President Barack Obama On Isis

Obama strongly denounced the terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel, resulting in hundreds of casualties in recent days.

The Pentagon was due to present the White House on Monday with possible new battle plans to defeat the ISIS group, after President Donald Trump demanded top brass find additional ways to destroy the jihadists.

Two Air Force B-2 stealth bombers struck Islamic State camps southwest of the Libyan city of Sirte on Wednesday night, less than a month after the Pentagon declared an end to an extended air campaign there.

What was US President Barack Obama's hardest decision during his two terms in office? A massive troop surge in Afghanistan, he said in an interview on Sunday.

For eight years, Barack Obama has led a military fighting in multiple theaters overseas, becoming the only president in U.S. history to serve full two terms with the nation at war. On Sunday, he sought to pay tribute to the men and women who sacrificed along the way in battles that will continue even after his presidency comes to a close.

A US-backed assault on Raqqa, ISIS' de facto capital in Syria, is unlikely to pierce the city itself before President Barack Obama leaves office in January, denying him the chance to claim the end of the group's "caliphate" as part of his legacy.

US President Barack Obama and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the next steps in the campaign against ISIS during a telephone call on Wednesday, the White House said.

Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as "foreign policy realism" focused on destroying the ISIS group and other terrorist organizations.

Republican Donald Trump on Friday backed away from comments calling President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton the founders of the terrorist group ISIS, while the Republican Party sought to project unity behind their candidate.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's characterization of US President Barack Obama and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as "co-founders" of the ISIS terrorist group drew swift rebuke on Thursday as "false" and "unhinged."

The military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have taken 45,000 enemy combatants off the battlefield and reduced the total number of ISIS fighters to as few as 15,000, the top US commander for the fight against IS said Wednesday.

Donald Trump accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of establishing the ISIS that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities. A moment later on another topic, he referred to the president by his full legal name: Barack Hussein Obama.

President Barack Obama vigorously denies that a $400 million cash payment to Iran was ransom to secure the release of four Americans jailed in Tehran. He defended the transaction as evidence that the nuclear accord with Iran has allowed for progress on other matters.

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday it is in the U.S. national security interest to support Libya's emerging government's fight against ISIS, a day after his administration said it launched air attacks there.

After two years of heavy casualties, the Afghan military is trying to retake the initiative in the war against militants with a new offensive against ISIS group loyalists, an assault that will see American troops back on the battlefield working more closely with Afghan soldiers.

Obama strongly denounced the terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel, resulting in hundreds of casualties in recent days.

The Pentagon was due to present the White House on Monday with possible new battle plans to defeat the ISIS group, after President Donald Trump demanded top brass find additional ways to destroy the jihadists.

Two Air Force B-2 stealth bombers struck Islamic State camps southwest of the Libyan city of Sirte on Wednesday night, less than a month after the Pentagon declared an end to an extended air campaign there.

What was US President Barack Obama's hardest decision during his two terms in office? A massive troop surge in Afghanistan, he said in an interview on Sunday.

For eight years, Barack Obama has led a military fighting in multiple theaters overseas, becoming the only president in U.S. history to serve full two terms with the nation at war. On Sunday, he sought to pay tribute to the men and women who sacrificed along the way in battles that will continue even after his presidency comes to a close.

A US-backed assault on Raqqa, ISIS' de facto capital in Syria, is unlikely to pierce the city itself before President Barack Obama leaves office in January, denying him the chance to claim the end of the group's "caliphate" as part of his legacy.

US President Barack Obama and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the next steps in the campaign against ISIS during a telephone call on Wednesday, the White House said.

Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as "foreign policy realism" focused on destroying the ISIS group and other terrorist organizations.

Republican Donald Trump on Friday backed away from comments calling President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton the founders of the terrorist group ISIS, while the Republican Party sought to project unity behind their candidate.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's characterization of US President Barack Obama and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as "co-founders" of the ISIS terrorist group drew swift rebuke on Thursday as "false" and "unhinged."

The military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have taken 45,000 enemy combatants off the battlefield and reduced the total number of ISIS fighters to as few as 15,000, the top US commander for the fight against IS said Wednesday.

Donald Trump accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of establishing the ISIS that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities. A moment later on another topic, he referred to the president by his full legal name: Barack Hussein Obama.

President Barack Obama vigorously denies that a $400 million cash payment to Iran was ransom to secure the release of four Americans jailed in Tehran. He defended the transaction as evidence that the nuclear accord with Iran has allowed for progress on other matters.

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday it is in the U.S. national security interest to support Libya's emerging government's fight against ISIS, a day after his administration said it launched air attacks there.

After two years of heavy casualties, the Afghan military is trying to retake the initiative in the war against militants with a new offensive against ISIS group loyalists, an assault that will see American troops back on the battlefield working more closely with Afghan soldiers.