Tag: Terrorism

In March, the U.S. banned electronics from in-cabin use from 10 airports from Middle Eastern and African nations flying to the United States out of fear that terrorists could hide explosives in them. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

National Security

US lifts laptop ban on flights to the US from Saudi Arabia

Leah DePiero · July 17, 2017 6:48 pm

Foreign Relations Panel to Vote to Slash Palestinian Authority Funding

Jenna Lifhits · July 17, 2017 4:31 pm

The extent of Palestinian armed factions in the Libyan conflict remains unclear. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Is Hamas fighting in Libya?

Joseph Hammond · July 16, 2017 4:01 am

A Jihadist Hits the Jackpot

Candice Malcolm · July 14, 2017 11:30 am

A long-range S-200 missile is fired in a military drill in the port city of Bushehr, on the northern coast of Persian Gulf, Iran, on Dec. 29, 2016. Iran has test-fired various ballistic missiles since the July 2015 nuclear deal. (Amir Kholousi, ISNA via AP)

Rep. Peter Roskam: Two years after the Iran deal, time for Trump and Congress to get tough

Rep Peter Roskam · July 14, 2017 4:01 am

Mass data collection may be causing credible threats to be lost in a sea of threats that are often false, sending law enforcement running in circles. Omar Mateen, the Pulse massacre shooter, had been interviewed twice by the FBI after being reported by members of his mosque, so why wasn't his attack thwarted? (AP Photo/John Raoux)

National Security

Mass surveillance gets in the way of fighting terrorism

Patrick Wohl · July 13, 2017 12:00 pm

A look at all the latest defense news, including the Iraqis’ overthrow of ISIS

Washington Examiner Staff · July 11, 2017 6:24 pm

The U.S. military said Tuesday that it cannot confirm the latest reports that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in Syria.

National Security

US can’t confirm latest death report of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Jamie McIntyre · July 11, 2017 2:09 pm

Mosul is the city where ISIS declared its so-called "caliphate" three years ago. It took the Iraqi Security Forces nine months to reclaim it. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

National Security

Trump congratulates Iraqis on Mosul victory, warns ISIS its ‘days are numbered’

Josh Siegel · July 10, 2017 10:29 pm

SWAT team special agents arrested Ikaika Kang on Saturday. (Twitter)

National Security

Active duty Army soldier arrested in Hawaii in connection with ISIS

Associated Press · July 10, 2017 9:42 pm

Iraqi army soldiers raise their weapons in celebration on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq. Iraq's prime minister declared victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul after more than eight months of some of the toughest fighting Iraqi forces have faced in the more than 3-year-old war against the extremists. (AP Photo, File)

Beltway Confidential

Mosul is liberated from ISIS, but the battle for its political future is just beginning

Tom Rogan · July 10, 2017 7:37 pm

U.S. soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division fire artillery in support of Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State militants from their base east of Mosul. The top U.S. commander in Iraq says Iraqi Security Forces now have Mosul "firmly under their control." (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

National Security

US commander says Mosul has been liberated from ISIS

Jamie McIntyre · July 10, 2017 5:46 pm