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Broken Pottery Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CROWLEY: The real ‘Pottery Barn’ president

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times

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

Islamic State opens ‘marriage bureau’ for single jihadists

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, shakes hands with worshippers on the first day of Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan at the Khair mosque, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 28, 2014. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian casualties surge as jihadis consolidate

By Zeina Karam and Sam Kimball - Associated Press

This July, 20, 2014, photos shows Islamic militants and tribal fighters with dead bodies that they said were Iraqi Army soldiers in Karmah, east of Fallujah, Iraq. Sunni militants seized control of the Anbar city of Fallujah, and parts of Ramadi in January. The government has since reasserted its control of Ramadi, but Fallujah remains in insurgent hands. (AP Photo)

WEST: Those who would rather join the jihadi army than their own nation’s army

By Allen West

Fighters from the Islamic State marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

Pentagon official: Syrian terrorism ‘probably the number one threat’ to U.S.

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A Palestinian man carries his father as he and others run to take cover during an Israeli air strike in Rafah on Wednesday. (Associated Press photographs)

Hamas rejects Kerry’s call for cease-fire; Fears grow others could join fight against Israel

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State, practices spycraft that includes passing off cellphones after limited use and dispensing fake information about his whereabouts. (Associated Press)

McCLAUGHRY: Finish off the “Islamic State” quickly and cheaply

By John McClaughry

Illustration on ISIS's threat to Jordan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

MAY: Barbarians at Jordan’s gate

By Clifford D. May

** FILE ** Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters at parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey gives White House cold shoulder: Prime Minister Erdogan says he no longer talks to Obama

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Turkey Iran Handshake Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

BERMAN & MADYOON: An Iranian-Turkish reset

By Ilan Berman and Nika Madyoon

** FILE ** A masked Lebanese Sunni gunman holds up his weapon in Akkar, north Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Clash of the terrorists: Hezbollah and al Qaeda in five-day battle on Syria-Lebanon border

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Image: Twitter, Islamic State of Syria and the Levant

U.S. intelligence to ISIL: Please keep using Twitter, YouTube and Instagram

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Associated press photographs
Syrian military intelligence appears to be providing assistance to the U.N. special tribunal investigating the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to shield Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (above) from blame.

Assad blasts West, vows to retake Syria during swearing-in

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This May 5, 2011, photo shows Rep. Walter Jones, North Carolina Republican, speaking on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) ** FILE **

DoD, Congress spar over proposed $5B counterterrorism fund

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Relatives and mourners of Shiite pilgrims who were killed on Tuesday by a bomb blast, protest sitting next to their bodies, in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Shiite Muslims in Baluchistan protested Wednesday in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan, demanding action to stop the continued violence against their sect; they brought the coffins of many of the dead into the streets as part of their protest. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

HUSAIN: Counting violent Muslim deaths by country in 2014

By Rahat Husain

Illustration on Obama's separation from global reality by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Global ‘tranquility,’ Obama-style

By Donald Lambro

** FILE ** Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the al Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State, has rarely been photographed. (Associated Press)

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi formerly a U.S. captive

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thirsday, June 19, 2014 file photo, Palestinians watch a World Cup football game on a wide screen on the beach of Gaza City. Politics and conflict are never far from soccer in the Middle East, but this year's World Cup has been entangled with unprecedented sectarian violence and soaring tensions between Arab countries, pushing fans to watch matches in secret or even on a channel owned by region's number one enemy _ Israel.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Arab football fans turn to Israel TV for World Cup

By BARBARA SURK - Associated Press

** FILE ** Radical Islamist terrorists stand guard during a hostage handover in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali, April 24, 2012. (Associated Press)

EIBNER: Syria, Iraq and Obama’s foreign policy fantasies

By John Eibner