RAID IN YEMEN RISKY FROM THE START AND COSTLY IN THE END

Indeed, the Pentagon is drafting such plans to accelerate activities against the Qaeda branch in Yemen... READ MORE›

'MANY MILITANTS KILLED'

It is a larger version of weapons used during the Vietnam War... READ MORE›

NAVY SEAL KILLED IN SOMALIA RAID ON ISLAMIC MILITANTS

Navy SEAL Member Killed in Raid Against Shabab in Somalia... READ MORE›

PENTAGON INVESTIGATES ALLEGATIONS OF SKEWED INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON ISIS

The Defense Intelligence Agency and the White House also declined to comment... READ MORE›

ISIS LEADER TAKES STEPS TO ENSURE GROUPS SURVIVAL

United States officials said gathering more insight on the Islamic State's shadowy leadership structure was a top priority... READ MORE›

OBAMA WEIGHS MOVING U.S. TROOPS CLOSER TO FRONT LINES IN SYRIA, IRAQ

The Islamic State depends on the sale of oil and electricity inside Syria to pay for its military operations... READ MORE›

FOREIGN JIHADISTS FLOCKING TO IRAQ AND SYRIA ON 'UNPRECEDENTED SCALE' A UN

Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaida who booted Isis out of his organisation, appears to be maneuvering for relevance, the report says... READ MORE›

STATE OF TERROR IN RISE OF ISIS NO SINGLE MISSED KEY BUT MANY STRANDS OF BLAME

Both came from Iraq, seemingly a key to top leadership in the Islamic State... READ MORE›

TRUMP FAVORS SPECIAL OPS AND LOCAL TROOPS AS OBAMA DID

But Mr. Trump seems to have taken that appreciation and reliance to another level... READ MORE›

US MILITARY INVESTIGATING IF AIRSTRIKES CAUSED NEARLY 300 CIVILIAN DEATHS

Joseph Votel, head of the US Central Command, who oversees all military operations in the region... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE VIDEO CLAIMS AMERICAN PETER KASSIG BEHEADED

16 COMMENTEMAILMORE The radical jihadist group Islamic State released a video Sunday it said shows American aid worker Peter Kassig being beheaded in Syria... READ MORE›

'BIN LADEN'S SON HAMZA URGES TERROR ATTACK' ON LONDON IN AL-QAEDA MESSAGE

Hamza Bin Laden calls to move the war from Kabul, Gaza and Baghdad, to Washington, London, Paris and Tel-Aviv... READ MORE›

NEWS ANALYSIS LESSONS OF IRAQ LOOM OVER OBAMAS DECISION TO KEEP TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN

Mr. Obama has since sent back about 3,000 American troops to help advise and assist a new Iraqi government's fight with the Islamic State... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS 'TRYING TO RECRUIT SYRIAN REFUGEES IN GERMANY'

Islamic extremists in Germany are trying to recruit Syrian refugees to their cause, warns country rsquo's domestic security service... READ MORE›

ISIS OR AL QAEDA AMERICAN OFFICIALS SPLIT OVER TOP TERROR THREAT

Senior leaders of the Islamic State -- unlike those of Al Qaeda -- have not made a priority of organizing strikes on the West... READ MORE›

Shekau's best-known crime is the kidnapping of more than 300 Nigerian girls... READ MORE›

OFFERING SERVICES ISIS DIGS IN DEEPER IN SEIZED TERRITORIES

ERBIL Iraq In northern Syria the jihadists of the Islamic State have fixed power lines dug sewage systems and painted sidewalks... READ MORE›

IRAN RELEASED TOP MEMBERS OF AL QAEDA IN A TRADE

Analysts tracking Al Qaeda described the release as alarming, given the seniority of the five men... READ MORE›

LEADER OF QAEDA CELL KILLED IN AIRSTRIKE IN SYRIA PENTAGON SAYS

Mr. Nasr previously worked for Al Qaeda's Iran-based facilitation network and, in 2012 he took charge of the group's core finances before relocating to Syria in 2013... READ MORE›

PARIS ATTACKS: FIVE THINGS THE WORLD MUST DO IN RESPONSE

Daesh occupies a large area of Iraq and Syria, which it calls a caliphate... READ MORE›

TRUSTING IRAN TO STOP TERRORISM IS LIKE INVITING AN ARSONIST TO JOIN THE FIRE BRIGADE

The idea that Iran is a partner in the fight against terrorism is not only disingenuous but also absurd... READ MORE›

'JIHADI JOHN' JOINS LIST OF TOP TERRORISTS KILLED BY U.S.

Age at death 40 Terrorist affiliation Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula How he was killed By U.S. drone strike in Yemen on Sept... READ MORE›

JORDANIAN OFFICER SHOOTS DEAD TWO AMERICANS, ONE SOUTH AFRICAN AT SECURITY TRAINING SITE

Jordanian government spokesman Mohammad Momani denied an assertion by three U.S... READ MORE›

IN A FIRST CHINESE NAVY SAILS OFF ALASKA

He said that American officials had identified a Chinese amphibious ship, three surface combatant ships and a replenishment vessel in the Bering Sea... READ MORE›

ISIS LEADER IN LIBYA PRESUMED KILLED BY U.S. AIRSTRIKE

The official said the operation began before the Paris attacks and was not related to that event... READ MORE›

10 EXAMPLES OF THE HORROR IN THE CIA'S PRISONS

Prisoner dies of suspected hypothermia In November 2002, the suspected Afghan militant Gul Rahman was being held at the Salt Pit, a secret US prison in Afghanistan... READ MORE›

U.S.-BACKED REBELS GIVE ARMS TO AL-QAEDA GROUP

Pentagon officials initially denied media reports this week that the U.S.-backed rebels had turned over arms or equipment to the al-Qaeda affiliate... READ MORE›

FATE OF 'JIHADI JOHN' UNCLEAR AFTER U.S. DRONE STRIKE IN SYRIA

A U.S. drone strike in Syria tonight targeted the infamous masked Islamic State executioner named Jihadi John, the Pentagon announced... READ MORE›

FIRST U.S.-TRAINED SYRIA REBEL BELIEVED KILLED IN FIGHTING

Defending the U.S.-trained fighters could become a growing job for United States, which has been waging air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria... READ MORE›

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS WITHDRAWS FROM KUNDUZ

The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has withdrawn from the northern Afghan city of Kunduz after 19 people were killed in an airstrike that destroyed its hospital... READ MORE›