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** FILE ** Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State, delivers a sermon posted on social media outlets that the militants use. (Associated Press)

ISIL shows increasing strength and structure, takes war where al Qaeda couldn’t

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE -- In this Jan. 31, 2014, file photo, released by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), shows residents of the besieged Palestinian camp of Yarmouk, queuing to receive food supplies, in Damascus, Syria. In one besieged neighborhood after another, weary rebels have turned over their weapons to the Syrian government in exchange for an easing of suffocating blockades that have prevented food, medicine and other staples from reaching civilians trapped inside. The government touts the truces as part of its program of &#8220;national reconciliation&#8221; to end Syria&#8217;s crisis, which has killed more than 140,000 people since March 2011. (AP Photo/UNRWA, File)

Syria rebel chief warns of ‘humanitarian disaster’ without aid

Associated Press

This undated image 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 the al Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a parade in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center)

Extremist group takes Syrian towns, key oil field

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

Passengers queue at the security checkpoint at the Rhein-Main airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday July 3, 2014. U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that al-Qaida is trying to develop a new and improved bomb that could go undetected through airport security. There is no indication that such a bomb has been created or that there's a specific threat to the U.S., but the Obama administration on Wednesday called for tighter security measures at foreign airports that have direct flights to the U.S. (AP Photo/dpa,Frank Rumpenhorst)

What’s behind the new airport security measures

By KEN DILANIAN - Associated Press

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take their position along the front line with militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Demonstrating their growing independence from the rest of Iraq, the largely autonomous Kurdish regional government is setting up dirt barriers that it hopes ultimately will set the borders of a future state. (Associated Press)

Iraqi Kurds seek independence but with voice in Baghdad

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This undated image 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 the al Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a parade in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center)

ISIL mocks Obama: ‘Did you prepare enough diapers for your soldiers?’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

LAMBRO: Exploring the depths of presidential approval

By Donald Lambro

This undated image 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 the al Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a parade in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center)

CIA blamed for Iraq intel failure, ISIS rise

By Bill Gertz - Washington Free Beacon

Israelis light candles as they gather in Jerusalem after the announcement that the bodies of the three missing teenagers were found near the West Bank town of Hebron, late Monday, June 30, 2014. The Israeli military found the bodies of three missing teenagers on Monday, just over two weeks after they were abducted in the West Bank, allegedly by Hamas militants. The grisly discovery culminated a feverish search that led to Israel's largest ground operation in the Palestinian territory in nearly a decade and raised fears of renewed fighting with Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was huddling with his Security Cabinet late Monday to discuss a response. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

CROWLEY: The ‘gates of hell’ ajar in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican (Associated Press)

King: Syria biggest threat to U.S.

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters of the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, more than two weeks after ISIL took over the country's second largest city. (AP Photo)

Iraq’s crisis threatens to turn into regional war

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A member of an Iraqi volunteer forces group joins training near the Imam Ali shrine in the southern holy Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, June 26, 2014, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. Shiite militias responding to a call to arms by Iraq's top cleric are focused on protecting the capital and Shiite shrines. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)

GABRIEL: ISIS is a threat beyond Iraq, with Shariah as worldwide aim

By Brigitte Gabriel

** FILE** Syrian rebel fighter Tawfiq Hassan, 23, a former butcher, poses for a picture, after returning from fighting against Syrian army forces in Aleppo, at a rebel headquarters in Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Aug. 26, 2012. (Associated Press)

Obama seeks $500M to train, equip Syrian rebels

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Never trust a tyrant with chemical weapons

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican. (Associated Press)

House intel chief: Obama ignored Iraq warnings

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki waits for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ahead of their meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 23, 2014. Kerry is visiting Iraqi leaders to discuss the increasing violence and instability in country caused by insurgents including the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Al-Maliki defiant: Iraqi Prime Minister rejects calls to form unity government

Associated Press

This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

ISIL terrorists aim to attack U.S., congressional report says

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Paul Wolfowitz

Paul Wolfowitz: Obama lacks ‘seriousness’ in Iraq

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times