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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference, giving the first public comments by a senior Assad official on the threat posed by the Islamic State group, in Damascus, Syria on Monday, August 25, 2014. Al-Moallem warned the U.S. not to conduct airstrikes inside Syria against the Islamic State group without Damascus’ consent, saying any such attack would be considered an aggression. Al-Moallem also said that Syria is ready to work with regional states and the international community amid the onslaught of Islamic militants there and in Iraq, adding that the Syrian government is a crucial partner in the war on terror. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian official warns US: No unilateral airstrikes

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 20, 2014 file photo shows Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey speaking in New York. President Barack Obama's military leadership made clear in recent days that the threat from the Islamic State militants, who murdered American journalist James Foley, cannot be fully eliminated without going after the group in Syria, as well as Iraq.&quot;This is an organization that has an apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision and which will eventually have to be defeated,&quot; said Dempsey. &quot;Can they be defeated without addressing that part of their organization which resides in Syria? The answer is no. That will have to be addressed on both sides of what is essentially at this point a nonexistent border.&quot; (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Dempsey: We will act if Islamic group threatens U.S.

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Associated Press)

Islamic State employs brutality, threats in effort to entrench caliphate without interference

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

(AP Photo/Khalil Harma, File)

Islamic authority: Extremists no ‘Islamic State’

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Dr. Ben Carson has signed a petition calling for the destruction of the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Ben Carson signs petition calling for Islamic State destruction

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds hands to bid farewell in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, Pool)

Kerry urges Iraqi Foreign Minister to support formation of a new government

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Iraqi parliament speaker, Salim al-Jabouri, a Sunni, speaks about the Friday attack on the Musab bin Omair Mosque, which killed more than 60 people and escalated sectarian tensions, during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. Al-Jabouri said an investigation is underway into the attack on the Sunni mosque in Imam Wais village, northeast of Baghdad. If the attack proves to have been carried out by Shiite militiamen it would deal a major blow to prime minister-designate Haider al-Abadi efforts to reach out to the country's Sunni minority, whose grievances are seen as fueling the Islamic State insurgency. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Baghdad bomber hits Interior Ministry, kills 11 people

Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 20, 2014 file photo shows Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey speaking at Madison Square Garden in New York. During a Pentagon briefing Thursday, Dempsey said it's possible to contain the Islamic State militants, but it can't be done permanently without going after the group in Syria. Speaking to reporters with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Dempsey said he wasn't predicting U.S. airstrikes in Syria, but said the problem must be addressed diplomatically, politically and militarily by America and its regional partners. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Obama faces tough options in Iraq and Syria

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Women from the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant's al-Khansaa' Brigade. (Image: SyriaDeeply.org)

2 French girls apprehended as would-be Islamic State recruits

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** FILE ** In this April 12, 2013, file photo, a U.S. Marine F/A-18 Hornet jet flies low pass during Philippines-U.S. joint military exercise in northern Philippines. President Barack Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, warning they would be launched if needed to defend Americans from advancing Islamic militants and protect civilians under siege. Obama said American military planes already had carried out airdrops of humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of Iraqi religious minorities surrounded by militants and desperately in need of food and water. The Pentagon said the airdrops were performed by one C-17 and two C-130 cargo aircraft that together delivered a total of 72 bundles of food and water. They were escorted by two F/A-18 fighters. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

A war by any other name? U.S. military action in Iraq still lacks a moniker

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The Islamic State, which controls large portions of Iraq and Syria, "seems to be absolutely certain they will be trying to kill as many Americans as possible in the United States as well as elsewhere," said Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch. (Raqqa Media Center Via Associated Press)

Obama considering airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FBI Director James Comey takes a question during a news conference at the FBI field office in Denver, Wednesday Aug. 20, 2014. FBI Director James Comey says Islamic State extremists who executed journalist James Foley are "savages" and that the agency is helping investigate the killing. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

FBI: No credible threats to US from Islamic State

By EILEEN SULLIVAN - Associated Press

An FBI agent waits to receive his assigned weapon. (Image: FBI.gov) **FILE **

Islamic State backers under scrutiny by counterterrorism officials in U.S.

By Tom Hayes - Associated Press

'Get Ready': Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel gives an ominous warning about a brutal, rapidly advancing militant group. (Associated Press)

Chuck Hagel delivers ominous warning on Islamic State terrorist threat to U.S.

By Ben Wolfgang and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Face-to-face with an evil enemy

By Donald Lambro

F/A-18 flies above the Sierra and Coso mountain ranges. (U.S. Navy)

Navy: F/A-18s pounded Islamic State targets with laser-guided bombs on 30 missions

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times