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In this Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, file photo, an Israeli soldier observes Syria's Quneitra province at an observation point on Mount Bental in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, overlooking the border with Syria. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Israel shoots down Syrian fighter jet that ‘infiltrated’ airspace

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the Islamic State group marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

Syria says Washington informed it before strikes

By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, flanked by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and Joint Chefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, speaks at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama trumpets strikes against Islamic State, strength of alliance

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Kay Hagan, North Carolina Democrat, has borne the brunt of attacks from challenger Thom Tillis, who accuses her of absenteeism from Senate Armed Services Committee meeting. Mrs. Hagan, in turn, has alleged Mr. Tillis is "waffling" about how he'd confront the Islamic State threat. (Associated Press)

Election attack ads unveiled on heels of Syria bombings

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, shakes hands with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed before a meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Sunni Muslims remain wary of military cooperation with U.S.

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Army Lt. Gen. William Mayville, Jr., Director of Operations J3, pauses while speaking about the operations in Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, during a news conference at the Pentagon. In a separate action from the air strikes against the Islamic State group, the U.S. bombed a cell of al Qaida militants in northwestern Syria after concluding they were close to attacking the U.S. or Europe, Pentagon officials say. Mayville, the Pentagon’s operations chief, said that the Khorasan Group was nearing “the execution phase of an attack either in Europe or the homeland.&quot; (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Qatar pilots kept watch as U.S. Syrian mission unfolded

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Army Lt. Gen. William Mayville, Jr., Director of Operations J3, speaks about the operations in Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, during a news conference at the Pentagon. In a separate action from the air strikes against the Islamic State group, the U.S. bombed a cell of al Qaida militants in northwestern Syria after concluding they were close to attacking the U.S. or Europe, Pentagon officials say. Mayville, the Pentagon’s operations chief, said that the Khorasan Group was nearing “the execution phase of an attack either in Europe or the homeland.&quot; (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Pentagon: Al Qaeda splinter planned ‘imminent’ U.S. attack

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) launches Tomahawk cruise missiles, in the Arabian Gulf, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. Syria said Tuesday that Washington informed President Bashar Assad's government of imminent U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State group, hours before an American-led military coalition pounded the extremists' strongholds across northern and eastern Syria. (AP Photo/Carlos M. Vazquez II, U.S. Navy)

WATCH: Videos of the U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria

By Staff - The Washington Times

aftermath: Syrians sift through the rubble of a house targeted by coalition airstrikes in the village of Kfar Derian. Washington informed President Bashar Assad's government of imminent U.S. strikes against Islamic State group strongholds hours before the bombing began. (Associated Press)

Obama use of Sept. 11 authority for Syria airstrikes questioned

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) launches Tomahawk cruise missiles, in the Arabian Gulf, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. Syria said Tuesday that Washington informed President Bashar Assad's government of imminent U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State group, hours before an American-led military coalition pounded the extremists' strongholds across northern and eastern Syria. (AP Photo/Carlos M. Vazquez II, U.S. Navy)

Obama administration: ‘No coordination’ with Assad on bombing campaign

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

ready, aim, fire: Hours before an American-led military coalition pounded Islamic State strongholds in Syria, the Obama administration informed President Bashar Assad of its plans. (U.S. Navy via Associated Press)

NSA scores victory in foiling Khorasan Group’s U.S. terror plot

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Obama to speak on Syria airstrikes

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

U.S. military starts bombing ISIS targets in Syria with aid of partner nations

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in an Iraqi security forces armored vehicle. Experts say defeating the group is more akin to what was required to beat al Qaeda in Iraq, which was founded in 2004 by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and subsequently led by the group's current chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, an Iraqi cleric. (Associated Press)

Fears mount that the Islamic State is plotting terror strike in Jordan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Several hundred Syrian refugees wait to cross into Turkey at the border in Suruc, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. Turkey opened its border Saturday to allow in up to 60,000 people who massed on the Turkey-Syria border, fleeing the Islamic militants' advance on Kobani.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Some 130,000 Syrians reach Turkey, fleeing Islamic State

Associated Press

CIA headquarters. (AP Photo)

FEIN: Winning wars without fighting battles

By Bruce Fein

In this Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 photo, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Speaking to a small group of reporters after meeting with his French counterpart on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 in Paris, Gen. Dempsey said it will take three or four months to begin the $500 million training program, which the House approved on Wednesday and sent to the Senate, where members of both parties predicted easy passage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FEDEWA: Why we need the Arabs

By Lawrence J. Fedewa

FILE - In this undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State group, march in Raqqa, Syria. The Islamic State group will likely take center stage when more than 140 heads of state of government convene for the U.N. General Assembly the week of Sept. 22. (AP Photo/File)

UN to bind nations on new foreign terrorist rules

By KEN DILANIAN - Associated Press

Riot police use teargas to disperse Kurdish demonstrators who were clashing with Turkish security forces as thousands of Syrian refugees continue to arrive at the border in Suruc, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. Turkey opened its border Saturday to allow in up to 60,000 people who massed on the Turkey-Syria border, fleeing the Islamic militants&#8217; advance on Kobani.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

White House: Some Islamic State fighters have returned to U.S.

By Dave Boyer and Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times