Counterterrorism
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 08:26
Threats to the KRG by radical Islamic and Sunni Arab groups have re-emerged with changing political circumstances in post-Saddam Iraq and the region.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 08:24
He also denied that the camps were a staging point for terrorist operations in Lebanon, and asserted that no cars were outfitted with explosives inside any of them.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 08:20
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based jihadi group, has claimed responsibility for an attack that rocked South Sinai's security department on Monday.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 08:03
Al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists in Mali are claiming responsibility for fresh attacks following the August election of a new civilian government. The United States says it is helping in the fight against terrorism in Mali but will not provide military assistance because of concerns about Mali's army.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:59
Following a sea-launched attack that targeted a seaside building in Barawe, a coastal town in Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia last Saturday, Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab group reportedly beefed up its militias presence , Garowe Online reports.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:53
Progress in Somalia has been “significant,” a senior Defense Department official told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, and the United States will continue to work with the Somali government to defeat terrorism there.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:49
A US government official and two think-tank analysts raised questions on Tuesday about Kenya’s role in Somalia in comments to the US Senate.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:38
Central to this strategy, and hinted at in the revised Law on Terrorism passed in January 2013, is the idea of coopting the public in the fight against these potential threats.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:35
The defense minister of Somalia federal government Abdihakim Haji Fiqi said his ministry was pre-informed with the U.S operation on a house in Barawe town on Saturday.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:21
Officials identify target of failed raid in Somalia last weekend as coordinator between al-Qaeda and al-Shabab.