Counterterrorism
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:31
French air strikes in the mountains of northern Mali have killed Islamist militant Oumar Ould Hamaha, a jihadist with a $3 million U.S. government bounty on his head, a Malian military source said on Friday.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:05
Three "extremists" have been killed and 17 arrested in the latest security operation in Sinai, Egypt’s army spokesman said on Monday.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:57
Tunisian counter-terrorism forces killed three armed militants early Monday after surrounding their home in a clash which lasted several hours, the state news agency reported.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:50
The United States has delivered 100 Hellfire missiles, along with assault rifles and ammunition, to Iraq as part of its anti-terrorism assistance to the country, the US embassy to Iraq has said.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:49
The army's blunt tactic of rocketing suspected hideouts is failing, they say, because the militants have mastered the terrain.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:48
Spanish and Moroccan authorities on Friday arrested seven suspected members of an al-Qaida-linked extremist cell allegedly recruiting members to fight in Syria and other hotspots.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:28
Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had accused in a TV interview on March 8 of supporting terrorism in Iraq, didn’t attend, despite being invited, according to the organizing committee.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:25
The Council of Arab Interior Ministers on Thursday (March 13th) wrapped up a two-day session in Morocco with a call for member states to co-operate in the investigation, prosecution and extradition of terrorists.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:15
They also reviewed particularly the cooperation in the field of military training and rehabilitation as well as technical aspects of cooperation in the field of counterterrorism
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 07:53
On Tuesday March 4, the Department of State released the Congressional Budget Justification for the administration’s fiscal year 2015 budget request. The report details how a requested base budget of $40.3 billion and an additional $5.9 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds would be spent on the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, if approved.