In Al Shabaab Old Relationships May Prevent New Allegiance, For A Time
On April 1, 2015, Zakariya Hersi, a former al-Shabaab intelligence official claimed that al-Shabaab’s relationship with al-Qaeda is disintegrating. In...
Month: April 2015
U.S. Counterterrorism Policy for the Road Ahead
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Houthis Capture Aden, What’s Next For The Saudis?
Houthi rebels seized the Maasheeq presidential palace in Aden after an intense battle through the city's commercial center today, despite...
Frank Gaffney joins Armstrong Williams and Alan Dershowitz on Iran negotiations
Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney joined the Armstrong Williams show alongside famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz to discuss the...
Top AQAP Commander Freed Amid Yemen Unrest
The Saudi-led airstrikes continue all across Yemen against Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi rebels while the terrorist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian...
Securing the Grid Against More Than the Cyberthreat
On Capitol Hill, there are indications that Congress will take another crack at passing cybersecurity legislation in the next couple...
Islamic State Strikes Again, Killing 17 in Sinai
Today, several heavily armed gunmen launched an attack on several military checkpoints in Sinai, killing 15 soldiers and two civilians....
Kerry Pushes Nuclear Deal as Iranian General Says Israel’s Destruction is “Non-Negotiable”
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up his criticism of the nuclear talks with Iran when he said “Yesterday...
al Shabaab lays siege to Christian University in Kenya
A mass of al Shabaab gunmen raided Garissa University College campus around 5:30 AM local time Thursday morning. The two...
Selective Prosecution as a Foreign Policy Weapon
Team Obama has made much of the concept of “prosecutorial discretion.” In fact, the administration has mutated the Constitution by...
Sunni Jihadists Gain Ground in Syria
The al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front seized the provincial capital of Idlib in northwestern Syria this past weekend. Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s...
Al-Shabaab’s Video Projects Power, Continuity
On March 30th 2015, al-Shabaab’s main media branch, al-Kataib released a video titled “Remembrance 2” showing several al-Shabaab fighters executing...
Sectarian Battlegrounds in MENA
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Saudis Bolster Yemeni Border Attempt to Downplay Likelihood of Ground Invasion
Saudi Arabia's incursion into Yemen via air strikes may portend a change in the kingdom's foreign policy. With Washington unwilling...
U.S. Lifts Weapons Freeze to Egypt but with Major Change
President Obama called Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday to inform him that the United States is lifting an...
al Shabaab Assassinates Ugandan Prosecutor of 2010 World Cup Bombing Case
Ugandan prosecutor Joan Kagezi was in her car with her children when men tailing her by motorcycle drove by and...