anti-IS coalition, claims Iraqis winning

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, warning about a plan to retake Iraq's second-largest city, said "Mosul is 1.4 to 1.8 million people. It's always been a hostile place." (Associated Press)

Mission to retake Mosul from Islamic State doomed, general says

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Peace in the Middle East Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DANIEL PIPES: Like-to-like ethnic migration in the Middle East

By Daniel Pipes

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf. (Image: Youtube, C-SPAN)

CHRISTINE O’DONNELL: Marie Harf, State Department spokeswoman, was right on ISIS

By Christine O’Donnell

Ashton Carter vows Islamic State defeat after meeting near Iraq with military, diplomatic leaders

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during his visit on the French nuclear aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to present his New Year wishes to the French military troops, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, off the coast of Toulon, southern France. (AP Photo/Anne Christine Poujoulat, Pool) ** FILE **

France deploys aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf to fight Islamic State

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Cpl. Wassef Hassoun, left, is escorted to the courtroom on Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, for the beginning of his court martial trial. The U.S. Marine who vanished from his post in Iraq a decade ago and later wound up in Lebanon chose Monday to have his case decided by a military judge instead of a jury. Hassoun's military defense attorney Capt. Brittaney Bennett walks with him. (AP Photo/The Daily News, John Althouse)

Marine who vanished in Iraq in ‘04 found guilty of desertion

By Jonathan Drew - Associated Press

President Obama's proposal for a new authorization for the use of military force would leave in place a 2001 war resolution authorizing the fight against al Qaeda. The president already has been using the 2001 resolution to justify six months of airstrikes and other combat operations against Islamic State fighters. (Associated Press)

Obama Islamic State war powers beyond congressional control, research service finds

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, speaks with a soldier at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. Carter is making his first trip to visit troops and commanders in Afghanistan since his swearing-in this week. (AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool)

Ashton Carter, new Pentagon chief, convenes unusual counter-IS meeting

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Two Jordanian men walk past graffiti depicting the flag of the Islamic State group with Arabic that reads, "There is only one God and Muhammad is his prophet," in the city of Ma'an, Jordan. (Associated Press)

Islamic State expands beyond Syria, Iraq as recruits create global network of terror cells

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Robert O'Neill, the retired Navy SEAL who claims to have fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden, poses for a portrait in Washington on Nov. 14, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Robert O’Neill, Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden, foresees U.S. troops in Islamic State fight

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles (170 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 7, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. plans large-scale operation to take Mosul from Islamic State

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Jon Stewart Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

EMMETT TYRRELL: Jon Stewart lied about Iraq war

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

"Just for the record, one more time, I love my brother, I love my dad, I actually love my mother as well; I hope that's OK," said Jeb Bush. "And I admire their service to the nation and the difficult decisions that they had to make. But I am my own man, and my views are shaped by my own thinking and my own experiences." (Associated Press)

Jeb Bush declares independence from father and brother, cites Iraq mistakes

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, photo, a Shiite militia fighter holds an Iraqi flag with the image of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammed, outside of Kirkuk, Iraq. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

Iraq Shiite militias rush to defend oil-rich Kirkuk from Islamic State

By Vivian Salama and Bram Janssen - Associated Press

An Iranian man holds a portrait of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally commemorating the 36th anniversary of Islamic Revolution under Azadi Tower, Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Iran marked the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Wednesday with massive rallies, with many chanting against the U.S. and Israel as the country tries to reach a permanent deal with world powers over its contested nuclear program. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran’s supreme leader criticizes ‘American Sniper’: report

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press