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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

Stephen Collinson

US President Barack Obama delivers a statement from the White House in Washington, DC, September 18, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Jim Watson)
September 19, 2014, 5:31 am
Anti-IS coalition takes shape as France joins war
As Obama wins two victories for his campaign to fight Islamic State, US warplanes pound Iraq training camp
By Stephen Collinson and Salam Faraj
US President Barack Obama greets military personnel upon arrival at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, on September 16, 2014. (photo credit: AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
September 17, 2014, 10:58 am
Obama to huddle with generals planning IS assault
US president calls emergency planning meeting with military leaders over jihadist and Ebola crises
By Stephen Collinson
US President Barack Obama talks with Speaker of the House, John Boehner, R-Ohio, during a meeting with the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, September 9, 2014. President Obama will speak to the nation September 10, about the strategy White House intends to implement to counter the jihadist Islamic state. (Photo credit: AFP/Jim Watson)
September 10, 2014, 2:32 am
Obama tries to sell plan to defeat Islamic State
President to make a major public address on confronting terror group; Kerry to arrive in Mideast in effort to build international coalition
By Stephen Collinson
President Barack Obama on NBC's 'Meet the Press' (photo credit: NBC, screen capture)
September 7, 2014, 9:21 pm
Obama to lay out IS ‘game plan’ in Wednesday speech
US president says in NBC interview that he won’t be announcing the deployment of ground troops to Iraq
By Stephen Collinson
US President Barack Obama holds a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, August 28, 2014 (Photo credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP)
August 31, 2014, 5:03 am
Obama’s cool head in a crisis — asset or growing liability?
The president has shown little perturbation amid burgeoning crises in Iraq and Ukraine, prompting even his allies to question his policy
By Stephen Collinson
Peshmerga fighters inspect the remains of a car, bearing an image of the trademark jihadist flag, which belonged to Islamic State (IS) militants after it was targeted by an American air strike in the village of Baqufa, north of Mosul, on August 18,2014 (photo credit: AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
August 26, 2014, 12:45 pm
White House at ‘tipping point’ on Islamic State
Increased war-like rhetoric from officials may indicate the US is ready to strike terror group, even in Syria
By Stephen Collinson
US President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at the Lake Harriet Band Shell in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 27, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN)
July 17, 2014, 12:34 pm
US, EU stiffen sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
Penalties target Moscow’s finance, military, and energy sectors; Putin warns of ‘very serious damage’ to US diplomatic ties
By Stephen Collinson
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski (R) and US President Barack Obama address US and Polish airmen in front of a F-16 fighter jet in a hangar at Warsaw Chopin Airport, Poland, on June 3, 2014. )photo credit: AFP/Janek Skarzynski)
June 3, 2014, 2:48 pm
Obama unveils $1 billion security plan for Europe
Plan aimed at calming fears stemming from Russian aggression in Ukraine
By Stephen Collinson and Dmitry Zaks
US President Barack Obama arriving at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 28, 2014. (photo credit: AFP Photo/Jewel Samad)
June 1, 2014, 9:42 am
Ukraine showdown to shadow Obama in Europe
US president leaves Monday for series of meetings, where he is likely to encounter Russian President Vladimir Putin
By Stephen Collinson
US President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference with South African President Jacob Zuma, not pictured, at the Union Building on Saturday, June 29 (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci)
April 21, 2014, 5:42 am
Obama embarks on mission to quiet Asia skeptics
As Ukraine crisis draws Washington’s resources westward, US president to defend foreign policy ‘pivot’ away from Middle East
By Stephen Collinson
The UN Security Council, April 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/John Minchillo)
April 15, 2014, 2:30 am
Moscow denies Ukraine involvement as EU expands sanctions
European foreign ministers increase aid to Kiev, impose visa bans and asset freezes on more Russian officials
By Stephen Collinson
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), and US President Barack Obama (right) (AP)
April 15, 2014, 1:56 am
Obama to Putin: Press pro-Russia forces to disarm
In latest tense phone call, Russian president tells US counterpart Moscow not ‘meddling’ in neighbor’s affairs
By Stephen Collinson
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)
April 8, 2014, 9:11 am
Obama and Kerry to confer as peace push stalls
Administration said to be weighing whether to continue investment in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
By Stephen Collinson
President Barack Obama at a press conference in Rome, Italy, March 27, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/Andreas Solaro/file)
April 2, 2014, 9:54 am
Obama ponders costs, benefits of Pollard release
While some insist US should get more out of freeing the convicted spy, others say extending peace process is worth it
By Stephen Collinson
People sing the Russian national anthem as they celebrate in Simferopol's Lenin Square on March 16, 2014 after exit polls showed a huge majority of voters in Ukraine's Crimea region supported union with Russia. (photo credit: AFP photo / Dimitar Dilkoff)
March 17, 2014, 7:28 pm
US, EU slap sanctions on Putin’s inner circle
In aftermath of Crimea vote to embrace Kremlin rule, Western leaders target ‘seperatist’ politicians
By Stephen Collinson
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