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FILE - This undated file photo posted by the Raqqa Media Center, a Syrian opposition group, on Monday, June 30, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from extremist Islamic State group during a parade in Raqqa, Syria. Activists have reported two cases of stoning this month in the Syrian northern province of Raqqa. The first case of stoning occurred in the town of Tabqa. A day after the July 17, 2014, stoning of Shamseh Mohammed Abdullah, 26, Faddah al-Sayed Ahmad was stoned to death in the provincial capital of Raqqa. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center, File)

Reports: Islamic State group kills Syria tribesmen

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

** FILE ** Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. (Associated Press)

Critics of George W. Bush’s foreign policy now taking heat themselves

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** 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 of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

Lawmakers call for ‘coalition of the willing’ in Iraq

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama has authorized reconnaissance flights over Syria, a U.S. official told CNN Monday. (Associated Press)

Obama faces growing pressure for more U.S. military force against Islamic State

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

"The conflict with [the Islamic State] is a zero-sum situation, and the danger it poses to civilization is most lethal," writes Husam Dughman. (Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times)

BURTON: Stopping the murderous rampage in Iraq

By Dan Burton

Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community gather at a park near the Turkey-Iraq border at the Ibrahim al-Khalil crossing, as they try to cross to Turkey, in Zakho, 300 miles (475 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. The European Union on Friday forged a unified response to the rapid advance of Islamic militants in Iraq and the resulting refugee crisis, allowing direct arms deliveries to Kurdish fighters battling the Sunni insurgents, while several EU nations pledged more humanitarian aid. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Kurdish diplomat debunks Yazidi claims of exploitation

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 9, 2014, photo, President Barack Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, about the ongoing situation in Iraq. The Obama administration is grappling with how to bridge the gap between its increasingly dire assessment of the threat posed by the Islamic State group and the limited, defensive air campaign it has so far undertaken, which military officials acknowledge will not blunt the group’s momentum. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama weighs strategy against Islamic State

By KEN DILANIAN and LARA JAKES - Associated Press

President Obama has authorized reconnaissance flights over Syria, a U.S. official told CNN Monday. (Associated Press)

Obama’s doctrine: Inaction on Syria led to Iraq crisis

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: In Iraq and Syria, pair with the lesser evil

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Christian Sharkas, 11, Troy, carries a sign as he walks north on Ryan Road with hundreds of protestors demonstrating against ISIS in Sterling Heights, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Brandy Baker)

EDITORIAL: Religious persecution and the return of the barbarians

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

US Pirate Flag Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

LYONS: Acting against American interests

By James A. Lyons Jr.

Lawmakers rattled by Syria genocide horrors, call on Obama to act

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times