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The Obama administration is adamant the battle against ISIS will not involve U.S. combat troops. What it will take to beat the militants.

The Anti-Defamation League criticized Biden's use of the anti-Semitic slur but said the vice president had "no ill intent."

The House voted 273 to 156 to authorize the plan, a test of support for Obama's campaign to "degrade and destroy" ISIS.

The assertion that "U.S. troops will not have a combat mission” lands a day after a general seemed to suggest we may one day see the opposite.

Last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had called on Russia to help the U.S. counter the rise of the Islamic State.

A new 52-second-long propaganda video was released late Tuesday by the Al Hayat Media Center, the Islamic State's media arm.

Protesters interrupted a St. Louis County council meeting to demand the removal of the prosecutor in the Michael Brown shooting case.

Mufid Elfgeeh, who lived and worked in New York, was an ISIS recruiter with plans for an attack on U.S. soil.

Turkish border forces may thwart President Erdogan's plan for a buffer zone to help isolate ISIS in Syria.

Obama has ruled out "boots on the ground" as part of the campaign to wipe out ISIS, but the nation's top general said that could change.

The warplane was shot down by rebel fighters, a report said, citing an activist group.

The soldiers were convicted for revolting against their commanding officer by throwing stones and shooting at him in a May incident.

Obama's authorization of the use of air power against ISIS in Syria has raised the question of whether Bashar al-Assad would respond in some way.

The U.S. has been carrying out airstrikes against Islamic State since Aug. 8.

The increase in the number of refugees dying in boat sinkings is directly related to the outbreak of conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Africa.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is taking advantage of chaos in Yemen; U.S. drones and special forces failed to stop it.

Al Qaeda dismissed as "lies" a U.S. assessment that it is in decline, but a defiant online message issued by the network on Sunday made no mention of the ultra-hardline Islamic State group widely seen as its rival for the leadership of global jihad.

Iraqi President Fouad Massoum has expressed reservations about the involvement of Egypt, UAE and Saudi Arabia in airstrikes.

The new group, reportedly named "soldiers of the Caliphate in Algeria," accused al Qaeda of “deviating from the true path.”

Sunni Arab states have expressed support for the U.S. campaign President Barack Obama announced last week to destroy the Islamic State.

Turkey has become the key entry point for fighters into Syria and Iraq. Without its help, the U.S. will have a hard time getting rid of ISIS.