Terrorism
Monday, September 15, 2014 - 05:37
Ugandan authorities have foiled a planned imminent attack by the Somali militant Islamist terror group al-Shabab, the U.S. Embassy in Uganda said Saturday.
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 12:41
This week, President Barack Obama gave a speech announcing plans to train and equip Iraqi armed forces to help combat the terrorist group known as ISIS. Meanwhile, the Nigerian military carried out operations against Boko Haram. The United States also approved the sale of $145 million worth of military equipment to Brazil and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with Georgian officials to discuss enhanced cooperation on security issues.
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 06:49
For more than two years, President Obama and his top aides argued that providing U.S. arms and equipment to the moderate Syrian rebels was an undesirable, high-risk approach with the potential to further destabilize an already chaotic region.
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 06:44
One-hundred and fifty days ago almost 300 girls were abducted by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. Too little has been done since then, local politician Peter Biye Gumtha, tells DW. And the situation is only getting worse.
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 06:19
The 475 additional US troops that President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday would be deployed to Iraq will start arriving over the next week as part of an American effort to “intensify our efforts inside Iraq,” a Defense Department spokesman said Thursday.
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 06:05
"They have good living conditions and money to buy food and clothes. They drive brand-new Toyotas… And they only think about war." That's how Mukhambetkali Danikhanov describes the life of Kazakhs fighting alongside foreign jihadists in Iraq.
Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 12:24
Congressional Republicans said they would support parts of President Obama's plan to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but they remained skeptical of the proposal to arm Syrian rebels.
Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 12:06
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on U.S. policy towards Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 07:23
FAMAE podría participar en alguna de las ferias que la Asociación del Ejército de Estados Unidos (AUSA) organiza a lo ancho de Estados Unidos.
Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 07:22
Islamic State extremists have discussed infiltrating the United States through its border with Mexico, a U.S. official said Wednesday.