Counterterrorism
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 07:02
U.S. officials have one month to interrogate the suspected ringleader behind the Benghazi attack before reading him his Miranda rights.
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 07:00
The Obama administration isn’t ruling out airstrikes in Syria against a Sunni militant group that is on the march in Iraq.
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:38
U.S. troops in Iraq is just the start. The Obama administration is also reaching out to a host of one-time friends as it ramps up its campaign against ISIS.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 13:56
The billions of dollars we invested in reconstituting, arming and training Iraqi security forces over the last decade is now money down a rat hole — or worse, since some of the weapons, uniforms and supplies are now in the hands of the most dangerous and anti-American factions.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 11:09
The United States will deploy up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help its beleaguered security forces fend off Sunni militants
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 08:31
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says U.S. air strikes on Islamic militants in Iraq could lead to many civilian deaths.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:13
Libya condemned the United States on Wednesday for snatching a man suspected of masterminding the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, describing the arrest as a violation of Libyan sovereignty.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:11
The Obama administration has told the United Nations that Ahmed Abu Khattala, the suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was plotting additional attacks on Americans and that the United States conducted the weekend raid that seized him under its right to self-defense.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:08
Captured Libyan terrorism suspect Ahmed Abu Khattala may be brought to the United States aboard the Navy ship on which he is being held, U.S. officials said, a prospect that would probably extend the amount of time he can be interrogated by the FBI without being brought before a court.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:05
The CIA and other spy agencies are scrambling to close intelligence gaps in the region and track the movements of key figures in ISIS