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Military looks at possible airstrikes on Syria

While some lawmakers are impatient with the Obama administration over Syria, WTOP’s National Security Correspondent J.J. Green says there may be too many downsides for the U.S. to conduct airstrikes in Syria. The military is studying various options.

Exclusive: ISIS ‘genie is out of the bottle,’ says NCTC chief

WASHINGTON — If the momentum of a U.S.-led coalition is any indicator, the black flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) may be completely eradicated from Syria and Iraq in a matter of months. But the head of the National Counterterrorism Center warns that the black cloud of ISIS terrorism will not dissipate the day after the caliphate falls.
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