Another key Shabaab leader is dead, according to Somali authorities. Earlier this week, Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said that senior Shabaab official Bashir Ahmed Haji...
Authorities in Georgia, North Macedonia, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and Israel detained or indicted 51 Islamic State-linked suspects in eight separate cases between September 25 and October 8. The arrests...
On October 6, the FBI arrested Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, of Richfield, Minnesota, near his residence after he bought an AK-47-style rifle, magazines, and ammunition from an undercover FBI employee,...
On October 2, the Syrian Petroleum Company said it restored a gas pipeline near Deir Ezzor after the line had been sabotaged. “The company said on Telegram that crews replaced an 18-meter section of...
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US forces deployed as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the anti-Islamic State mission, completed their departure from Iraq on September 30. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi held a ceremony to mark...
On September 23, media reports emerged that Lebanese Army Intelligence had arrested a suspected Islamic State member in northern Lebanon after placing him under surveillance. During questioning, the individual...
The Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a Yazidi armed group based in northern Iraq, has agreed to disarm, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office said on September 11. In the wake of the agreement,...
On September 12, the FBI arrested a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of plotting a violent attack on behalf of the Islamic State, marking the second arrest of an American citizen...
Friday, a quarter-century since the 9/11 attacks, marks an important milestone in our nation’s history. It’s a fitting moment to take stock of the Global War on Terrorism, launched by President...
REVIEW: ‘All The Presidents' Wars: Twenty-Five Years of America’s War on Terror’ by Peter Bergen
As we approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11, it is important to reflect on the historic significance of that atrocity and on the lessons we have drawn and should draw from it. The 20 years that followed...
A quarter century on, we need to understand what happened and what is still happening
In August and September, Kuwaiti, Israeli, Turkish, and French officials thwarted several suspected Islamic State attacks and arrested and indicted alleged Islamic State members and sympathizers, underscoring...
US President Donald Trump has fulfilled the promise he made to Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in May 2025, to give Syrians “a chance at greatness.” At the end of August of this year, Trump...
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The internationally recognized government in Yemen based in the southern city of Aden announced today that its troops, alongside Saudi special operations forces, killed Abu Hudhayfah al Ansari,...
During the fight against ISIS, the SDF proved that the Kurds were useful allies to the United States. Now they may prove equally useful to the new Syrian government.
On August 19, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, New York, after she allegedly took possession of what she believed was an explosive device that she...
America’s leaders refuse to do their homework