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Several of the air raids targeted Islamic State positions near the Kurdish border town of Kobani, Syria.

The preparations to increase the number of contractors underscores President Obama's growing commitment in Iraq.

An estimated 17,500 people took part in an "anti-Islamization" march in Dresden on Monday.

The Jund al-Khilafa group had kidnapped Gourdel, 55, in September and later that month released a video showing his execution.

According to a report from the CPJ, Syria remained the deadliest country for reporters -- for the third year in a row.

However, the Australian prime minister said there was no need to increase the country's terror threat level, which currently stands at "high."

Oil prices could begin finding a new equilibrium by the end of 2015, even in the absence of any production cuts by OPEC.

Hundreds of Yazidi women and children are still believed to be held in ISIS captivity in northern Iraq and Syria.

Iraqi air power played a role in the weekend's successful Sinjar offensive, the U.S. State Department said Monday.

U.S. taxpayer funding of the military has been $337 million a day, or almost a quarter million dollars a minute — every day since 9/11.

Australian F-18 Super Hornets have helped Kurdish ground forces push ISIS from the northern Iraq area.

Mount Sinjar, located near Iraq's border with Syria, had been under the control of the Islamic State group since August.

France is on high alert for attacks from Islamist extremists.

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi blamed falling oil prices on speculators and lack of cooperation from non-OPEC members

U.S.-led coalition airstrikes target 16 Islamic State group sites in Iraq and Syria Sunday.

The Pentagon says as many as 1,300 more troops would be sent to Iraq to aid in the fight against the Islamic State group.

U.S. airstrikes on the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria are costing an average of $8.1 million per day, according to the Pentagon.

The U.S. has also authorized the deployment of 1,300 more troops to Iraq early next year.

During a visit to an Arizona military base, John McCain once again put his weight behind the Warthog.

The latest claim by the Kurds comes when U.S. officials said that air strikes had killed three top ISIS leaders in Iraq earlier this week.