Al Qaeda

There are 900 active investigations ongoing in all 50 states.

Beltway Confidential

The Salafi-Jihadist evil

Tom Rogan · December 24, 2018 9:19 pm

Migrants cross the U.S. border wall to San Diego, California from Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, before turning themselves in to U.S. border patrol agents, standing at the top.

Eyewitness: ‘Hundreds’ from terror nations to pour over US-Mexican border

Paul Bedard · December 19, 2018 4:32 pm

Bill McRaven and Donald Trump

Beltway Confidential

Actually, Trump has a point about the bin Laden raid (even though he’s wrong about McRaven)

Tom Rogan · November 19, 2018 9:52 pm

An Iraqi soldier stands guard in front of smoke rising from a fire set by pro-Iranian militiamen and their supporters in the U.S. embassy compound, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.

Beltway Confidential

The War on Terror isn’t just a failure, it’s bankrupting us

Jake Grant · November 13, 2018 4:53 pm

Hezbollah supporters wave Hezbollah and Palestinian flags during a demonstration against the Israeli offensive in Gaza near UN headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Beltway Confidential

The untold race in the Middle East to be the diplomatic peacemaker

Michael Rubin · November 9, 2018 2:41 pm

President Trump speaks to Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, March 20, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

On Iran and Saudi Arabia, it shouldn’t be either/or

Michael Rubin · October 12, 2018 4:42 pm

In this Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, photo, Afghan security personnel patrol in the city of Ghazni.

National Security

Paul Ryan: Give Trump’s Afghanistan strategy a chance to succeed

Travis J. Tritten · October 12, 2018 3:35 pm

Jim Mattis, U.S. secretary of defense, center, listens as U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks during a meeting with Baltic leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Trump says the U.S. will expand exports of LNG to Baltic region and will hold a summit with the Baltic presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to discuss ways to expand economic opportunities.

Beltway Confidential

Trump has a new counterterrorism strategy. It’s better than Obama’s, but it could go further

Tom Rogan · October 6, 2018 4:00 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks to the media during a press conference in Tehran, Iran.

Beltway Confidential

Iran and al Qaeda: The ultimate frenemies threaten peace

Tom Rogan · September 20, 2018 7:09 pm

As rescue efforts continue in the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York, President Bush stands with firefighter Bob Beckwith on a burnt fire truck in front of the World Trade Center during a tour of the devastation, Friday, Sept. 14, 2001.

Beltway Confidential

I can hear you: 17 years ago today, George W. Bush’s greatest moment

Tom Rogan · September 14, 2018 7:49 pm

Al Qaeda Is Very Much Alive

Thomas Joscelyn · September 11, 2018 3:50 pm

Trump administration sanctions three senior ISIS recruiters

Gabby Morrongiello · August 24, 2018 5:38 pm