Counterterrorism
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:52
KDF Forces yesterday conducted a major aerial offensive against an Al Shabaab location in the Dinsoor region in Somalia destroying a training camp used by the militants at Hurguun.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:30
Kenyan warplanes targeted an Al-Shabaab training camp today inside Somalia, according to military officials. The al Qaeda-linked Islamist group has been connected to the attack in a Nairobi mall last month where 67 people where killed.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:24
Military says camp with about 300 fighters bombed in Somalia's Dinsoor region, but al-Shabab denies attack.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 13:08
Kazakh Prosecutor General Ashat Daulbaev and the U.S. Charge d'Affairs John Ordway discussed the issues of fighting against extremism and terrorism, the agency's press service reported.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:57
That said, the administration "is working closely with Congress" to facilitate the kind of military and intelligence aid being sought by al-Maliki from the United States.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:47
Tunisian security forces arrested five Salafist "terrorists" implicated in two failed attacks on Wednesday in resort towns on Tunisia's eastern coast, the interior ministry announced.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:32
Gen. Austin and other U.S. officials have blamed the violence in part on decisions by Mr. Maliki's government to exclude most Sunni Muslims from access to any real power in the Shiite Muslim-majority country.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:24
The United States renews its commitment to help Iraq combat al-Qaeda with military sales and intelligence sharing, Agence France-Presse reported a U.S. official as saying on Wednesday.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:18
Patrick F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for Management, testifies in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss State Department accountability practices.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:13
Bipartisan skeptics in Congress are holding up a possible Apache sale, in protest of Maliki’s political decisions and out of concern that his forces might turn the Apaches on internal opponents.