Gitmo “Poet” Who Became Leading AQAP Cleric Killed in Drone Strike
On Tuesday, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) confirmed that Ibrahim al-Rubaish, one of the group’s top leaders and its...
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Suspected Mastermind of Mumbai Massacre Released
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was released from a Pakistani jail on bail...
Iran Sends Warships to Yemen After Erdogan’s Visit to Tehran
Iran sent a naval destroyer and another vessel to waters near Yemen Wednesday, heightening tensions over the Yemeni conflict that...
Muslim Brotherhood Involvement Complicates Yemen Conflict
On Saturday, the Iranian-backed Shiite Houthis kidnapped up to 140 members of Yemen’s Congregation for Reform Party (al-Islah), the Muslim...
Houthis Want to Negotiate in Yemen but Still on Offensive
A senior Houthi official said this weekend that Yemen’s Iranian-backed Shiite rebels are willing to negotiate a peace with the...
Parameters Emerge for Nuclear Deal with Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the P5+1 countries (the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany)...
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...
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...
Saudis Pound Yemen as Houthis Seek Strategic Territory
Saudi Arabia Leads Offensive in Yemen Against Houthis Saudi Arabia continued airstrikes Friday for a third straight day against the...
Growing Recognition of U.S. Electric Grid Threat
The electric industry has long assured the public that it can handle keeping America’s power grid secure and that little...
Saudi Military Buildup By Yemen Border May Mean Intervention
United States officials confirmed on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia is moving artillery and other heavy military equipment to its southern...
Controversial Nile Dam Project Raises African Security Concerns
On March 23rd, leaders from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan met in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, to sign a deal over a...
White House May Abandon Israel to Biased U.N.
The United States will not be speaking at an annual United Nations forum March 23rd on violations committed in the...
Chaos in Yemen as Sunni Terrorists Retaliate Against Iranian-Backed Houthis
On March 20th, suicide bombers killed more than 100 people and wounded hundreds more at two major mosques in Yemen’s...
Official in Turkey’s Ruling Party Refers to President Erdogan as ‘Caliph’
An official in Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) caused controversy this week by tweeting that the country should...
Netanyahu to Remain in Office Despite Obama-Linked Efforts
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party won a surprising victory in yesterday’s elections over the Zionist Union headed by...