Counterterrorism
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 07:13
Spokesperson Jen Psaki commented on the deteriorating situation in Iraq, Egypt's new assembly law, the Palestinian and Israeli conflict, Colombian peace talks, and the nuclear negotiations with Iran
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 07:05
As a fall out of the Paris Summit on counter terrorism, an External Intelligence Response Unit (EIRU) has been established by Nigeria, Benin Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, United Kingdom, France and the United States.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 06:44
Iraq’s appeals for a military response have so far been rebuffed by the White House.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 11:55
NATO Defense Ministers on Tuesday decided to extend NATO’s counter-piracy operation Ocean Shield until the end of 2016.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 11:47
Spokesperson Jen Psaki discusses the Middle East region and in particular ISIL, the deteriorating security situation in Syria and Iraq, sexual assault in Egypt, the Middle East peace process, Iran negotiations, oil sales in Iraq, and outside the Middle East- on the social and political situation in Central America and Mexico
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 10:23
The power balance in Yemen’s north is shifting. In early 2014, Zaydi Shiite fighters, known as the Huthis or Ansar Allah (Partisans of God), won a series of battles, in effect consolidating their control over Saada governorate, on the border of Saudi Arabia, and expanding southward to the gates of the capital, Sanaa.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 07:58
After the capture of Mosul by Islamic militants, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki called for parliament to declare a state of emergency and urged international organizations such as the United Nations, the Arab League and the European Union to support Iraq's mission in combating terrorism.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 07:49
Washington should provide the military support that Mr. Maliki desires—drone strikes, weapons, reconnaissance assets, targeting assistance, improved and expanded training for his forces, even manned airstrikes. But only if he and Iraq's leading politicians agree to settle the deep sectarian conflicts that have brought the country to its present plight.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 07:27
Mr. Ford, the former U.S. envoy for Syria, urged the United States and its allies to substantially step up the supply of arms to the moderate Syrian rebels in order to increase the opposition’s leverage in potential peace talks and combat the rise of extremist groups there.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 07:23
Recent headlines and new studies support the conclusion that global terror trends are heading in an ever more dangerous direction. By overly focusing on narrowly addressing the threats identified with 9/11, we risk creating precisely the same conditions that led to those attacks and ignoring other, perhaps more serious, emerging threats.