List of Terrorism articles
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Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces gather near a village north-east of Raqa on February 3, 2017, during their advance on the jihadists' de facto capital in Syria. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Promises to Defeat ISIS ‘Quickly’ Run Into Syria Buzzsaw
The agonizing decision whether to arm the Kurds to beat ISIS, or defer to Turkey’s sensibilities, is Trump’s first big test.
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gettyimages-644904446 The Curious Case of Sebastian Gorka, Trump’s New Terrorism Guru
Does he have a security clearance or not?
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TOPSHOT - Yemeni men check the site of an air raid that hit a funeral reception in the Arhab district, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of the capital Sanaa, on February 16, 2017. Eight women and a child were killed and at least 10 other women were wounded. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: U.S. Strikes Pound Yemen Under New Plan; Pentagon Looking at Somalia; Mattis, White House Lock Horns
ISIS and Iraq in Drone War; McMaster to the Hill; Trump’s Budget Wishlist; And Lots More
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A Syrian man rides his motorcycle past collapsed buildings in the northern Syrian town of Manbij as civilians go back to their homes on August 14, 2016 more than a week after the Arab-Kurdish alliance, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), pushed the Islamic State (IS) group out of the city. The last remaining IS fighters abandoned the city of Manbij near the Turkish border on August 12, 2016 after a rout the Pentagon said showed the extremists were "on the ropes". The retreat from the city which IS captured in 2014 was the jihadists' worst defeat yet at the hands of the SDF backed by US air power. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Russians Hit U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebels, As Hostile Groups Converge Within ‘Grenade Range’
The top U.S. general in Iraq and Syria says the situation in northern Syria remains chaotic.
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china-crop The Islamic State Pledged to Attack China Next. Here’s Why.
ISIS tries to curry favor with China's repressed Muslim minority groups.
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aaasyria U.S. Forces Push Artillery, Rockets, and Helicopters Closer to the Fight in Mosul
Special operations forces, artillery, rockets, and airpower are working overtime to back up thousands of Iraqi troops fighting to eject ISIS from the city.
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aaasyria3 U.S.-Backed Fighters in Syria Worry More About Turkey Than ISIS
Foreign Policy visits a U.S. base where local forces are being trained to take back Raqqa. But the ethnic politics are daunting.
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Smoke billows as Iraqi forces attack Mosul airport during an offensive to retake the western side of the city from jihadists of the Islamic State group on February 23, 2017. Iraqi forces entered Mosul airport, which lies on the southern edge of the city, for the first time since the Islamic State group overran the region in 2014. Control of the base and airport would set government forces up to enter Mosul neighbourhoods on the west bank of the Tigris, a month after declaring full control of the east bank. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) Iraqi Army Ahead of Schedule in Fight For West Mosul, U.S. Officials Say
After the brutal slog to clear eastern Mosul, Baghdad is throwing all its chips on the table to finish off the last ISIS stronghold in Iraq.
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Hashd fighters clearing sidestreets of ISIS fighters ahead of the column, Shirqat. -
US Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster looks on as US President Donald Trump announces him as his national security adviser at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 20, 2017. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) From ‘Dereliction of Duty’ to Trump’s White House
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster’s battlefield experience and intellect make him ideally suited to run the National Security Council. But he will have to vie for influence with ideologues like Stephen Bannon.
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trumpgitmo Guards and Detainees Alike Left in Limbo at Trump’s Guantánamo
Under orders for years to shut the prison down, commanders at Gitmo are now bracing for the new president’s “bad dudes.”
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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) President Trump’s Terrible One-Month Report Card
How to assess the damage after the first 30 days.
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isis-crop J Is For Jihad: How The Islamic State Indoctrinates Children With Math, Grammar, Tanks, and Guns
The Islamic State has its own Common Core — with a macabre twist.
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rw-crop Trump’s Focus on ‘Radical Islam’ Downplays Growing Risk From Right-Wing Extremism, Experts Fear
The administration’s plans to focus on countering only one sort of extremism could imperil the broader fight against terrorism.
