A video game is being developed in the United States, in which the player can torture prisoners in a jail in Iraq by assuming the role of an American soldier.
Signs the United States may strike ISIL terrorists in their Syrian stronghold reveal a shift in the politics of foreign war in Washington, after the trauma of the post-Iraq era.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has expressed grief that his country was the victim of a war which served interests of the US and its Western allies.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says an attack by the US is likely despite ongoing peace initiatives by Russia, China and others.
A senior Syrian official says his country will defend itself against any western attack and will not be an easy target as the US and other countries heat up rhetoric in response to an alleged chemical attack last week near the Syrian capital.