Counterterrorism
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 06:43
The White House is circulating a proposal for new authority to arm and equip Syrian rebels, deepening U.S. involvement in the battle against Islamic militants.
The move would force lawmakers to take a position on a key element of the White House’s soon-to-be-unveiled strategy to confront the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. President Barack Obama will lay out a detailed plan against ISIL during a prime-time speech to the nation on Wednesday night as the growing turmoil in the Middle East increasingly dominates the national debate ahead of the midterm elections.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - 06:16
The French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday that Paris might send troops abroad to fight terrorist groups.
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 07:20
In a report released at a session of the CIS Council of Interior Ministers in Cholpon-Ata, a resort town on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan, Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda revealed on September 4 that 30 members of terrorist organizations have been detained in Tajikistan over the first six months of this year.
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 06:13
As many headlines around the country focus on President Obama's moves in Iraq to contain the violence wreaked by Islamist militants, the news of U.S. airstrikes in Somalia this week targeting the leader of the extremist group al-Shabab may have seemed out of the blue. Yet the U.S. has quietly been building up a large counterterrorism operation in Africa in recent years.
Friday, September 5, 2014 - 13:29
This week the United States provided Lebanon with key bomb detection equipment, Brazil and Russia negotiated anti-aircrafct technology sales, U.S. drone strikes took out the leader of al-Shabaab in Somalia, and NATO took steps for deeper engagement with Georgia.
Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 08:21
Uzbek police have questioned dozens of people in an attempt to discover who hung the black flag of the Islamic State militant group from a bridge in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 13:33
Italy should be able to start deliveries of weapons to Kurdish forces by next week, once final arrangements with Iraqi authorities are completed, Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti told parliament on Wednesday.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 13:11
Lebanon’s police received Wednesday three bomb detecting robots as part of a $2-million U.S. donation to enhance the security forces’ counter terrorism capacities.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 06:54
The launch of Operation Barkhane across the Sahel last month marked a significant shift in France's relationship with the region and its attitude to counter-terrorism.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 11:18
The United States has donated two 13.5 metre patrol boats to the Tunisian Navy and will provide seven additional 7.6 metre patrol boats to the country in the next six months to enhance maritime security in the face of terrorism concerns in the region.