Today, terrorism has metastasized in Syria and Iraq, Jordan is at risk, the humanitarian toll is staggering, terrorist groups are growing fast and relations with U.S. allies are strained. How did it happen

Air attacks alone will not be enough to deal with ISIL now that it controls so much of Syria and Iraq—and threatens the U.S. and Europe—argues Kagan.

President Obama outlines his strategy toward defeating the Islamic State. Read a <a title="Fact Sheet" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/10/fact-sheet-strateg... shee</a>t from the Office of the Press Secretary.

President Obama's announcement that he will expand the military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria marks an appropriate reaction to a gathering threat to U.S. and world interests, says. Haass. But the president's stated goal of destroying ISIS is unrealistic.

Although no one is seriously suggesting sending large ground-combat formations to Iraq or Syria, there is a pressing need for a substantial force of trainers, air controllers, intelligence experts, and Special Operations Forces to direct air strikes and augment the very limited capabilities of our local allies.

By limiting efforts to help the new Libyan government gain control over the country, critics say, the U.S. and its allies have inadvertently helped turn Libya into a higher security threat than it was before the military intervention.

However, to relocate French forces, Paris needs consensus from Algeria, which doesn’t seem thrilled by the idea.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday that he had rejected early U.S. overtures to join a coalition against the Islamic State extremists because Americans have ‘evil intentions and dirty hands.’

Why the U.S. shouldn’t play chicken with Tehran.

No bilateral relationship in the Middle East is more consequential for the region’s future and U.S. interests than that between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. On nearly every single major issue in the Middle East, Tehran and Riyadh appear to be on opposing sides, confounding America’s efforts to bring stability.