Terrorism
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 06:21
The terror group is gaining ground in Libya. But the Obama administration has said no to a Pentagon plan to go after ISIS there.
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 06:12
U.S.-led air strikes on Islamic State cash storage sites have cost the militant group hundreds of millions of dollars, a U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday.
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 06:09
U.S. troops in Iraq are setting up a train-advise-and-assist team at a forward operating base near the Islamic State group's front lines outside of Mosul, not far from the site of recent chemical weapons attacks.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 06:34
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday not to let Daesh build a base in Libya, saying the United States would take action where there was a “clear target”.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 06:27
The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State with 30 strikes in Syria and Iraq on Monday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said in a statement.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 08:57
The Pentagon says new warplanes will help Islamabad fight al Qaeda, but U.S. lawmakers don’t want taxpayers footing the bill.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 08:48
Canada’s new plan to significantly boost the size of its special forces commitment in Iraq, give arms to the Kurds as well as provide more than $700 million in humanitarian aid has taken the sting out of the country’s decision to withdraw its fighter jets from coalition efforts against the Islamic State.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 08:47
The Obama administration and the Iraqi government are eager to retake Iraq’s second-largest city from the Islamic State, but the top U.S. military brass says not so fast.
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 06:44
In a new report, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predicts the ranks of the Islamic State will swell in 2016.
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 06:16
The Obama administration opened a two-front campaign on Syria on Thursday with a push to end one war there and step up another.