Terrorism
Monday, February 1, 2016 - 06:15
U.S. Central Command has added to its list of civilian casualties as a result of airstrikes against the Islamic State group.
Monday, February 1, 2016 - 06:06
Fearing that jihadist infiltration through Turkey’s notoriously porous border with Syria will keep exposing Western cities to the risk of terror attacks, the United States is pressuring Turkey to secure the least secure piece of its borderline, supporting the idea with provisions of U.S. gear.
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 07:05
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said his troops will remain in Somalia following an attack by Al-Shabab militants that killed an undisclosed number of soldiers. Fighters from the Somali militant group attacked the African Union base at El Adde, in the Gedo region of Somalia and near the Kenyan border, on January 15.
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 06:26
The United States is considering "decisive" military action against Islamic State fighters entrenched in Libya, but delivering a fatal blow to the militant group will likely require more than airstrikes, experts say.
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 06:18
Pentagon officials have concluded that hundreds more trainers, advisers and commandos from the United States and its allies will need to be sent to Iraq and Syria in the coming months as the campaign to isolate the Islamic State intensifies.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 06:52
Recent airstrikes on cash depots in ISIS-land incinerated more than half-a-billion dollars. The oil operations are being hit—and the willingness to risk civilian casualties is growing.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 06:46
Much of the quagmire in Libya, and the proliferation of IS there, is attributable to Nato’s intervention in Libya in 2011, which was presented as a humanitarian intervention in light of the atrocities of the Libyan civil war.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 09:14
Kenyan soldiers have abandoned a camp in the southern Somali town of El Adde following an attack by al Shabaab, a military spokesman said, and the islamist militants said they had taken full control of the base on Tuesday. The Kenyan troops, part of an African Union (AU) force in Somalia (AMISOM), took heavy losses when al Shabaab launched a dawn raid on the camp near the Kenyan border on Jan. 15.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 08:38
The Pentagon is ramping up intelligence-gathering in Libya as the Obama administration draws up plans to open a third front in the war against the Islamic State.
Friday, January 22, 2016 - 06:49
The United States is accelerating efforts to help Turkey clamp down on its border with Syria, senior U.S. officials said, and for the first time will offer technologies to Ankara to help it secure the frontier.