Electrical Grid Remains a Vulnerable Target to Nations and Terrorists
Today, Afghani and Israeli infrastructure were targeted by outside forces. In Afghanistan, the Taliban blew up a major electricity pylon...
Kevin Samolsky
Fight Against IS in West Africa Still Lacks Strategic Leadership
At least 32 people were killed and dozens wounded on Monday, January 25, 2015, after four suicide vests were detonated...
Hotel Attack Shows Defections Having Little Effect on Al Shabaab
This past Thursday, January 21, 2016, the Beach View Hotel in Mogadishu was attacked by al Shabaab, an al Qaeda...
Continued Tunisia Protests Raise Questions for “Arab Spring” model
Protests have erupted in Tunisia this past week amid the growing unemployment rate due to the lack of available jobs....
Recent Bombing Illustrates Growing Network of Muslim Brotherhood
Thursday evening, 7 policemen and 3 civilians were killed in an explosion after Giza police forces unsuccessfully defused a bomb....
Differences Over Border Policy Threatens West African Terror Operations
In the past three months the Cameroonian military has been accused of killing roughly 200 Nigerian civilians living along the...
Taliban Continue War Against Afghan Government Amid Peace Talks
On Sunday, January 17, 2015, a suicide bomber struck the house of a prominent, local Afghan politician Obaiduallah Shinwari. The...
Pakistani Taliban Continue to Fight Back in Northeast
The Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has claimed responsibility for suicide bombing a security checkpoint along a...
Aid Between IS and Hamas Threatens Israeli and Egyptian Governments
There are reports that the terrorist organization Hamas has been working along side Islamic State in the Sinai (ISS) to...
Al Shabaab Continues Assault on AU Forces
Early Friday morning, January 15, 2015, the New York Times reported that Al Shabaab, an Al Qaeda affiliated group, forces...
Jakarta Attack Shows IS Making Ground in Southeast Asia
Earlier this morning in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, a police substation came under attack by Islamic terrorists. Five attackers...
U.S. Boat Seizure: Another Example of Iranian Naval Belligerence
On Tuesday, January 12, 2016, two U.S. Navy Riverine patrol boats carrying 10 sailors were captured and held captive by...
Hezbollah Confirms Receipt of Russian Arms
Two Hezbollah field commanders have recently revealed that Russia has been aiding their organization with weapons. The two commanders stated...
Two Refugees Caught Aiding Terror
On January 8, 2016, two men, Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, and Omar Faraj Saeed Al-Hardan, 24, were arrested on charges of aiding Islamic State (IS) and other terrorist organizations. Al-Jayab was arrested...