Egypt
UAE flexes muscle in Mideast reaching beyond its role as finance hub
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United States
The US and partner nations have carried out six airstrikes in Iraq and five in Syria against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. Al Qaeda-linked cleric Abu Hamza a.k.a. Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, 56, was sentenced to life in prison by a US federal court for crimes including his attempt to set up a terrorist training […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Exclusive: Paris attack suspect met prominent al Qaeda preacher in Yemen – intelligence source
Al Qaeda
Charlie Hebdo suspect ‘mentored’ by Abu Hamza disciple
United States
The US and partner nations have conducted seven airstrikes in Iraq and six in Syria against the Islamic State since Dec. 6. The Pentagon announced plans to cease operations at 15 of its bases in Europe, including at Mildenhall airbase in the UK, in a cost-cutting move. A US intelligence official said that Said and […]
United States
The Pentagon said US-led coalition airstrikes on the Islamic State have hit 3,222 targets in Iraq and Syria since August, and that the total number of airstrikes since Aug. 8 is 1,676. President Obama condemned the terrorist attack on a satirical magazine in Paris and offered US assistance to French authorities.
Iraq
Iraqi PM pledges to liberate Iraq as ISIS launch major Anbar assault
Islamic State
Kurdish Fighters Capture Key District of Kobane
United States
The US and partner nations have carried out 10 airstrikes in Syria and two in Iraq against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. The Assad regime accused US Senator John McCain of entering Syria illegally in June 2013 and meeting “with terrorist groups, including leaders of the Nusrah Front.” The US promised to give 250 […]
North Korea
US sanctions seen as warning to nations backing cyberattacks
North Korea
South Korea: North Korea has cyber army of 6,000
United States
The US and partner nations have carried out 14 airstrikes in Syria and six in Iraq against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. The US military is considering whether to provide protective upgrades for the Iraqi Army’s 140-plus tanks. In response to a recent suggestion by Afghanistan’s president that the timeline for the US military’s […]
Iraq
US troops training Iraqi military at bases in Anbar, Taji
US Military
US Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says
United States
The US and partner nations have carried out six airstrikes in Syria and one in Iraq against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. A US drone strike today on the compound of a Taliban commander in North Waziristan, Pakistan killed at least eight foreign militants, reportedly including a “high-value target.”
United States
A US appellate court denied requests by the attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to delay the trial and move it out of Boston. Abu Anas al Libi a.k.a. Nazih Abdul Hamed al Ruqai, a senior al Qaeda operative and suspect in the 1998 US embassy bombings, has died in the US less […]
Iraq
US advisers in Iraq stay out of combat but see fighting edging closer
United States
The US and partner nations carried out 29 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and 23 in Iraq on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. US prosecutors asked that convicted al Qaeda-linked terrorist Abu Hamza be sentenced to life in prison. The Obama administration imposed sanctions on several North Korean officials and groups for a […]
Iraq
Obama Envoy John Allen: No ‘Short-Term Solutions’ for Stopping Islamic State
Iraq
How the Air Campaign Against ISIS Grew
Afghanistan
Afghans take over full security charge, mortars kill 20 civilians
Boko Haram
With Schoolgirls Taken by Boko Haram Still Missing, US-Nigeria Ties Falter
United States
The US and partner nations have conducted 14 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and 11 in Iraq since Dec. 30. The US has transferred five Guantanamo detainees to Kazakhstan. They are Asim Thabit Abdullah Al-Khalaqi, Muhammad Ali Husayn Khanayna, and Sabri Mohammad al Qurash, all Yemenis; and Adel Al-Hakeemy and Abdallah Bin Ali […]
Afghanistan
As US-led combat mission ends, Afghan women fear oppression
United States
The US and partner nations carried out eight airstrikes in Iraq and seven in Syria against the Islamic State. US and Somali officials confirmed that a US airstrike yesterday in Somalia killed Abdishakur a.k.a. Tahliil, the head of Shabaab’s Amniyat, or secret service, along with another militant. The Treasury Department levied sanctions on nine individuals […]
US targets ‘senior leader’ for Shabaab in southern Somalia
The US has launched multiple airstrikes and raids against Shabaab’s leadership cadre over the past decade.
Afghanistan
US airstrikes remain crucial to Afghan forces in Taliban battles
United States
The US and partner nations carried out 12 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and six against the group in Iraq. The US launched an airstrike in southern Somalia targeting a senior Shabaab leader. The State Department criticized a draft resolution on statehood that the Palestinians are planning to submit to the UN. Although […]
Islamic State
In Battle to Defang ISIS, US Targets Its Psychology
United States
The US formally ended the 13-year International Security Assistance Force combat mission in Afghanistan, marking the event with a ceremony in Kabul. Some 13,000 Coalition troops will remain in Afghanistan for NATO’s Resolute Support training mission. The US and partner nations carried out five airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and eight against the […]