Новости за 17.11.2015

In a new twist to an intensifying campaign to squeeze Islamic State oil revenues, U.S. warplanes have destroyed 116 oil-hauling trucks in eastern Syria that were a key part of a smuggling operation that brings the group an estimated $1.4 million a day.

Islamic State militants are stiffening their defenses for a possible assault on their de facto capital Raqqa as international airstrikes intensify on the Syrian city in retaliation for the Paris attacks. The fighters are hiding in civilian neighborhoods and preventing anyone from fleeing, activists said.

Russia blasted Islamic State positions in Syria with bombers and cruise missiles Tuesday after confirming that a bomb brought down a Russian chartered jet in Egypt two weeks ago.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is making it clearer that his call for the U.S. refugee program to give preference to Christians fleeing Syria does not exclude Muslims.

French police are hunting for a second fugitive directly involved in the deadly Paris attacks, officials said Tuesday after France made an unprecedented demand that its European Union allies support its military action against the Islamic State group.

From cafes in New York to tailgate parties in the heartland, the bloodbath in Paris is forcing Americans to ponder the awful possibility of terrorist attacks on "soft targets" in the U.S. such as restaurants, bars and other ordinary gathering spots.

The United States should deploy a four-star general to take command of the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Tuesday.

As France reels from an Islamic State terror attack in Paris last week that killed scores and wounded hundreds, Americans are wondering whether their own country is any safer.

For years, a small but vocal fringe of right-wing political parties across Europe have argued that the European Union, with its immigration policies and border-free dream, imperils their countries' futures. In the aftermath of last week's deadly attacks in Paris, many feel that their fears appear to have been vindicated.

A poll published in Fortune magazine in July 1938 showed fewer than 5 percent of Americans believed the United States should raise its immigration quotas or encourage political refugees fleeing the fascist states in Europe to voyage across the Atlantic.

The Secret Service director appeared contrite and apologized again for breaking the public's trust. He told lawmakers on Tuesday that his agents are being disciplined for their efforts to discredit a congressman.

A suspected Islamic extremist grabbed a rifle from an officer and attempted to shoot his way to freedom from a military camp where he was being held in Garissa in eastern Kenya, an official said Tuesday.

Canada will send more military trainers to Iraq but remains committed to removing its fighter jets from the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday called for a pause in Syrian refugees coming to the U.S. in the wake of the Paris attacks and said the House will vote on the issue this week.

The Republican outsiders have been getting a pass on their limited grasp of foreign policy in the presidential campaign. That may be ending.

France made an unprecedented demand for its European Union allies to support its military action against the Islamic State group as it launched new airstrikes on the militants' Syrian stronghold, days after attacks in Paris linked to the group killed at least 129 people.

A homemade explosive device brought down a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month, the head of Russia's FSB security service said Tuesday, telling President Vladimir Putin it's now clear the bombing that killed 224 people was a "terrorist" act.

The ousting of Islamic State group forces from the Iraqi town of Sinjar is being touted by Kurdish leaders as a major military victory. But commanders on the ground say the extremists largely withdrew, fleeing during a pause in airstrikes.

Israel on Tuesday outlawed an Islamist group accused of inciting violence among Arab citizens amid a two-month wave of unrest, and in a separate development approved the construction of hundreds of homes in a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered the Russian missile cruiser Moskva, currently in the Mediterranean, to start cooperating with the French military on operations in Syria.

Countries including China need to start discussing a truly regional fisheries framework, one that lays out specific conservation areas and agreed-upon fishing corridors.

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees warned on Tuesday against blaming refugees for terrorism after one of the Paris suicide bombers apparently came to Europe along with the thousands fleeing war and poverty.

While all people are created equal, it is no crime to rue the loss of something familiar more than the loss of something remote or altogether unknown.

Misbegotten bonuses are not the VA’s most vital concern, but they’re a troubling sign of ongoing dysfunction.

World powers can avenge the Paris tragedy by killing members of the Islamic State. But if the goal is to destroy the Islamic State for good, then the campaign must be matched by a renewed push to oust Assad.