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U.S. Confronts Failures as Terrorism Spreads in West Africa
New York Times· 3 hours agoGroups that have declared allegiance to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State are on the march. Military...
Three Iraqis Remember IS Horrors In Mosul A Decade On
International Business Times· 1 day agoWhen the Islamic State group rampaged through Iraq's ancient city of Mosul a decade ago, the...
Ukraine sent special forces to Syria to attack Russians there, revealing a new front to the war:...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRussia has been involved in Syria's civil war since 2015, when it launched a military intervention...
Attacks on businesses linked to US brands rattle Baghdad as anger over the war in Gaza surges
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 7 hours agoA dozen masked men jump out of two SUVs and a white pickup and storm a KFC in Baghdad, smashing...
Gunman Attacks U.S. Embassy in Lebanon
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoLebanese soldiers nearby quickly shot back. According to the Lebanese security official, the gunman was wearing a helmet and had “Islamic State” written...
Man who helped teen to join Islamic State group is jailed again
BBC News· 2 days agoA man jailed for helping a teenager to join the Islamic State (IS) group has been locked up again....
‘Strangers in their own land’: Iraqi Yazidis and their plight, 7 years on from genocide
Houston Chronicle· 4 days agoDuring my ethnographic fieldwork in a refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2019, I witnessed how this festival brings joy to the displaced Yazidis as they celebrate with family and friends and ...
Counter-Terrorism: Industrial Decapitation In Action
Strategy Page· 18 hours agoJanuary 22, 2018: To those familiar with Arab military history the discovery of so many ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) weapon and ammunition ...
Seven soldiers killed in attack in northern Benin park
Reuters· 2 days agoBenin's northern neighbours are insurgency-plagued Burkina Faso and Niger, making it vulnerable to cross-border attacks by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State ...
What to know about Russia's growing footprint in Africa
Houston Chronicle· 20 hours agoRussia's top diplomat pledged help and military assistance while on a whirlwind tour of several...