Counterterrorism
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 12:56
Press Secretary Carney addresses the Muslin Brotherhood in United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the intercepted arms shipment from Iran to Gaza, and cuban prisoners.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 11:34
Spokesperson Psaki addresses Secretary Kerry's meetings with Israeli Officials, settlements, the bilateral security agreement in Afghanistan, and the ongoing engagement on fighting terrorism in Pakistan.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:32
According to Naqshbandi, some 200 Kurds had left the Kurdistan region separately to join radical anti-regime militant groups in Syria.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:28
An African Union official says the organization’s Mission to Mali and the Sahel (MISAHEL) has launched a cooperation initiative with countries in the Sahel to combat terrorism as part of efforts to stabilize the region.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:22
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco traveled to Turkey, Yemen and Saudi Arabia on March 6-9 as a part of regular consultations with three of the United States’ key partners, read the statement.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:21
Somalia — Columns of African Union and Somali troops are moving deeper into land controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants, forcing fighters to flee from five towns in quick succession in a further squeezing of al-Shabab’s strongholds.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:00
Somali government and African Union forces say they have recaptured territory that was held by the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:52
The Somali National Army (SNA) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have captured several strategic towns in southwest Somalia in a wide scale military offensive against al-Shabaab.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:47
The conflict between radical Islamists and the government of Nigeria is little noted in the United States compared with the attention paid to that in Somalia, where al-Shabaab militants have battled what little federal authority exists there for the past nine years.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:45
On 25 February, terrorist organisation Boko Haram struck again when it ruthlessly killed more than 50 students at a school in the Nigerian town of Buni Yadi. The students had been asleep in their dormitory.