Ethiopia and Somalia eye shift from military to economic cooperation
The leaders of Ethiopia and Somalia, on Wednesday, signalled the neighbours will lay greater focus on economic ties in the coming future, Anadolu News Agency...
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State-supported clan uprising bolsters offensive against al Shabab in central Somalia
Somali tribal militia backed by the Somali government have pushed al-Shabab terrorists out of large parts of the country’s central area in the latest gains...
Dozen dead in suspected Burkina Faso terror attack
A suspected terror attack in the north of Burkina Faso has killed around a dozen people, mostly soldiers, security sources told AFP on Monday.
Afghanistan is a threat to global security once again
Twenty-one years ago, before the Taliban enabled Al Qaeda to launch the tragic 9/11 attacks from Afghan soil, Afghanistan was a no man’s land. Dozens...
PFI encouraged vulnerable youth to join LeT, ISIS, Al-Qaeda
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its remand report stated that 10 accused members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) who were arrested this...
PFI and SIMI connections to Islamic State in Syria and al-Qaeda
The PFI is inspired by radical Islamic scholars like Syed Abul Maududi and Allama Iqbal, as well as terrorists like Osama bin Laden, they said.
Turkey’s counterespionage chief linked to al-Qaeda group, harbors anti-Semitic views
The head of the counterintelligence department in Turkey’s spy agency MIT has maintained close ties to a Turkish charity known as the logistics supplier for...
Niger receives $13 million from US to fight extremism
Niger has received new military equipment from Washington to support its fight against extremists plaguing the west and southeast of the country, Niamey’s defense ministry...
From Bin Laden to Al Zawahiri: The evolution of America’s targeted killing strategy
This news flash brought back the memories of the 2011 Operation Neptune Spear by the US Navy Seals that killed Osama Bin Laden, the founder...
Yemen troops seize control of Al-Qaeda position In Abyan
Yemeni military forces have retaken a major military facility and surrounding mountains from Al-Qaeda in the southern province of Abyan, consolidating gains made against the...
The Importance of Terrorist Founders and the role of safe havens
Although the killing of al-Qaeda’s former leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, highlights the constant threat many al-Qaeda leaders face, some of the other terrorist leaders in South...
Huge spike in Al-Qaeda footprint shocks Mamata’s police
Al-Qaeda terrorists have been nabbed in West Bengal earlier as well, but the fact that they have rapidly enlarged their footprint in the state seems...