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This image posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on Saturday, April 25, 2015, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows Nusra Front fighters walking in the town of Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib province, Syria. Hard-line Syrian rebel groups entered the strategic town Saturday in northwestern Syria, sending government troops fleeing after intense clashes that have seen them take nearly all of a crucial province. Syria's civil war, now in its fifth year, has killed some 220,000 people, and wounded at least 1 million. (Al-Nusra Front Twitter page via AP)

Syrian insurgents capture military base in northwest

Associated Press

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's (ODNI) 10th anniversary at ODNI headquarters in McLean, Va., Friday, April 24, 2015. The president told members of the intelligence community that he appreciates their service and understands they don't take their work lightly. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama launches 2,800 strikes on Iraq, Syria without congressional approval

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

The global risk company IHS Jane's reported Friday, April 24, 2015 on the discovery of a drone airstrip used by Hezbollah in Lebanon. (Image: IHS Jane's)

Hezbollah drone airstrip discovered in Lebanon; aircraft used against rebels in Syria

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

U.N. Special Envoy for Refugees and Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, right, and U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, left, brief the U.N. Security Council on Syria's refugee crisis, Friday, April 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Angelina Jolie rips world powers on Syria’s refugee crisis

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

Richard Engel (www.democraticunderground.com)

CHRISTOPHER HARPER: Connecting Engel to Rolling Stone a spin factory bias

By Christopher Harper

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif laughs during a press conference with his Spanish counterpart Manuel Garcia Margallo in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ** FILE **

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, says nation seeks ‘good relations’ with neighbors

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Islamic State militants raise their flag as they patrol in a commandeered Iraqi military vehicle in Fallujah, Iraq. (Associated Press)

‘Difficult to assess’ if Islamic State operating in Libya, Afghanistan: White House

By Ben Wolfgang and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

This March 9, 2012, file photo shows FBI spokesman Kyle Loven giving a tour of the Emergency Operations Center at the new Minneapolis-area field office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Loven, spokesman for the Minneapolis office of the FBI, said six people were arrested Sunday, April 19, 2015, but gave no further details. An FBI spokesman in San Diego referred questions to Loven. (AP Photo/Amy Forliti, File)

Six arrested in San Diego, Minnesota for Islamic State assistance

By Amy Forliti - Associated Press

Lebanese army soldiers stand in front of French weapons at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 20, 2015. Lebanon has received the first shipment of $3 billion worth of French weapons paid for by Saudi Arabia. The handover ceremony occurred Monday at Beirut’s international airport and was attended by Lebanese, French defense ministers, and top army officers. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon gets first shipment of $3B worth of French arms

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Islamic State militants raise their flag as they patrol in a commandeered Iraqi military vehicle in Fallujah, Iraq. (Associated Press)

Islamic State assistance investigation yields arrests in Minneapolis, San Diego

Associated Press

Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, left, speaks with his defense attorney, Sam Shamansky, during a hearing to set bond on charges of money laundering and providing support for terrorism, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Columbus, Ohio. Mohamud pleaded not guilty and bond was set at $1 million. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

Ohio man charged with plot to attack, execute U.S. soldiers

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Contained fighting could up U.S. security

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Feb. 26, 2015 photo, Jamie Lane, 29, an American veteran originally from Mt. Pleasant Michigan, poses for a picture in front of an Iraqi Army Humvee captured and later abandoned by Islamic State militants in Tel Hamis, Syria. Lane is among growing number of Iraq war veterans returning to the battlefield, this time without the American military, to join in the fight against the Sunni militants who now hold territory in a third of Iraq and Syria. (Courtesy Jamie Lane via AP)

U.S. vets return to Mideast to battle past and present demons

By VIVIAN SALAMA and BRAM JANSSEN - Associated Press

Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite militiamen celebrate March 31, 2015, as they hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi forces battled Islamic State militants holed up in downtown Tikrit, going house to house Tuesday in search of snipers and booby traps, and the prime minister said security forces had reached the heart of the city. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Russians say Islamic State infiltrating domestic groups

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - This Saturday, July 21, 2012 citizen journalist file image shows Syrians walking past destroyed vehicles after fighting between rebels and Syrian troops in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in south Damascus, Syria. On Saturday, April 4, 2015, Syrian activists said that Islamic militants have taken over the majority of neighborhoods in the Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of Damascus as fighting continues for the fourth day. (AP Photo, File)

Islamic militants march deep into Damascus; civilians flee Yarmouk camp

Associated Press

Illustration on ISIS manipulation of the U.S. and Iran by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

HERBERT LONDON: ISIS directing U.S. foreign policy

By Herbert London

In this frame grab from video provided by CBSNews/60 Minutes, in New York, &quot;60 Minutes&quot; contributor Charlie Rose, left, interviews Syrian President Bashar Assad, Thursday, March 26, 2015, in Damascus, Syria. Assad says he would be open to a dialogue with the United States, but that it must be &quot;based on mutual respect,&quot; during the interview scheduled to be broadcast Sunday, March 29. (AP Photo/CBSNews/60 Minutes)

CHRISTOPHER HARPER: ‘60 Minutes’ Bashar Assad interview just latest case of malfeasance for program

By Christopher Harper