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The Obama administration has begun to see Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, as a global threat that could eventually rival the Islamic State, echoing a Russian argument that it has long resisted. A new U.S. proposal to coordinate counterterrorism operations in Syria with Russia, discussed by President Obama last week with Russian President Vladimir […]
Within the Kurdish people’s rugged army is an elite unit that specializes in rooting out ISIS sleeper cells and responds first when the black-clad jihadist army strikes in northern Iraq’s no-man’s land. They are called the “Black Devils” by the terrorists they hunt, and they embrace the name. Made up of 400 of the Kurdish […]
For months, the Iraqi government has been preparing to launch an offensive to recapture the country’s second largest city, Mosul, from the Islamic State. Now, there are clear signs that the militants believe it is imminent. The extremist group’s fighters have sent their wives and children to Syria and Turkey, pulled their black flags from buildings to hide potential […]
A group calling itself “The Brazil Caliphate” has pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed leader of the Islamic State, sparking fresh concerns about the nation’s ability to safeguard the upcoming summer Olympics. In the July 17 pledge, “Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil” posted to its Telegram channel an allegiance to Al Baghdadi, the “Emir […]
The U.S. Air Force dropped more bombs on the Islamic State terror group in June than any time in the past seven months. In all, the U.S. released more than 3,000 weapons on ISIS in Iraq and Syria last month, according to Air Force Central Command. It’s the third-highest monthly total since the air war […]
Before 17-year-old Muhammad Riyad went on an axe rampage on Monday, slashing at least 20 passengers on a German train, he sent a suicide video to ISIS. In the clip, which the jihadist group’s news agency, Amaq, released on Tuesday, Riyad calls himself as a soldier of the caliphate while brandishing a knife. “I want to […]
The uncle of the truck driver who killed 84 people on the French Riviera says his nephew was indoctrinated about two weeks ago by an Algerian member of the Islamic State group in Nice, as anti-terrorism authorities question potential accomplices in the devastating attack. France held a countrywide moment of silence Monday to remember the […]
Forward Deployed Advise and Assist soldiers from 101st Airborne Division Fire on Daesh positions from Kara Soar Base, Iraq, during operations in support of the Iraqi Army.
The concept of the CNAS report is eerily similar to the plot of Graham Greene’s novel The Quiet American, in which the undercover CIA agent Alden Pyle is seeking to create a pro-American “Third Force” in Vietnam that will be an alternative to communism and colonialism.
Heval Agir, a US volunteer who joined Syrian Kurdish fighters to combat the Islamic State (ISIS), was killed in the operation to take the city of Manbij from ISIS militants. The fighter, nicknamed Heval Agir, was a former marine in his mid-20s when he joined Kurdish forces of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria. […]
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Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the head of Air Combat Command, says the F-35A may be ready for Initial Operational Capability (IOC) soon. The F-35 could enter the fight against ISIS as soon as this fall. “The minute I declare initial operational capability, if the combatant commander called me up and said, ‘We need F-35s,’ I would […]
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