Terrorism
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 11:56
The Department of State provides to Congress a full and complete annual report on terrorism for those countries and groups meeting the criteria.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:38
The government seems to have renounced all responsibility for the dozens of schoolgirls abducted last week. Nigerians are used to such treatment – but by accepting it, they feed the monster that terrorises them.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:37
Once a game reserve renowned for its wildlife, Sambisa is now a key stronghold for Islamic insurgents, and a place of fear for the people of Borno state. Bodunrin Kayode reports for The Nation
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:35
Some of the schoolgirls abducted by suspected militant Islamists in northern Nigeria are believed to have been taken to neighbouring states, a local leader has told the BBC.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:34
Al Qaeda Chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s recent statements about the Muslim Brotherhood prove the connection between the two organisations, Ministry of Interior Spokesman Generaly Hany Abdel Latif said Monday.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:29
The Somali Federal Government troops launched a deadly assault on Al Shabaab-held area in Bakool region of southwestern Somalia, seizing the stronghold from the beleaguered Somali militant group according to witnesses, Garowe Online reports.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:25
Yemeni forces have launched an operation to drive al-Qaeda fighters out of southern towns, where air raids have killed nearly 60 fighters in recent days, military officials say.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 07:13
BAGHDAD — Snipers line the rooftops across Falluja, waiting for a chance to shoot at government soldiers, should they try to invade. Homes have been wired to explode, too, just in case the government rushes the city. And roads have been studded with countless steel-plated bombs, of the type that killed so many American soldiers here.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 12:32
QARA TEPE, Iraq—Even as an al Qaeda-linked militant group celebrated a major victory in Western Iraq last month, militants from the same jihadist group launched another operation clear across the country.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 12:19
BAGHDAD — A campaign rally at a ramshackle old soccer stadium on Friday afternoon began with open-air theater that crossed centuries of Shiite lore, from the martyrdom of a revered religious figure to the fight today against Sunni extremists, played by actors dressed as fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a radical Islamist group.