Michael Crowley

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Crisis in Syrian City Exposes Fissure in Obama's Anti-ISIS Coalition

Some key allies want to fight Assad, not ISIS

By Michael Crowley

America’s Real Problem in Iran: Ayatullah Khamenei

The country’s most powerful person isn’t interested in diplomacy

By Michael Crowley

Behind the Newest Terror Threat

The word Khorasan sheds important light on the grandiose, even apocalyptic vision that drives many Sunni radicals

By Michael Crowley

Obama's War Keeps Growing

A mission that keeps shedding its limits

By Michael Crowley

John Kerry's Wary Coalition

Will the U.S.’s shaky group of partners hold against ISIS?

By Michael Crowley / Jidda

Kerry Enlists Saudi King in War of Ideas Against ISIS

Persuading would-be jihadists that ISIS distorts Islam “probably far more important than the military,” the U.S. Secretary of State says

By Michael Crowley / Jeddah

What a Trip to Iraq Reveals About Obama's ISIS Plan

Rhetoric versus reality in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone

By Michael Crowley / Baghdad

The Never-Ending War

The setting remains the same, but new enemies and allies have emerged

By Michael Crowley/Baghdad

Obama's Mission Creep in Iraq

For George W. Bush it was "Mission Accomplished." For Barack Obama, it may be "mission creep."

By Michael Crowley

Into Kurdistan

Obama sends the U.S. military to repel a 
 gruesome terrorist army

By Michael Crowley

Kurds Finally Have America’s Attention

Obama sends in the military to repel a gruesome terrorist army

By Michael Crowley

Experts Warn of Iraq Blowback

ISIS has long threatened America openly — will Obama's strikes inspire it to act?

By Michael Crowley

Why Obama Intervened in Iraq

Hard choices for a gun-shy President

By Michael Crowley

Israelis Unhappy to See Military 'Surprised' Again

A high Israeli troop death toll in Gaza, with inconclusive results, reminds some of a "severe sense of failure" after a 2006 ground war

By Michael Crowley

The Man Who Haunts Israel

Khaled Mashaal was nearly assassinated by Benjamin Netanyahu. Then Israel's Prime Minister was forced to bring the Hamas leader back to life. Now their deadly history hangs over the conflict that roils the Middle East

By Michael Crowley

Obama to Israel: 'Do More' About Civilian Deaths

And why Israel doesn't like it

By Michael Crowley

John Kerry Saved Afghanistan's Elections

Up to one million might have died, an Afghan leader warned.

By Michael Crowley

Israel's Fighting Iran, Too

Tehran's fingerprints are all over Hamas's rocket arsenal, officials say

By Michael Crowley

Here's What John Kerry Can Learn From Hillary About Israel's New Crisis

Clinton writes that Obama was "understandably wary" about intervening the last time violence flared

By Michael Crowley

Iran's YouTube Message to Obama: Don't Bully Us

Tehran takes a hard line as a July 20 nuclear deadline nears

By Michael Crowley
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