Permawar: The US is sending what is described as a small number of special operations troops to Syria to advise so-called “moderate” rebel forces. Administration officials say the troops are not supposed to get involved in front line combat, but …

The Great Migration: Hungary has closed its border with Croatia to block the flow of migrants passing through on the way to Western Europe. The overwhelmed Hungary already closed its border with Serbia and is telling migrants to go through …

Terror: Two explosions seconds apart killed at least 30 people today at a peace demonstration in the Turkish capital, Ankara. At least 126 were wounded. The crowd had gathered to protest the conflict between Kurdish militants and the Turkish state …

The Russians Are Here: The war in Syria cranked up a big notch yesterday when Russia conducted and supported combined attacks from the air, land, and sea on anti-government forces. Moscow reported that it fired 26 cruise missiles from ships …

Crowded Skies: Turkey is bristling over Russian violations of that country’s air space in the bombing campaign against Islamic State and rebel targets over Syria. At least twice, Russian combat jets have strayed over Turkey in the increasingly crowded skies …

Disunited Nations: President Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin delivered clashing views on the Syrian crisis yesterday at the United Nations, with Obama taking a smack at Putin’s support of the dictator Bashar al-Assad “The United States is prepared to work …

Impolitic: Exiting House Speaker John Boehner, interviewed yesterday on CBS, condemned the uncompromising “false prophets” who drove him out of Congress. “The Bible says beware of false prophets,” Boehner said, “And there are people out there, you know, spreading noise …

The Gavel Drops: House Speaker John Boehner said he woke up yesterday morning, prayed, and decided to resign from Congress. His announcement that he will leave Oct. 30th shocked Washington and opened the door for the Republican far right to …

Arrest: Police in Arizona have arrested a 21-year-old man suspected of being the sniper who has hit 11 cars with bullets in recent weeks, mostly along the I-10 freeway in Phoenix. Leslie Allen Merritt, Jr, who works as a landscaper, …

The Great Migration: Germany announced yesterday that it is taking emergency border control measures after accepting what turned out to be an overwhelming number of refugees. They’ve run out of places to put everyone. After accepting tens of thousands of …