Government troops in Iraq have almost completely recaptured Fallujah from Daesh. They also took control of the administration building in the city center. But the terrorists are still keeping the resistance, holding individual streets and houses Al-Zulfiqar Baldavi, the head of the volunteer center “Al-Shaab […]
After the bomb attack that hit the headquarters of Blom Bank in Beirut this month, US financial sanctions against Hizbollah are threatening to pose an internal problem for Lebanon. “For those who are not aware, most of the sanctions were initially directed against American banks […]
Hizbullah’s top lawmaker called Monday for “balancing” between “financial and banking stability” and the requirements of national “sovereignty,” amid a row over the implementation in Lebanon of a U.S. anti-Hizbullah sanctions law. “It is a bizarre paradox that some have been demanding sovereignty and rejecting […]
Four U.S. special operations troops were hurt when an Islamic State rocket landed near their position in northern Syria earlier this month, bringing renewed questions about the role of U.S. troops in the region, specifically special operations forces serving alongside indigenous troops fighting ISIS. A […]
The general tapped to lead U.S. Africa Command told Capitol Hill lawmakers Tuesday he did not know of any “overall grand strategy” to defeat ISIS in Libya. Marine Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser made the comments under questioning from Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John […]
Islamic State militants struggled to hold ground on two fronts Sunday as Iraqi troops drove out pockets of resistance in Fallujah, while Syrian government forces pressed closer to the effective militant capital of Raqqa. The military gains, however, have done little to improve the dire […]
More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of the Obama administration’s policy in Syria, urging the United States to carry out military strikes against the government of President Bashar al-Assad to stop its persistent violations of a cease-fire in […]
The State Security agency arrested Thursday a Syrian man in Beirut on charges of “entering Lebanon illegally” and “having ties and contacts with al-Nusra Front,” al-Qaida’s Syria branch, media reports said. Later on Thursday, the General Security agency announced that another Syrian has been arrested […]
Iraqi forces raised the national flag over the main government compound in Fallujah on Friday, top commanders said, a breakthrough in the nearly four-week-old offensive against the Islamic State group’s bastion. They met limited resistance from IS fighters, who were fleeing the city, the commanders […]
The Islamic State’s ability to launch terror strikes remains a “formidable” threat despite military successes against the militant group in Iraq and Syria, CIA Director John Brennan said Thursday. As the extremist group has lost territory in Iraq and Syria it has redoubled its efforts […]
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