Military Operations
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 07:00
The Obama administration isn’t ruling out airstrikes in Syria against a Sunni militant group that is on the march in Iraq.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 10:35
A clandestine raid by U.S. Special Forces to capture the chief suspect in attacks on an American diplomatic outpost and CIA compound in Benghazi in 2012 has underscored the fragility of the central Libyan government’s authority, intensifying concerns here about growing instability in the country as Islamists and rebel army forces clash in the east
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 08:47
American Special Operations forces have captured the suspected leader of the attack on the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, in September 2012 and taken him out of that country in a secret commando operation, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 07:33
The interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya show that the use of force as the primary instrument did not sustainably secure U.S. interests in those countries over time, nor assure U.S. allies of its mutual defense obligations, and had no latent capacity to deter potential adversaries.
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 12:16
For over two years, the Egyptian military has been conducting large-scale military operations in North Sinai in response to a series of insurgent attacks targeting Egyptian security forces. However, Egypt’s response—supported by the United States and Israel—to the group conducting the insurgency in Sinai and the Nile Delta, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM), lacks innovation and adaptability. The “War on Terror” has become predictable in ways that have been taken advantage of by ABM. Until the Egyptian military and its allies begin to properly understand ABM’s strategy and learn from past mistakes in their approach to confronting Islamist insurgency, they will be largely ineffective in combating
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 06:54
Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday asserted that the Obama administration had taken the option of military intervention to resolve conflicts off the table.
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 06:24
Fourteen people, mostly soldiers, have been killed in an attack by suspected al-Qaeda militants in Southern Yemen following a series of recent drone strikes in April.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 13:36
But the latest clashes are characterized by a new aspect, which is the growing desire by Yemeni authorities to face al-Qaeda amid the unprecedented popular support for the Yemeni army. This support was rare in the past for many reasons, most notably the direct role of the United States in the war on terrorism.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 11:57
Tens of thousands of Yemeni people have staged a protest on the streets of the capital, Sana'a, to condemn the army for attacking and killing Shia Houthi fighters.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 11:14
Security forces dealt al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula a punishing blow this week, striking an al-Qaeda training camp in mountainous southern Yemen and arresting 10 al-Qaeda elements in Shabwa province, officials said.