Terrorism
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 06:28
The U.S. has lost ground in the fight against Islamic extremism, the former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said in a recent interview.
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 06:40
On the cusp of another fighting season in Afghanistan, a fractured Taliban is fighting itself while also battling the emergence of the Islamic State group in the east. But don’t count out the Taliban for the 2016 fighting season, says Gen. John Campbell.
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 06:39
People accused of being Boko Haram are rounded up, sometimes by the military, sometimes by a civilian self-defense force. Many are never seen again.
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 06:12
The Islamic State’s branch in Libya is deepening its reach across a wide area of Africa, attracting new recruits from countries like Senegal that had been largely immune to the jihadist propaganda — and forcing the African authorities and their Western allies to increase efforts to combat the fast-moving threat.
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 11:38
Subcommittee hearing on the threat of Boko Haram
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 06:56
Many border areas are either lawless or controlled by militants, raising the prospect of destabilisation.
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 06:37
After Wednesday's deadly bombing in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the U.S. is now scrambling to keep two key allies in its coalition against the Islamic State from going to war with each other.
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 06:33
More than you think -- and it’s growing. But putting boots on the ground could only make the situation worse.
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 06:18
American warplanes struck an Islamic State camp in Libya early Friday, targeting a senior Tunisian operative linked to two major terrorist attacks in Tunisia last year. The operative, Noureddine Chouchane, was most likely killed in the strike, according to the Pentagon.
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 06:47
At least two police officers have died and 12 people, six of them police officers, been injured after a vehicle packed with explosives blew up while approaching a police patrol post near Dzhemikent, some 20 kilometers north of the coastal town of Derbent in southern Daghestan.