Yemen troops clash with Houthi rebels
Government forces have clashed with Houthi rebels in the capital and launched air strikes targeting the movement's fighters east of Sanaa, a deal to end a weeks-long standoff into jeopardy. Clashes broke out near a state TV building in the north of Sanaa ...
Are Yemen And Somalia Good Examples Of U.S. Anti-Terror Strategy?
President Obama said in his speech Wednesday night that the strategy the U.S. would pursue against the so-called Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria would be similar to how it targeted al-Qaida affiliates in Yemen and Somalia. “This strategy of taking ...
Is It Peacetime or Wartime in America?
### Obama is losing his battle with perpetual war. Barack Obama delivered a bewildering speech on Wednesday. The pledge to “destroy” the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; the deployment of U.S. troops to do just that; the flag-flanked, sober-sounding president addressing the American people behind a ...
Susan Rice: Islamic State Fight Will Not Be ‘Iraq War Redux’
President Obama’s national security adviser Susan Rice says the United States will not be drawn into a ground war in Iraq and Syria, even if local forces are ineffective at holding gains made against the group calling itself the Islamic State. Rice spoke to Morning Edition’s Steve Inskeep the day af ...
