The U.S. and the Taliban are negotiating Afghanistan's future without input from Afghanistan's government. How is that supposed to work? 
In defending Bashar al-Assad, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has lost all credibility, if she ever had any, to discuss human rights and to define America's national security interests. 
The framework of the U.S.-Taliban peace deal is likely to fail, and it should raise questions and skepticism rather than optimism. 
The Trump administration announced on Thursday it is willing to pay up to $15 million for information leading to the capture of two senior al Qaeda leaders organizing terrorist operations across the Middle East. 
A recent report by the United Nations indicates that terror group al Qaeda is having a resurgence around the world due in part to help from Iran. 
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it is offering $10 million for information leading to the location, arrest, or conviction of two top al Qaeda leaders, doubling the bounty from its previous amount of five million dollars. 
The al Qaeda terrorist group in North Africa last month issued a threat to attack Western companies, and U.S. security officials are taking the threat seriously. 
Iranian officials, in a first, have admitted to facilitating the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. by secretly aiding the free travel of al Qaeda operatives who eventually went on to fly commercial airliners into the Twin Towers in New York City, according to new remarks from a senior Iranian official. 