Terrorism
Monday, March 14, 2016 - 06:23
Britain said Saturday it was sending more troops to Iraq to bolster its mission training up the armed forces taking on the Islamic State jihadist group.
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 06:33
As al-Qaeda-linked militants raid Somali hotels and strike multinational army bases with increasing frequency, an almost 10-year mission by African forces to quell the insurgency is being jeopardized by a funding cut.
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 06:29
United States Special Forces launched a helicopter raid on an Al Shabaab controlled-town on Tuesday, just days after a US airstrike killed 150 suspected Al Shabaab fighters on Saturday. These operations are likely to have caused more fatalities in one week than all known US counter terror strikes in Somalia over the last nine years combined.
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 06:27
Boko Haram is still holding territory in Northern Nigeria, commander of the US Africa Command (USAFRICOM), General David Rodriguez, has said.
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 06:26
The United States has carried out air strikes that it believes have degraded the chemical weapons capabilities of Islamic State in Iraq after using information obtained from a captured militant, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 06:33
Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen said Wednesday he expects overwhelming approval from his country’s Parliament to send warplanes and troops, including special forces, to Syria and Iraq to help fight the Islamic State.
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 06:27
The recent killing of an Islamic State leader in Syria and the capture of another by American forces in Iraq mark the first steps forward in a long-discussed shift to defeat the extremist group: the targeting of specific terrorist leaders instead of exclusively striking assets and training local troops.
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 06:11
Only days after American aircraft struck a Shabab training camp in Somalia, American Special Operations forces and Somali troops carried out a raid against Shabab fighters, officials said Wednesday, in a sign of heightened pressure against the militant group.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 06:54
The United States will extend its stay in Afghanistan if the Taliban continue refusing to take part in the peace talks, the State Department announced here on Monday while insisting that the only solution for the Taliban was to embrace a reconciliation process.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 06:36
Somali rebel group Al-Shabab has denied claims by the U.S. defence department that more than 150 of its fighters were recently killed in air strikes.