List of Terrorism articles
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US President Donald Trump (R) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Administration Tries to Salvage Gulf Relations, Contra Trump
The Pentagon, State Department, and White House all struggled to get their story straight on the Qatar crisis.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and British Prime Minister Theresa May ,participate in a joint press conference at the East Room of the White House January 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Prime Minister May is on a visit to the White House and had a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office with President Trump. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) The U.S. and U.K. Have the Same Affliction: A Crisis at the Top
Political trends in the United States and United Kingdom often mirror each other.
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Evacuees from Marawi City camp rest at the Saguiaran Townhall in Lanao del Sur on the southern island of Mindanao on June 5, 2017. Efforts to rescue up to 2,000 civilians trapped in fighting between government forces and Islamist militants in a Philippine city failed on June 4 when a proposed truce ended in a hail of gunfire and explosions, authorities and witnesses said. / AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) Duterte’s War on Terror Also Looks Like a War on Civilians
The Philippines’ unbridled war on terror looks uncomfortably like its war on drugs.
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Iraqi soldiers display a captured flag of the Islamic State in the Hamam al-Alil area, about 14 kilometres from the southern outskirts of Mosul, on November 7, 2016 after recapturing it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists during the ongoing operation to retake Mosul. Iraqi forces retook a key town from the Islamic State group, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) Germany Just Nabbed the Islamic State’s ‘Europe Correspondent’
A Syrian man allegedly cultivated sources and fact-checked reports on behalf of an ISIS-linked newswire.
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An Iranian man holds a local newspaper displaying a portrait of Donald Trump a day after his election as the new US president, in the capital Tehran, on November 10, 2016. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on November 9 there was "no possibility" of its nuclear deal with world powers being overturned by US president-elect Donald Trump despite his threat to rip it up. / AFP / ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) By Rubbing Salt in Iran’s Wounds, Trump Accomplished Nothing
Nuance and dignity aren't in the president's diplomatic playbook.
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WASHINGTON - AUGUST 20: U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft (C) speaks as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Patrick Fitzgerald (R) and Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Christopher Wray (L) listen during a news conference August 20, 2004 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. Ashcroft announced that Muhammad Hamid Khalil Salah of suburban Chicago, and Abdelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar of suburban Washington, DC, were arrested and an arrest warrant was issued for Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, a former U.S. resident who currently resides in Damascus, Syria, on charges of conspiracy to illegally finance the Hamas, a group officially declared a "foreign terrorist organization" by the State Department. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Trump Pick to Lead the FBI Is A War on Terror Veteran
Best known for representing Gov. Chris Christie, Christopher Wray would take over the FBI at a moment of turmoil.
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An undercover Iranian policeman (L) holds a weapon outside the Iranian parliament in the capital Tehran on June 7, 2017 during an attack on the complex. The Islamic State group claimed its first attacks in Iran as gunmen and suicide bombers killed at least five people in twin assaults on parliament and the tomb of the country's revolutionary founder in Tehran. / AFP PHOTO / FARS NEWS / Omid VAHABZADEH (Photo credit should read OMID VAHABZADEH/AFP/Getty Images) What the Islamic State Wants in Attacking Iran
With a spectacular and bloody assault in central Tehran, the Sunni jihadi group is fanning the flames of a sectarian war.
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TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 7: A child is lowered from a window in the Iranian parliament building following an attack on June 7, 2017 in Tehran, Iran. An assault on the parliament building is now reportedly over following hours of audible gunfire. (Photo by Omid Vahabzadeh/Getty Images) Islamic State Attacks in Iran Leave 12 Dead, Over 40 Injured
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack likely to deepen the rifts in a region already reeling from a divisive week.
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syria1 The United States Is Getting Dragged Into the Fight for Syria’s South
America's allies find themselves trapped between the Islamic State and pro-Assad militias -- and the only thing keeping them safe is U.S. airstrikes.
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A fighter of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, looks with binoculars as he sits next to anti-tank weapons in the village of Sabah al-Khayr on the northern outskirts of Deir Ezzor as they drive to encircle the Islamic State (IS) group bastion of Raqa on February 21, 2017. The SDF made a major incursion into the oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor as part of their push for Raqa, field commander Dejwar Khabat said. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Bombs Iranian Militia in Syria, As Fight For Raqqa Begins
Iran and U.S. edge closer to direct conflict in proxy fight in Syria.
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US President Donald Trump speaks during the Arab Islamic American Summit at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Plan to Defeat Terrorism Is Self Defeating
The president's counterterrorism strategy appears to be a dysfunctional combination of repurposed elements of the Bush and Obama approaches infused with some of Trump’s worst impulses
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yemenaqap One Yemeni Governor Wants Trump to Know: You’re Fighting al Qaeda All Wrong
It's local forces and economic assistance that will defeat jihadism, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Saeed bin Bourek says, not drone strikes.
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JUNE 05: British Prime Minister, Theresa May speaks at Clockwork Removals as the Conservative election campaign resumes on June 5, 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The political parties have resumed campaigning after the weekend's terror attacks in the London Bridge and Borough areas of Central London. Theresa May will campaign in London, Scotland and West Yorkshire today. (Photo by Ben Stansall - WPA Pool/Getty Images) Who Is Theresa May and What Does She Stand For?
Uncertain times call for inspired and inspiring leaders, and the question is whether the British prime minister is up to the task.
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Images of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah are seen among scores of Hezbollah and Lebanese national flags being waved by Hezbollah supporters during a ceremony to mark first anniversary of the war with Israel, 14 August 2007. Nasrallah reiterated to a mass rally broadcast live on television that his Shiite group had won a divine victory. "Today is the anniversary of the divine victory," Nasrallah told the thousands of men, women and children who had gathered in an empty lot of Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh controlled by Hezbollah. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images) Lebanese Lawmakers Lobbied U.S. Officials to Soften Hezbollah Sanctions
Washington is putting the squeeze on Hezbollah. Lebanon says that could crush its economy.
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An Afghan security force member stands at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul on May 31, 2017. At least 40 people were killed or wounded on May 31 as a massive blast ripped through Kabul's diplomatic quarter, shattering the morning rush hour and bringing carnage to the streets of the Afghan capital. / AFP PHOTO / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) Afghanistan Blames Pakistan for Planning Deadly Kabul Attack
Afghan intelligence services admit they knew an attack was coming, but blame the government next door for organizing it.
