Counterterrorism
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 06:50
The Obama administration signaled its reluctance Wednesday to launch airstrikes in Iraq or intervene militarily in support of its government, telling Congress that a bombing campaign would be fraught with complications and that Iraq’s political divisions needed to be addressed first.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 06:44
To stop the advance of ISIS, Obama should immediately offer to send into Iraq a limited number of special operations forces and military trainers who can call in airstrikes and buttress the battered Iraqi security forces.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 05:41
Spokesperson Jen Psaki discussed Secretary Kerry's meeting with Saudi Ambassador Adel al-Jubeir, the ongoing conflict in Iraq, nuclear negotiations with Iran, chemical weapons in Syria, the kidnapped teens and President Abbas' response, and the capture of Ahmed Abu Katallah.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 12:06
The Iraqi government has requested US military airstrikes to help combat widespread violence in Iraq, led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the top American general told Congress Wednesday.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 11:05
Three weeks into a new security operation aimed at tightening security in Djibouti, public concerns are increasing over the effectiveness of some of the measures.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 10:58
The United States would be making a historic error if it were to assist Iran with air power or even with diplomatic support in combatting ISIS.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 10:35
A clandestine raid by U.S. Special Forces to capture the chief suspect in attacks on an American diplomatic outpost and CIA compound in Benghazi in 2012 has underscored the fragility of the central Libyan government’s authority, intensifying concerns here about growing instability in the country as Islamists and rebel army forces clash in the east
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 10:29
President Barack Obama has shifted his focus away from airstrikes in Iraq as an imminent option for slowing a fast-moving Islamic insurgency, in part because there are few clear targets that U.S. could hit, officials said.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 06:38
Drawing on the results of a 2013 study in six northern Nigerian states, this report addresses the question of how youth are radicalized and recruited into armed groups and what the Nigerian government and other interested actors can do to prevent it.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 06:31
The Nigerian military has arrested more than 400 people traveling in southern Nigeria on suspicion they are members of the radical group Boko Haram. But Balamato Danbam, a traditional leader from the north, says the travelers were traders, looking to do business in the south.