Foreign Policy
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 12:45
But that isn't stopping hawks in Congress like Sen. Marco Rubio from calling for a new round of crippling sanctions against the country -- a development that some observers fear could spoil the fragile negotiations.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 08:36
Markey is far from the only Democrat who believes that the White House needs to not just keep the current measures in place but also prepare to add newer, tougher ones.
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 08:54
That attempt to find a middle ground, though, sparked anger and confusion on Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers accused the White House of doing too much and some accused it of doing too little.
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 08:16
Congressional aides in both parties tell The Cable that members were blindsided by last night's CNN report that the administration was ready to cut off aid.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 09:34
As the attack on Nairobi's Westgate mall and the failed Oct. 4 raid by Navy SEALs in Somalia have reminded the world, the fight against terrorism in East Africa is far from over. It's a fight that has been ongoing for two decades, but since 2001, the United States has outsourced much of the effort to a series of local proxies -- forces from Ethiopia, the African Union (AU), and, most recently, Kenya.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 09:27
Last Friday, Navy SEALs reportedly attacked a compound in the coastal city of Barawe, Somalia, with the goal of capturing or killing a senior leader of al-Shabab. According to an Obama administration official: "It did not achieve the objective." Hours later, Army Delta Force commandos were reportedly involved in a mission in Tripoli, Libya, which led to the capture of Abu Anas al-Libi, who was indicted in a U.S. district court for his alleged involvement in the U.S. African embassy bombings in 1998.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 09:39
Twenty years to the day after the failed "Black Hawk Down" Ranger mission in Mogadishu, Somalia, the commander of a Navy SEAL team attempting to extract a terrorist kingpin from a coastal village pulled his unit out as the mission started to founder and it became clear the militant leader couldn't be taken alive.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 09:32
Al-Shabab is back. After suffering a series of crippling defeats at the hands of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army, the militant Islamist organization had all but disappeared from Somalia's major urban areas -- and from the list of concerns of many in the international community. But the recent attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, and the dramatic raid this weekend by U.S. Navy SEALs on the coastal Somali town of Barawe have served to highlight the resurgence of the terrorist group.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:35
But the operation -- which is being conducted by a team of 35 people -- will need to scale up rapidly in the coming weeks to be able to handle the task.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:30
The government is already struggling to assert its control over many parts in the country, and this latest event is bound to complicate matters.