Terrorism
Friday, June 24, 2016 - 07:08
This hearing will focus on the current multinational efforts to combat ISIS and roll back not only its influence in Syria and Iraq, but globally as well.
Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 06:31
A senior U.S. military general, yesterday, said the terrorist group, Boko Haram, had fractured internally.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 06:35
As the war against the Islamic State in Iraq shows signs of fragile progress, U.S. military leaders there are preparing to ask President Obama for the one thing he is resisting above all else in his final months — the deployment of hundreds more U.S. troops.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 06:23
Rifts have emerged between U.S. military leaders and the Obama White House on Washington's future role in Libya, with the generals questioning the White House's argument that the recent success against Islamic State shows Libya can go it alone in the fight against terrorism, without direct U.S. assistance.
Friday, June 17, 2016 - 07:53
The new U.S. commander in Afghanistan has submitted his first three-month assessment of the situation in the war-torn country and what it's going to take to defeat the Taliban, a U.S. military official has told The Associated Press.
Friday, June 17, 2016 - 04:52
President Mahamadou Issoufou has called on France to renew its commitment in fighting terrorist organization Boko Harm, according to Times Live. The Nigerien leader requested increased intelligence and other forms of military assistance. France intends to send more troops to the region to help African states counter terrorism.
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 06:59
Security services in a region of Kazakhstan hit recently by a spate of deadly shootouts have claimed that they dismantled 14 radical groups operating locally over the past year.
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 06:41
The Taliban has traditionally drawn on ethnic Pashtuns in its insurgency against the Afghan government, but it has begun to successfully recruit disgruntled members of other ethnic groups as it expands its reach. Disenfranchised communities of ethnic Tajiks, Turkmen, and Uzbeks are joining the Taliban in the country’s north, according to local elders and tribal leaders in the region. The new recruits have given the militant group the ability to seize territory in areas outside of its traditional power base in Pashtun-majority areas in the country’s south and east.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 06:38
Lebanon's prime minister said on Monday a bomb attack at a major bank had harmed national security after an incident seen as a dangerous escalation of a crisis over a US law targeting the finances of Shiite group Hezbollah.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 06:34
In a statement issued on Saturday, AMISOM commended Ethiopian troops for defeating Al-Shabaab. According to the statement, AMISOM Acting Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Nakibus Lakara, commended Ethiopian troops for thwarting an Al-Shabaab attack and inflicting heavy casualties on the Al Qaeda-linked militants.