Afghanistan
Official: Afghan President Orders Military Review
Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist
United States
The US has agreed to provide up to 1,000 extra US troops for the NATO mission in Afghanistan next year to fill the gap created by other nations’ unfulfilled troop commitment pledges. About two dozen US special forces led Yemeni troops in a commando raid in eastern Yemen that rescued eight hostages held by al […]
Iraq
Iraq to overhaul Baghdad security to stop bombings
Islamic State
UN: Islamic State group got up to $45M in ransoms
US Military
America Musn’t Neglect Its Nukes
Shabaab
Failures Preceded British Soldier’s Killing
France
‘Make thicker walls’: Terrorism fears high as drones survey French nuclear reactors
Egypt
Why some Arabs are rejecting strict interpretations of sharia
United Kingdom
A government report on the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby found that the one of the murderers, Michael Adebolajo, had been the subject of five MI5 investigations prior to the crime, including one involving an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) plot against the West in 2011. The report also found that the […]
Islamic State
Saudi Arabia says Islamic State ordered attack on Shiites in al-Ahsa
Iraq
Turkey, US ease strains on Islamic State but differences remain
Austria
Nations Ponder How to Handle European Fighters Returning From Jihad
Iraq
Islamic State toughens tactics in Iraq’s Anbar, targeting potential enemies
United States
CENTCOM said the US and partner nations have carried out nine airstrikes in Syria and 15 in Iraq against the Islamic State since Nov. 21. Defense Secretary Hagel tendered his resignation, reportedly after pressure by the Obama administration. Officials questioned and released a suspect, said to be a Saudi college student, who triggered a four-hour […]
France
French jihadist Mickael Dos Santos and his mother denied that he was featured in a recent Islamic State video as an executioner. The mayor of the small town of Labastide-Rouairoux in southern France identified French jihadist Abou Ossama Al-Faranci as appearing in the video, and noted that he had left Toulouse for Syria about a […]
United Kingdom
Home Secretary May warned that the UK is facing its biggest ever threat of terrorism, and said authorities have foiled some 40 major terrorist plots since the July 2005 subway bombings. She is proposing new antiterrorism legislation, including measures to require schools, colleges, and probation providers help prevent radicalization. A senior antiterrorism official said that […]
Iran
Iran Nuclear Talks Extended Until July
Afghanistan
Afghan Women Are Excluded From Peace Overtures to Taliban, Report Says
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Quietly Lifts Ban on Night Raids
Kenya
Kenya bus attack: Military ‘kills 100 Shabab militants’
Poland
US troops to remain in Baltics, Poland next year
United Kingdom
Metropolitan police commissioner Hogan-Howe said the police have stopped “four or five” terror attacks already this year, in comparison to one per year in recent years. He estimated that 500 people have left the UK to fight for extremist groups in Iraq and Syria. Khalid Mahmood, a Muslim MP from Birmingham, said 2,000 is a […]
Iraq
Turkey training Kurdish peshmerga forces in fight against ISIS
Iraq
Combatting ISIS requires ground forces: Saudi Prince Miteb
United States
In recent weeks, President Obama quietly broadened the US mission in Afghanistan in 2015, authorizing US forces to conduct missions against the Taliban and other groups that threaten Afghanistan, the US, or Coalition forces and to support Afghan troops in combat missions. US troop levels in Afghanistan, to be reduced to about 4,900 by the […]
Afghanistan
In Kapisa province, an hour’s drive outside Kabul, Taliban reign
Jordan
Jordan’s arrest of Brotherhood leader triggers debate
Iraq
Thousands of Iraq Chemical Weapons Destroyed in Open Air, Watchdog Says
Kenya
Shabaab gunmen killed 28 non-Muslims, including nine women, after ambushing a bus in Mandera near the border with Somalia. Shabaab claimed the attack, saying it was retaliation for government raids in Mombasa earlier this week. The Australian Navy intercepted a shipment of $155 million-worth of heroin off the East African coast on Nov. 17; Australian […]
Germany
The Interior Ministry now estimates that 550 people have left Germany to fight for extremist groups in Iraq and Syria, up from an estimate of 450 a few days ago. Authorities are also monitoring 230 other people who are considered possible threats in Germany.