5 Takeaway Points from Today’s Hearing on Iran’s Ballistic Missile Threat
On June 10, the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, chaired by Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), met...
Jennifer Keltz
The Secret Expansion in Yemen of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Yemen is currently in the midst of a civil war between the Houthi rebels, who forced internationally recognized President Abdrabbuh...
Boston Terror Suspect Shot By Police Connected to Terror-Tied Mosque
On June 2, the Boston Joint Terrorism Task Force shot and killed twenty-six year old Usaama Rahim in the Roslindale...
American and French Hostages Being Held in Yemen
Multiple reports have surfaced over the weekend of Western hostages being held in Yemen. On May 30, news surfaced of...
Lebanese-Canadian Man Detained in Cyprus with 420 Boxes of Ammonium Nitrate
On May 27, police in Lanarca, Cyprus arrested and detained an unidentified 26-year-old Lebanese man holding a Canadian passport after...
Al Jazeera Interview with al-Nusra Leader Abu Muhammed al-Joulani
On May 27, Al Jazeera conducted an interview with Abu Muhammed al-Joulani, the head of Jabhat al-Nusra, an Al Qaeda...
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Fires Rocket into Israel
On May 26, a Gazan rocket exploded in Gan Yavne, a region in Israel east of Ashdod and close to...
Iraq Plans to Retake Anbar
On May 26, Iraq announced the beginning of a large military operation against the Islamic State to retake Anbar, a...
Russia and Iraq Plan to Collaborate to Fight the Islamic State
On May 21, Russia and Iraq announced plans to collaborate to combat the threat of the Islamic State in the...
Suicide Bomber Targets Shiite Mosque in Saudi Arabia
On May 22, 2015, a suicide bomber targeted the Shia Imam Ali Mosque in al-Qadeeh, a village located in Saudi...
ISIS Seizes Sirte in Central Libya
On May 21, the Islamic State seized the Libyan city of Sirte, the hometown of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi after...
French Troops Kill Two Top Members of AQIM
On May 20, the French defense ministry released a statement saying that French Special Forces killed two top leaders of...
Egyptian Judges Assassinated following Death Sentence of Morsi
Two Egyptian judges and a court prosecutor were killed in El-Arish, located in the Sinai Peninsula on May 16 following...
South Sudan: Civil War Continues as Rebels Take Up Arms Near Oil Fields
On May 19, rebels under the control of former South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar took up post near oil refineries...
ISIS Stays on the Offensive
An important part of the strategy of Islamic State (ISIS) is staying on the offensive. On May 18, the Kurdish...
Saudi Arabia Resumes Airstrikes in Yemen Despite Hosting Peace Talks
Following a five-day humanitarian ceasefire between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi forces in Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition resumed its...