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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Lara Jakes

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the press at the US ambassador's residence in Paris on November 5, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/POOL / NICHOLAS KAMM)
November 18, 2014, 1:51 am
Kerry: US ‘not intimidated’ by Islamic militants
US secretary of state heads to London to discuss Iran nuclear negotiations with European, Mideast officials
By Matthew Lee and Lara Jakes
From left, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, European Union adviser Catherine Ashton, Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yussef bin Alawi and US Secretary of State John Kerry, in Muscat on Sunday Nov. 9, 2014. (photo credit: AP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM, POOL)
November 10, 2014, 2:03 pm
US faces last best chance on Iran nuke deal
With stakes high and chances of success low, Obama administration seeks agreement before Republicans take over Congress
By Lara Jakes
Turkish police in Ankara dispersing demonstrators protesting against the attacks launched by Islamic State insurgents on the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobani by the Kurds, October 8, 2014 (Photo credit: AFP/ADEM ALTAN)
October 9, 2014, 1:52 pm
Turkey, Kurd tensions worry US in fight for Kobani
Washington concerned Ankara may use opportunity to target Kurdish fighters
By Lara Jakes and Matthew Lee
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the general debate of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, September 24, 2014. (photo credit: UN/Cia Pak)
September 26, 2014, 12:55 am
Turkey, still coy, joins fight against militants
As Ankara moves from reluctance to refusal and finally acceptance, world awaits details of new, specific aid
By Lara Jakes
US Secretary of State John Kerry waits for the start of a meeting of the Gulf Arab region at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on September 11, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
September 15, 2014, 9:14 am
White House still seeking coalition in Mideast war
The US won’t put boots on the ground, but is mum on which allies are willing to deploy troops against Islamic State
By Charles Babington and Lara Jakes
Illustrative photo of an Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighter firing at Islamic State (IS) positions, on September 9, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/JM Lopez)
September 13, 2014, 8:16 am
For US, cobbling coalition on IS no easy task
World leaders not yet agreed on what the coalition is doing and why, as well as who should be allowed to take part
By Lara Jakes and Desmond Butler
US Secretary of State John Kerry, September 10, 2014 (photo credit: AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
September 10, 2014, 11:32 am
Kerry makes surprise Iraq visit to stump for anti-IS effort
Top US diplomat calls for Baghdad to grant Sunnis more power to fight Islamic State, ahead of Gulf trip to drum up support for coalition
By Lara Jakes
President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)
September 4, 2014, 11:15 am
World leaders eye united front against Islamic State
From Britain to Australia and the United Arab Emirates, governments mull how to deal with jihadist threat
By Lara Jakes
Islamic State fighters on the Iraq-Syria border (screen capture: YouTube/VICE)
August 27, 2014, 6:12 am
American woman is being held hostage in Syria
Islamic State holding 26-year-old humanitarian worker kidnapped last year
By Lara Jakes
American Journalist James Foley, of Rochester, N.H., poses for a photo in Boston, May 27, 2011. (photo credit: AP/Steven Senne)
August 22, 2014, 3:39 am
Foley case lays bare debate over paying ransom
US journalist’s Islamic State captors had demanded $132.5 million from his parents, political concessions from Washington
By Lara Jakes and Ellen Knickmeyer
American journalist James Foley, kneeling in orange, in a video released by the Islamic State, which apparently showed him being beheaded by his captor, August 19, 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/News of the World)
August 20, 2014, 1:55 pm
Another American hostage at risk by Islamic State
After video shows apparent beheading of journalist James Foley, fears rise for the fate of reporter Steven Sotloff
By Lara Jakes
US State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki (YouTube, screen capture)
July 18, 2014, 3:30 am
US: Israel must do more to protect Gaza civilians
State Department says Jerusalem not doing enough to prevent deaths, calls deadly beach attack ‘horrifying’
By Lara Jakes and Matthew Lee
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference on June 13, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/CARL COURT)
June 28, 2014, 8:14 am
Kerry: Syrian moderate rebels could help in Iraq
After Obama requests $500 million to arm it, secretary of state says opposition ‘important player’ in fight against ISIL
By Lara Jakes and Julie Pace
Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, right, US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal walk to a meeting at the US Chief of Mission Residence in Paris, France, June 26, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Brendan Smialowski, pool)
June 26, 2014, 8:49 pm
US, Sunni states meet on Mideast insurgent crisis
Secretary of State Kerry says ISIL threat stretches beyond Iraq and Syria, concerns every country in region
By Lara Jakes
Fleeing Iraqi citizens from Mosul and other northern towns sit on a truck as they cross to secure areas at a Kurdish security forces checkpoint, in the Khazer area between the Iraqi city of Mosul and the Kurdish city of Irbil, northern Iraq, Wednesday June 25, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
June 26, 2014, 2:11 pm
After Syria bombs Iraq, growing fears of regional conflict
Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Turkey all said to be bolstering recon flights inside their airspace; Kerry warns against exacerbating tensions
By Hamza Hendawi and Lara Jakes
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