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Reuters has identified the kidnapped American as 27-year-old Philip Walton. He was abducted by armed men on motorcycles.

While the ceasefire deal is drawing early praise, many Libyan civilians have publicly expressed skepticism that the truce will hold.

Afghan intelligence tweeted out that Special Forces killed al-Qaeda’s #2 commander, Abu Muhsin al-Masri, in an operation in eastern Ghazni.

Kash Patel, a top US counterterrorism official, went to Damascus in an effort to secure the release of at least two Americans. 

Qatar provided anti-Gaddafi militias with training, funding, logistical support, equipment and weapons by bypassing the arms embargo.

American envoy to the Sahel announced that the suspension of military aid to Mali will continue until the west African nation holds elections.

They’re not rock stars. They’re cold-blooded killers who kidnapped, brutally beat, raped, and beheaded innocent people.

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in Syria, the Kurdish people are suffering at a level that some have called a war crime.

The Yemeni military said on Saturday that they had killed over 1,000 Houthi rebels, 215 of those commanders, during September. 

SECDEF Esper cited a complex security environment and transnational threats to regional instability as motivators to the renewed alliance.

Turkey dispatched hundreds of ISIS fighters to support their ally Azerbaijan in the fight with Armenia over disputed territory in the NK zone.

The warning comes on the heels of reports that American intelligence assets had picked up indications of an attack on the embassy in Baghdad.