List of Terrorism articles
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***NETHERLANDS OUT*** Netherlans' F-35C Lightning II joint striker fighter aircraft fly in formation with F16 Fighting Falcon aircrafts during the Dutch Air Force Days at Leeuwarden Air Base in Leeuwarden on June 10, 2016. A Swiss fighter crashed and burst into flames in the Netherlands June 9 after hitting another jet during a training session before an air show, officials said. The pilot from the aerobatics team of the Swiss air force ejected to safety, Dutch and Swiss officials said. / AFP / ANP / Vincent Jannink / Netherlands OUT (Photo credit should read VINCENT JANNINK/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: U.S. Sells More Weapons to Gulf Kingdoms; General Warns of More Civ. Casualties; Trump Out-Drones Obama
Yemen Active on Capitol Hill; Day After Mosul; U.S. Balks at U.N. Peacekeeping; Saudi’s Nascent defense Industry; China’s Spy at State
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Iraqis displaced from the Nablous neighbourhood due to the ongoing fighting against Islamic State (IS) group fighters, flee to the Al-Sumoud neighbourhood on March 22, 2017, as an ongoing offensive by Iraqi forces to retake the city of Mosul from the jihadists continues. Iraqi forces launched a major operation to recapture west Mosul -- the most-populated urban area still held by IS -- on February 19, and have retaken a series of neighbourhoods from the jihadists. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Generals Warn of More Civilian Casualties, As ISIS Wages Desperate Fight in Mosul
American military commanders are warning that more civilians will likely be put at risk during the fight to dislodge the Islamic State from Mosul, underscoring a harsh truth of urban warfare.
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Syria Control Map-AlJazeeraISW Can Trump End the War in Syria?
The “Art of the Syrian Deal” is possible.
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The new Pentagon chief and US Secretary of Defence, James Mattis (L), is welcomed by Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend? upon his arrival in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on February 20, 2017. The United States is not about to plunder Iraq's petroleum reserves, Defence Secretary Jim Mattis, who arrived in Baghdad, said as he sought to soothe partners rattled by President Donald Trump. / AFP / Thomas WATKINS (Photo credit should read THOMAS WATKINS/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: General Says U.S. Likely Involved in Deadly Mosul Airstrike; NATO Changes Posture; Record Number of Airstrikes in Iraq, Syria
Loyalty Tests in the Pentagon; North Korea Making Drones; Tillerson Heading for NATO, Turkey
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crop ‘Carlos the Jackal’ Receives Third Sentence to Life in Prison
The final chapter in a legal battle against the man who was once the world’s most wanted fugitive.
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<> on September 23, 2010 in Marja, Afghanistan. ‘Mission Accomplished’ Will Never Come in Afghanistan
Will the Trump administration put American interests first, or the president’s own obsession with "winning"?
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TOPSHOT - Smoke plumes rise after an airstrike in west Mosul on March 10, 2017 as Iraqi forces advance in the city during the ongoing battle to seize it from the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group. / AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) As U.S. Airstrikes Rise, So Do Allegations of Civilian Deaths
A massive bombing in Mosul that may have killed as many as 200 people tops a growing list of sites where the U.S. is accused of bombing civilians.
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US Defense Secretary James Mattis waits for the arrival of Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Secretary Mohammed bin Salman at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Has a Strategy for Destroying the Islamic State — and It’s Working
It may be incremental, but it's coherent. And watch out, Iran.
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A man carries fake nuclear barrels during a demonstration to demand the closure of Fessenheim nuclear power plant on March 12, 2017 in Fessenheim, eastern France. / AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIEN BOZON (Photo credit should read SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images) Cutting Funding to the IAEA Is a Horrible Idea
If you care about national security or the war on terrorism, why would you cut the nuclear nonproliferation budget?
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Yemeni loyalist forces patrol a highway near the Red Sea port town of Mocha on January 20, 2017. / AFP / SALEH AL-OBEIDI (Photo credit should read SALEH AL-OBEIDI/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Sources: Pentagon’s New Look at Yemen Effort; Mattis’ Letter to White House; Generals Want More in Somalia
Mosul Air Strike Blowback; U.S. Troops Blend into Mosul Fight; NATO Worried about Russia in Libya as U.S. Keeps Troops There; And Lots More
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isof Goodbye, Islamic State. Hello, Anarchy.
The forces liberating Mosul are fighting each other, and opening the door to an Islamic State resurgence.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) shakes hands with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after reviewing the honor guard at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran on January 10, 2015. Maduro arrived in the Iranian capital the previous day for a 24-hour visit during which he will meet officials from fellow OPEC member Iran to discuss plunging oil prices, state television said. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) In Venezuela’s Toxic Brew, Failed Narco-State Meets Iran-Backed Terrorism
Venezuela has become a rabidly anti-American failed state that appears to be incubating the convergence of narco-trafficking and jihadism in America’s own backyard.
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churchill Islamic State Claims Credit for British-Born London Attacker
Politicians nevertheless still found a way to blame immigration.
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<> on March 10, 2011 in Ras Lanuf, Libya. Libya Can’t Save Itself
As fighting heats up between rival armed groups and Russia increases its involvement, a power vacuum threatens to tear the country apart.
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TOPSHOT - US President Barack Obama(R)welcomes President-elect Donald Trump to the White House in Washington, DC January 20, 2017. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s War on Terror Rejects Obama’s Off-Shore Balancing for Obama’s Operational Raiding
Donald Trump's approach to combating terrorism looks a lot like Obama's.
