Terrorism
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 06:36
Thousands of Islamic State fighters and 160 of its leaders were killed in U.S. and allied military operations in Syria and Iraq over the past 18 months, the commander of the U.S. Central Command told Congress on Tuesday.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 06:34
Somalia's intelligence service cooperated with the U.S. in airstrikes that killed more than 150 al-Shabab members on Saturday, an intelligence official said Tuesday.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 06:32
Abu Omar al-Shishani, a top Islamic State leader, was likely killed in a series of coalition airstrikes near a strategic town in Syria last week, according to Pentagon officials.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 06:08
The Islamic State (IS) attack into the heart of the south-eastern Tunisian city of Ben Guerdane opens up a new zone of conflict. This alarming spillover from Libya 30km away requires a fresh response from Tunisia’s political elite, still struggling to steady the country after three major terrorist attacks last year.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 06:34
Despite more than $35 billion in U.S. support since the Taliban was driven from power here in 2001, the regular Afghan army is still broadly criticized as ineffective. But officials believe the army’s commando and Special Forces units can fill the void and should be sufficient to reassure nervous Afghans that the Taliban won’t be able to fight its way back into power.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 06:18
The Pentagon has presented the White House with the most detailed set of military options yet for attacking the growing Islamic State threat in Libya, including a range of potential airstrikes against training camps, command centers, munitions depots and other militant targets.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 06:16
American aircraft on Saturday struck a training camp in Somalia belonging to the Islamist militant group the Shabab, the Pentagon said, killing about 150 fighters who were assembled for what American officials believe was a graduation ceremony and prelude to an imminent attack against American troops and their allies in East Africa.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 06:11
Warning that such a military operation will be by nature “very complicated,” U.S. Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State Brett McGurk assured reporters on Saturday that the plan to retake Mosul from ISIS is “already underway.”
Monday, March 7, 2016 - 07:14
Militants attacked a military barracks in Tunisia, near the border with Libya, on Monday, leaving at least 27 people dead after a predawn firefight with security forces, Tunisian officials said.
Monday, March 7, 2016 - 06:57
Last year President Barack Obama announced a new outpost in the US global war on Islamic terrorism. The plan calls for 300 troops to be assigned to a new drone base in a remote part of north Cameroon, close to the country’s tense border with Nigeria, where Boko Haram has carried out deadly attacks and kidnappings.