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Soldiers stand guard after an attacker with a knife hidden in his bag attacked three soldiers on an anti-terror patrol in front of a Jewish community center in Nice, southern France, Tuesday Feb.3, 2015 . France has been on high alert since the attacks in the Paris region by three Islamic extremists that left 20 people dead, including the gunmen. More than 10,000 soldiers have been deployed around the country to protect sensitive locations, including major shopping areas, synagogues, mosques and transit hubs. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Ex-criminal turned back in Turkey attacks 3 French soldiers

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

"U.S. policymakers refuse to accurately name the movement as radical Islam. We further choose not to define it nor explain its ideology, and most critical, we have no comprehensive strategy to stop it or defeat it," said retired Army Gen. John Keane. (Associated Press)

Obama lacks strategy to stop Islamic State expansion

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers secure the Israel-Lebanon border, Wednesday. Hezbollah claims the attack destroyed a number of Israeli vehicles and caused casualties among "enemy ranks." Israel later fired at least 35 artillery shells into Lebanon. (Associated Press)

Israel, Hezbollah war feared as missile strikes break cease-fire

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Obama met with new Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Associated Press)

CHRISTOPHER HARPER: Media recasting late Saudi king as a reformer

By Christopher Harper

Israeli soldiers secure the Israel-Lebanon border, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. The Lebanese Hezbollah group is claiming responsibility for today’s attack on an Israeli military convoy. Hezbollah claims the attack destroyed a number of Israeli vehicles and caused casualties among &quot;enemy ranks.&quot; Israel later fired at least 35 artillery shells into Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

2 Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah strike near Lebanon border

Associated Press

In this image made from video posted by a Libyan blogger, the Cortinthia Hotel is seen under attack in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. Gunmen stormed the luxury hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Tuesday, killing several foreigners and guards, officials said. The blogger, @AliTweel, captured the moments shortly after the blast, when flames rose up from outside the hotel, appearing to be from the aftermath of the car bomb. (AP Photo/@AliTweel via AP video)

Islamic State’s Libya branch claims deadly attack on hotel; U.S. contractor among those killed

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Libyan military soldier walks past damage inside a building that was used by Islamic militias for fighting in Benghazi, Libya. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Libya latest Arab Spring disappointment as unrest creates terrorist safe haven

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., bangs the gavel to start the committee's hearing to examine global challenges and U.S. national security strategy, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

John McCain to question lack of U.S. ground troops in Middle East

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A Syrian Kurdish refugee child from the Kobani area, peers from a tent on a cold morning at a camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Islamic State group ousted from Syria’s Kobani; Kurds celebrate victory

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

A Houthi Shiite fighter shows support for his comrades after seizing the capital in Sanaa, Yemen. President Obama has yet to reveal a response. (Associated Press)

Yemen coup shows Obama lacks Middle East terror strategy, critics say

By Guy Taylor and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005 file photo, Saudi Arabia's new King Abdullah leaves after special prayers for late King Fahd at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's Turk bin Abdullah mosque. On early Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, Saudi state TV reported King Abdullah died at the age of 90. (AP Photo)

Saudi state TV reports: King Abdullah has died at 90

By AYA BATRAWY and ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI - Associated Press

In this Nov. 22, 2014, file photo, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the annual Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

Joe Biden: Islamic State gaining in Syria because ‘there are no boots on the ground’

By The Washington Free Beacon

Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of Hezbollah member Mohammad Issa — who was killed in an airstrike in Syria that killed six members of the Lebanese militant group and an Iranian general — during his funeral procession, in the southern village of Arab Salim, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Iran Guard to Israel: You’ll ‘certainly pay’ for killing our general

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2014, file photo, thick smoke and flames from an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition rise in Kobani, Syria, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Expansion of bombing campaign in Syria stymied by U.S.-Turkey discord

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A Belgian soldier patrols in front of EU headquarters in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Security has been stepped up after thirteen people were detained in Belgium in an anti-terror sweep following a firefight in Verviers, in which two suspected terrorists were killed. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

CLAUDE SALHANI: Possibly up to 1,000 Islamists in Belgium

By Claude Salhani

In this picture taken on Feb., 22, 2008, Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of slain top Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh, speaks during a rally to commemorate his father and two other leaders Abbas Musawi and Ragheb Harb, in the Shiite suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. A Hezbollah official said Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, that an Israeli strike in the Syrian Golan Heights killed Jihad Mughniyeh and four other fighters from the Lebanese Shiite militant group. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israeli strikes kill 6 Hezbollah fighters in Syria

By Diaa Hadid and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

In this image made from video, members of the public stand behind police tape after security forces took part in anti-terrorist raids in Verviers, eastern Belgium. Belgian authorities say two people have been killed and one has been arrested during a shootout in an anti-terrorist operation in the eastern city of Verviers. (AP Photo/RTL - TVI) BELGIUM OUT

France, Germany arrest at least 12 Friday as threats from Islamic State loom

By Angela Charlton and Raf Casert - Associated Press

From Afghanistan and borderlands of Pakistan to Iraq and North Africa, radical Islamists eager to spread their strict interpretation of the Muslim faith and topple Western values have bombed, beheaded and slaughtered — undermining the White House narrative and raising questions about its strategy. (Associated Press)

Obama’s ‘lone wolf’ focus misguided as terrorist threat expands, critics say

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

People rally to pay tribute to attackers of the satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 in Peshawar, Pakistan. The hardline Pakistani cleric in the country's northwest has led a prayer service in honor of the two brothers who attacked the satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo in Paris. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Al Qaeda-North Africa to France: ‘Undermine our prophet’ and you’ll get ‘the worst and more’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times