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FILE - In this March 2, 2013 file photo, a view of an oil field under control of Kurdish militias near the town of Deriq, in a Kurdish area of Syria, near the border with Iraq. The Islamic State militants, who once relied on wealthy Persian Gulf nations for money, have become a self-sustaining financial juggernaut, earning more than $3 million a day from oil smuggling, human trafficking, theft and extortion, according to U.S. intelligence officials and private experts. The group, which has taken over large sections of Syria and Iraq, controls as many as 11 oil fields in both countries, analysts say. It is selling oil and other goods through generations-old smuggling networks under the noses of some of the same governments it is fighting: Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, Turkey and Jordan. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

Islamic State group’s war chest is growing daily

Associated Press

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hand with Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu upon his arrival at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Kerry is in the region to speak with leaders about strategies to address the threat from the Islamic State, a militant extremist group. John Kerry said that the US would provide an additional $500 million in humanitarian aid to victims of the war in Syria, bringing total American assistance to $2.9 billion since the start of the conflict in 2011. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Kerry says no to Iran’s help against Islamic group

By Lara Jakes - Associated Press

PIPES: Welcome, Kurdistan

By Daniel Pipes

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to press at a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. In the face of growing aggression by Russia, the United States and Georgia moved Sunday to expand their defense relationship &#8212; including the possible sale of U.S. Black Hawk helicopters to the former Soviet bloc nation at the crossroads of eastern Europe and Asia.(AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Hagel to press Turkey to join fight against Islamic State

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Turkey to blame for Cyprus division

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

United States's Kyrie Irving, right, goes for the basket in front Turkey's Baris Hersek, left, during the Group C Basketball World Cup match, in Bilbao northern Spain, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. The 2014 Basketball World Cup competition take place in various cities in Spain from last Aug. 30 through to Sept. 14. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

U.S. rallies from halftime deficit to beat Turkey at World Cup

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

Extradited Syrian citizen to face terrorism charges

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Turkey Davutoglu Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

PIPES: Talking Turkey with an Islamist academician

By Daniel Pipes

DANON: Obama’s wrong choices on Israel

By Danny Danon

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

Illustration on the ongoing Turkish occupation of Cyprus by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

HANSON: Occupation hypocrisy: Gaza vs. Cyprus

By Victor Davis Hanson

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2008, file photo, masked Palestinian militants from Islamic Jihad place homemade rockets before later firing them into Israel on the outskirts of Gaza City. In 2009, a prominent human rights group said there was "strong evidence" that Gaza's Hamas rulers committed war crimes by allowing militants to fire rockets from the territory, killing civilians in Israel. The third Gaza war is playing out very much like the first one some five years ago: We are now at the stage where the harrowing civilian toll in Gaza is at the center of the discourse, eclipsing the rocket attacks by Hamas militants which are the reason for the Israeli assault. In 2009, Hamas was firing relatively small projectiles with minimal range, mostly aimed at border communities surrounding the blockaded Gaza Strip. Now Hamas is firing at Tel Aviv, which is 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the strip, and even at some cities beyond. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra, File)

SCHANZER: The will to win an unavoidable war

By Jonathan Schanzer

Turkey Iran Handshake Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

BERMAN & MADYOON: An Iranian-Turkish reset

By Ilan Berman and Nika Madyoon

Image: DanielPipes.org

Daniel Pipes’ retraction and apology to Yassin Abdullah Kadi

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

A column of smoke rises from an oil refinery in Baiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, on Thursday. Sunni Muslim extremists who have taken over large portions of northern Iraq have shown their willingness to use oil supplies as a weapon. (Associated Press)

U.S. oil flow helps keep prices in check as threats rise overseas

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Monday, June 16, 2014, file photo, demonstrators chant pro-al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as they carry al Qaeda flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

60 foreign construction workers abducted by terrorists in Iraq: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Turkey support for ISIS Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Daniel Pipes’ retraction and apology to Yassin Abdullah Kadi

By Daniel Pipes