ISIS

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAFTF-CR-CC) 19.2, prepare to deploy from Kuwait in support of a crisis response mission, Dec. 31, 2019.

Two US special operations troops killed in mission fighting ISIS

Zach Halaschak · March 9, 2020 5:52 pm

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 18, 2020. A suicide bomber in a stolen military Humvee targeted a base in eastern Afghanistan belonging to the country's intelligence service early on Monday, killing at least nine members of the force, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

National Security

Suicide bombers attack police near US Embassy in Tunisia

Zach Halaschak · March 6, 2020 7:35 pm

British soldiers with NATO-led Resolute Support Mission forces checks an ambulance at the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 6, 2020. Gunmen in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul attacked a remembrance ceremony for a minority Shiite leader on Friday, wounding more than a dozen of people, officials said.

Gunman kills dozens in Kabul attack on ceremony attended by Afghan political officials

Zach Halaschak · March 6, 2020 7:33 pm

Islamic State flag

National Security

DOJ watchdog audit finds ‘weaknesses’ in FBI fight against ‘jihad-inspired’ homegrown terrorists

Jerry Dunleavy · March 5, 2020 12:31 am

Pedestrians walk across the Millenium Bridge in front of St Paul's Cathedral in London, Thursday, June 16, 2011. The cathedral is seen without scaffolding for the first time in 15 years, as a cleaning and restoration project costing 40 million pounds (US$ 64.37million. euro 45.69 million). It is the first time in its history that the building has been comprehensively restored inside and out since its completion in 1711.

Woman pleads guilty to ISIS plot to kill ‘as many other people as possible’ in London

Zach Halaschak · February 21, 2020 5:51 pm

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 5, 2020. Khamenei said Wednesday that Donald Trump's Mideast plan will not outlive the president.

US commission condemns report Iran may destroy tomb of Esther and Mordechai

Zach Halaschak · February 20, 2020 9:17 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Is this how it ends?

Jamie McIntyre · February 14, 2020 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Gutsy calls: Trump deserves special credit for recent terrorist killings

Tom Rogan · February 10, 2020 5:09 pm

Beltway Confidential

Biden satirizes himself on ISIS at Democratic primary debate

Tom Rogan · February 8, 2020 2:58 am

An Islamic State militant flag lies in a tent encampment after U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters took control of Baghouz, Syria on Saturday, March 23, 2019.

Maldives police arrest suspects after three injured in possible ISIS-linked stabbings

Zach Halaschak · February 6, 2020 5:04 pm

Foreigners board a Qatar Airways aircraft at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021.

National Security

Pentagon inspector general warns against declaring premature victory over ISIS

Jamie McIntyre · February 5, 2020 3:03 pm

Kayla Mueller is shown after speaking to a group in Prescott, Ariz. U.S. intelligence agencies are investigating the possibility that the Islamic State militant leader killed Friday was the captor of American hostage Kayla Mueller for a time. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Jo. L. Keener)

‘I find God in suffering’: Trump recognizes parents of ISIS victim Kayla Mueller during State of the Union

Jon Brown · February 5, 2020 3:15 am