Somalia army says at least 100 al Shabaab fighters killed in clashes
Somalia's army and allied clan militias have killed at least 100 al Shabaab fighters in heavy clashes in the central Hiran region, the defence ministry...
Month: November 2022
Somali Military Liberates Key Town from al-Shabab Militants
Somalia's military says it has liberated more territory from al-Shabab, including a strategic town that had been under the group’s control for 15 years.
How Iranian fuel is igniting U.S.-Lebanese tensions
Washington reportedly refuses to allow Lebanon to accept Iranian fuel and one person may have predicted this
U.S.-sanctioned oil tanker stuck in Indonesia carries Venezuelan fuel
A grounded oil supertanker under U.S. Treasury Department sanctions being refloated in Indonesia is filled with Venezuelan fuel, according to vessel monitoring services.
The U.S. military plan to keep ISIS down
The focus may be on the midterms and the Russia-Ukraine war, but the Pentagon is quietly starting to build infrastructure in Syria for a long-haul...
ISIS supporter gets 17 years in federal prison for planning Pittsburgh church bombing
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for planning to bomb a Pittsburgh church in the name of the...
Al-Shabaab militants target Somalia’s telecom infrastructure
Somali militant group Al-Shabaab is targeting telecommunications infrastructure in areas where a concerted military effort is removing them from the villages, officials said on Tuesday.
Iranian assassination plots are escalating
The United States and its European allies (but the U.S. alone, if necessary) should warn that any successful Iranian assassination plot on their soil will...
Captagon connection: how Syria became a narco state
A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon.
Law enforcement conducts intensive probe into ISIS operatives in SA
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) said law enforcement agencies are conducting an intensive investigation into alleged members of the terror group ISIS - who have...
American aid worker killed in Baghdad in rare attack
An American aid worker was gunned down in Baghdad on Monday, officials said.
Sanctioning ISIS Members in South Africa
ISIS continues to present a threat across the African continent. A July 2022 United Nations Security Council report highlighted how ISIS has used South Africa-based...