With the large-scale military campaign against the so-called Islamic State now over in Iraq, policy-makers have turned their attention to the deeper divisions within the region that helped fuel the terrorist group’s rise. ...
On October 17, Andrew Parker, Director-General of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency MI5, stated publicly that the terror threat inside Britain was ‘at the highest tempo’ he had seen in his 34-year career....
The October 14 Mogadishu truck bombing that killed at least 320 people and wounded hundreds more was the worst terrorist attack in Somalia’s history — and a horrific reminder that progress and stability remain fleeting goals in that war-torn country....
Since January 2014, the Syrian city of Raqqa has been both the geographic heart and self-proclaimed capital of the so-called Islamic State as it made the leap from terrorist group to proto-terror state....
After simmering for decades, the unfolding regional crisis over control of Kirkuk boiled over on October 16. ...
On October 13, President Trump announced a new U.S. strategy to constrain Iran, following a six-month policy review that examined how Washington might counter Iranian policies it objects to that were not addressed in the landmark 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan...
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to...
The ‘purposefully chaotic’ approach to foreign policy, as practiced by the Trump Administration, has rendered much U.S. diplomacy incoherent at a time of steadily increasing security challenges. ...
As the so-called Islamic State collapses, it leaves behind millions of civilians who suffered violence, displacement, death, and destruction—along with thousands of men and families who were once its fighters and supporters....
Even as it moves troops into northern Syria as part of the temporary partition of Idlib province, Turkey is fighting diplomatic battles with the U.S. over the latest repercussions from a failed 2016 coup....
A week after the latest worst mass shooting in modern American history, officials continue to investigate why gunman Stephen Paddock murdered 58 people at a country music concert in Las Vegas, while injuring hundreds more....
While the so-called Islamic State reels from losses in Syria and Iraq, al-Qaeda continues to portray itself—with justification—as the true leader of what it sees as the global jihadist movement....
President Donald Trump has an October 15 deadline to recertify to Congress that Iran is complying with the 2015 multilateral agreement to curb its nuclear program. ...
Months into an investigation of the mysterious attacks that afflicted 22 people at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, the one thing that’s clear is that the serious ailments blamed on the attacks—ranging from hearing loss to traumatic brain injury—are very real and have in some...
The sounds might have been imported from a war zone. ...