Is Somalia losing the war against the terrorist group al-Shabaab?
Somalia has been engaged in a long and bloody war with al-Shabaab. Some would claim the government is losing control, others would claim they were...
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Al-Qaeda sees Afghanistan as safe haven for its leadership
Terror group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that backs Al Qaeda still has its strongholds in Afghanistan where near about 2,500 to...
ISIS will pose enduring threat following planned US withdrawal from Syria
A top U.S. general warned on Tuesday that Islamic State would pose an enduring threat following a planned U.S. withdrawal from Syria, saying the militant...
Senate approves Middle East policy bill urging the President to keep US troops in Afghanistan and Syria
The Senate approved a Middle East policy bill Tuesday that includes a provision urging President Donald Trump not to precipitously withdraw troops from Afghanistan and...
British journalist John Cantlie believed to be alive but still held by ISIS terrorist group
John Cantlie, a British journalist who was taken hostage in Syria in 2012 and appeared in a number of ISIS propaganda videos during his time...
Taliban attacked army base and killed at least 26 troops
The Taliban launched a pre-dawn attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 26 members of the security forces, a provincial official...
Qatar is harboring Islamists and jihadists
Despite international criticism, the small peninsula state of Qatar has long played an outside role in harboring Islamists, including violent jihadists — whether the p