Iran
Recent Iran airstrikes in Iraq help drive Islamic State from 2 towns
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Iran
Iran Bombing Islamic State In Iraq, US Official Confirms
Iraq
Iraqi Government and Kurds Reach Deal to Share Oil Revenues
Boko Haram
Boko Haram Attacks With Ease, Causing Death and Mayhem in Nigeria’s Provinces
United States
CENTCOM said there have been 26 airstrikes in Syria and 28 in Iraq against the Islamic State since Nov. 28, and that in addition one airstrike near Aleppo targeted al Qaeda’s Khorasan network in Syria. The FBI and the Homeland Security Department warned that Islamic State operatives are planning to target current and former members […]
United States
The US State Department’s YouTube ‘digital jihad’
Iran
Islamic State cell strikes Shiites in Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Syria says US-led strikes have not weakened Islamic State
Afghanistan
Russia claims Islamic State is supplying half of all Afghan heroin coming to Europe
Iraq
US advisers stay out of harm’s way in Iraq
United States
CENTCOM said that between Nov. 24 and Nov. 26, US aircraft targeted the Islamic State with 10 airstrikes in Syria, and that US and partner air forces launched seven airstrikes against the group in Iraq. Additional strikes were carried out yesterday in Iraq and Syria. A covert US-led special forces mission that rescued eight hostages […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Yemen raid: Rescuers missed Western hostages
United Kingdom
Concern about drones as number of near misses surges in recent months
Afghanistan
US Adds Planes to Bolster Drive to Wipe Out ISIS
Hezbollah
Hezbollah arrives in Iraq
Iraq
Iraqi forces, tribal fighters advance against ISIS in Anbar
Al Nusrah Front
How a French truck driver became a target of the US air war in Syria
Qatar
Qatar runs covert desert training camp for Syrian rebels
Afghanistan
Official: Afghan President Orders Military Review
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
Iraq
Turkey, US ease strains on Islamic State but differences remain
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 […]
Iran
Iran Nuclear Talks Extended Until July
Afghanistan
Afghan Women Are Excluded From Peace Overtures to Taliban, Report Says
Poland
US troops to remain in Baltics, Poland next year
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 […]