Tag: Al Qaeda

Just over a week ago, suspected U.S. drone strikes killed three other alleged al Qaeda operatives in Bayda province. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

National Security

1 US service member killed in Yemen raid

Jacqueline Klimas · January 29, 2017 2:02 pm

"It's actually based on a country's history: exporting into training and harboring terrorists. The president said this executive order is meant to protect our nation from terrorists. In effect in means that those countries that have this history [of exporting terrorism]," said Kellyanne Conway. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Conway explains why ‘Muslim, Islam’ not in Trump refugee order

Anna Giaritelli · January 28, 2017 2:54 am

The Final Obama Scandal

Thomas Joscelyn, Stephen F. Hayes · January 27, 2017 6:15 am

The airstrike involved a single B-52 bomber and multiple unmanned aircraft, according to a senior Pentagon official. (AP Photo/Jockel Finck)

National Security

US airstrike kills 100 al-Qaeda fighters in Syria

Jamie McIntyre · January 20, 2017 4:33 pm

The New Bin Laden Documents

Thomas Joscelyn · January 19, 2017 9:20 pm

Russia would prove a golden opportunity for criminals looking to cash in on a black market. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)

Beltway Confidential

Putin’s war on tobacco would be a gift to terrorists

Guy Bentley · January 11, 2017 10:42 pm

Although President Obama will leave office in January, his drones are here to stay. (iStock by Getty Images)

National Security

The drone president

abigail-hallblanco · January 2, 2017 5:03 am

"No foreign terrorist organization has successfully executed an attack on our homeland that was directed from overseas," President Obama said at his year-end White House press conference. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s victory lap on terror comes with a lot of caveats

Becket Adams · December 17, 2016 1:15 am

Military personnel inspect each occupied cell on a two-minute cycle at Camp 5 maximum-security facility on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Guantanamo may be too expensive for Trump to keep

Jamie McIntyre · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

The transfer leaves 59 prisoners at the controversial detention facility. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

National Security

Guantanamo transfers former low-level al Qaeda fighter

Robert King · December 4, 2016 3:16 pm

National Security

9/11 mastermind: Al Qaeda favors ‘immigration’ to defeat USA

Paul Bedard · November 23, 2016 3:10 pm

Al-Masri (left), an Egyptian, originally joined al Qaeda in Afghanistan, later moved to its Syrian affiliate. (AP Photo/Al-Jazeera/TV)

National Security

US confirms drone strike kills al Qaeda leader in Syria

Jamie McIntyre · November 22, 2016 8:14 pm