Counterterrorism
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 13:58
For the United States, the continued Houthi expansion also raises concerns about the stability of a partnership with Yemen in the fight against AQAP. According to a recent Security Assistance Monitor country profile on U.S. Security Assistance to Yemen, the United States has allocated $343 million in military equipment and training to Yemen aimed primarily at countering AQAP from FY 2011 to FY 2014.
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 06:32
The Pentagon will request about $51 billion in war funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, a 20 percent reduction from the $64 billion Congress approved this year and the least since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, officials and congressional aides said.
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 06:12
Years after the U.S. military tried to create a new army in Iraq, American trainers have returned to help rebuild the country’s fighting force. But this time, things are different. With the Iraqis dependent on their own logistics, there is a shortage of weapons and ammunition, and the U.S. training is focused on the will to fight.
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 07:57
Buildings, fighting positions and light vehicles top the list of targets for the more than 3,200 airstrikes that the U.S. and its coalition partners have unleashed on Iraq and Syria since last summer.
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 07:35
U.S.-led aircraft have dropped nearly 5,000 bombs in the air war against ISIS jihadists in Iraq and Syria, damaging or destroying more than 3,000 targets including tanks, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 07:30
Participants at the conference discussed the security situation in the Central Asian countries and ways to track down extremists and terrorists. They concluded the forum by adopting a joint statement containing specific recommendations for addressing threats and challenges.
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 06:59
A high-level Peshmerga delegation arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday to discuss measures to deepen security and military cooperation between Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 07:58
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, on Tuesday confirmed that Niger Republic and the Republic of Chad had withdrawn their troops from the Multinational Joint Task Force base following increase in the activities of the Boko Haram sect.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 06:52
The United States has answered Iraqi pleas for more heavy equipment, donating 250 mine-resistant armored vehicles to Baghdad. The mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, or MRAPs, are intended to withstand roadside bombs.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 05:48
Depending on the military’s findings, Barack Obama’s administration could face more pressure to move U.S. troops closer to the front lines to better coordinate targeting against the Islamic State, thereby potentially putting more U.S. soldiers in harm’s way. But experts warn that given the enemy and the nature of this war, civilian deaths will be difficult to avoid entirely in any event.