United States
The US and partner nations carried out six airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and six more in Iraq. President Obama claimed that Afghanistan will no longer be a source of terrorist attacks.
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Islamic State
The Cost of the US Ban on Paying for Hostages
United States
CENTCOM reported that since Dec. 24, the US and partner nations have conducted at least 26 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and 22 in Iraq. The US military said the Islamic State did not down a Jordanian plane, as it had claimed, but that the plane crashed for other reasons.
Iraq
The Islamic State is failing at being a state
Afghanistan
US Stockpiling Fighting Vehicles Near Iraq Ahead of Anti-ISIS Offensive
United States
US police struggle to uncover threats on social media
Iraq
Senior Kurdish rebel leader warns Iraq must stay united to defeat ‘savage’ ISIS
Iraq
No Way Out for Iraqis Who Helped US in War
Al Qaeda
US prepares to ramp up transfers from Guantanamo
FBI
Countering Cyberattacks Without a Playbook
Afghanistan
Karzai aide: Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Omar is in Karachi city of Pakistan
United States
The US and partner nations yesterday carried out 12 airstrikes in Syria and 10 in Iraq against the Islamic State. The Obama administration is reportedly seeking to reduce the current number of Guantanamo detainees, 132, to under 100, so that a law barring the transfer of detainees to the US can be revoked. Secretary of […]
United Kingdom
Police play cat and mouse with online jihadists
Islamic State
Over 1,000 Islamist militants killed in US strikes in Syria: monitor
Syria
US to accept thousands of Syrian refugees for resettlement
FAA
FAA drone approvals bedeviled by warnings, conflict, internal e-mails show
United States
The US and partner nations carried out 10 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and 12 in Syria today. Fifteen airstrikes were conducted by the US and partners in Iraq and Syria against the group on Dec. 19, and 13 more took place over the weekend of Dec. 20-21.
Afghanistan
US firm finds malware targeting visitors to Afghan government websites
Al Qaeda
UN removes former Somali warlord from sanctions list
United States
The US transferred Guantanamo detainees Mohammed Zahir, Abdul Ghani, Khi Ali Gul, and Shawali Khanto to Afghanistan, at the request of Afghan president Ashraf Ghani. The Afghan government is not required to further detain the four men.
Afghanistan
The good news in ‘Afghanistan’s Marshall Plan’
United States
Over the past two days, US and partner nations have carried out 10 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and 16 against the group in Iraq. Officials claimed that US airstrikes have killed over 1,000 Islamic State fighters, as well as a number of senior and mid-level commanders, since mid-November in Iraq and Syria. […]
Iraq
Killing top ISIS leaders won’t cripple group: experts
Islamic State
US backed talks between jihadi clerics and ISIS in effort to save hostage’s life
Iraq
UN: More reports of children crucified, beheaded and stoned to death by Islamic State
United States
Army Lt. Gen. James Terry, commander of US forces in the battle against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, said it is likely to take “a minimum of three years” to reach a turning point against the group. The Pentagon said that coalition airstrikes in Iraq since mid-November have killed “multiple senior and mid-level” […]
United States
Since Dec. 15, the US and partner nations have conducted 61 airstrikes in Iraq and six in Syria against the Islamic State; 45 of the airstrikes in Iraq were in support of Peshmerga and Iraqi forces in the region. President Obama announced the resumption of diplomatic ties with Cuba and Havana’s release of US citizen […]
Islamic State
ISIS broadens recruitment beyond fighters
Afghanistan
US Seeks to Use Letters Found in Bin Laden Raid in Terrorism Trial
United States
Since Dec. 10, the US has conducted 16 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria, and the US and partners have carried out 29 airstrikes against the group in Iraq. President Obama told US troops: “The time of deploying large ground forces with big military footprints to engage in nation building overseas, that’s coming to […]