Since at least February 20, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, has mounted a sizable offensive in southern and central Somalia between the Middle Shabelle and Hiraan regions. In some areas,...
In the latest issue of its Sada al-Malahem magazine, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) heaped significant praise on recent operations conducted by Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch in East...
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on August 14 due to a surge in cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox,...
The United States boycotted a May 30 plenary session of the UN General Assembly held to commemorate Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19. Speeches...
Iran has recently reconciled with Saudi Arabia, with China’s backing, and it has been seeking to open a new page of ties with Egypt.
With the BRICS Summit coming to a close, it is unclear what has been accomplished.
Yesterday, the United States’ State Department’s Rewards for Justice program placed a $5 million bounty on Musa Baluku, the emir of the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province in the Democratic Republic...
A new agreement with Tehran is pointless if IAEA inspectors are unable to do their jobs properly.
The UN does it incompetently, corruptly, and criminally
Yesterday, US Forces killed nine Shabaab terrorists in a strike 40 km northeast of Kismayo after the al Qaeda branch attacked Somali forces operating in the area. The strike took place near the town of Jamaame, a former Shabaab safe haven that was liberated by Somali forces just one day eariler.
The UN Human Rights Council last week passed a resolution extending the mandate of the special ra...
By Zachary Elkaim Following the ouster of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi earlier this month, the Afric...
Chairmen Poe and Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Members Sherman and Deutch, distinguished members of the subcommittees, it is an honor to appear before you today to discuss the threat of jihadist terroris...
In late September, African Union (AU) forces surrounded the port city of Kismayo on Somalia’s southern coast. The AU troops stood on the threshold of capturing the city from the al Qaeda-af...
Imagine this past week with a nuclear-armed Iran watching from the wings.
Al Qaeda is returning to the shadows. The experiment by al-Shabab, al Qaeda's Somali affiliate, of attempting to govern a broad area in Somalia's south officially came to a close...
As Ethiopian forces continue to press their offensive in Somalia, Shabaab forces have relinquished control of a key southern city that has been under the terror group's control for three yea...
Year after year, since 2005, the United Nations has proclaimed its “zero-tolerance” policy...
Shabaab, the al Qaeda-linked terror group based in Somalia, announced on Radio Furqaan that it has the identification car...
A Shabaab suicide bomber killed 15 Somalis in an attack in Mogadishu today as Kenyan forces advance against the terror group in the south. The suicide attack occurred near the old foreig...