Counterterrorism
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 06:40
A group of women have been detained in Kyrgyzstan's southern region of Jalal-Abad for alleged membership in a banned Islamic group.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 06:21
As outlined a short time ago on Checkpoint, the cost of the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State is likely closing in on $1 billion, and could rise at a cost of between $200 million and $320 million per month as it continues.
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 11:03
Turkey and France have agreed to boost their cooperation and coordination in areas of anti-terrorism and intelligence, according to France's Interior Minister.
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 09:21
Despite operating under an $85 billion supplemental wartime budget, the Pentagon is going back to Congress to ensure that it has the funding to continue its air operations against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, top officials said Friday.
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 07:02
The U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group is growing, with dozens of countries among its ranks. The coalition is contributing a wide range of efforts, from carrying out airstrikes to providing military assistance and humanitarian aid.
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 06:57
Eight Kyrgyz nationals fighting in Syria in the ranks of Islamist forces against government troops have been killed.
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 06:18
The United States and Russia see Daesh as a common enemy but are failing to overcome deep mutual distrust and agree on how to tackle the threat together, making any role for Moscow in the US-led campaign unlikely, say US officials.
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 11:49
An echo of the ISIS war reached the nation of Georgia again this week. A local television channel, Rustavi-2, reported that yet another teenager had been killed in Syria: 18-year-old Beso Kushanashvili would not be coming home to his family in the Pankisi Gorge, the mountain area of Georgia mostly populated with Chechen Muslims. Kushanashvili, according to local reports, was one of about 50 teenagers between 16 and 18 who had left to fight the jihadist war in Syria.
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 11:38
Russia's Security Council has sounded the alarm about Islamic State fighters from former Soviet countries returning home "politically and religiously 'loaded,'" TASS news agency reported Friday.