Tag: Al Qaeda

Beltway Confidential

Facing China, Russia, and Iran, US leaders should stop fighting each other

Quin Hillyer · January 3, 2022 6:32 pm

Biden administration MIA as Senate Democrats push to close Guantanamo Bay

Jerry Dunleavy · December 7, 2021 4:58 pm

"The Pentagon has not received any orders with regards to Venezuela," said Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon Friday evening, according to CNN.

Central Command: Civilian casualties possible in latest Syrian strike targeting al Qaeda

Mike Brest · December 4, 2021 5:07 pm

Blinken’s State Department rooting for Taliban against ISIS while condemning al Qaeda ties

Joel Gehrke · November 8, 2021 8:58 pm

Garland says he doesn’t know if al Qaeda threat will increase

Jerry Dunleavy · October 28, 2021 7:37 pm

A fighter of the Christian Syriac militia that battles Islamic State militants under the banner of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, burns an IS flag on the front line on the western side of Raqqa, northeast Syria, Monday, July 17, 2017. U.S.-backed Syrian fighters fought Islamic State militants in the heart of Raqqa, the extremists' self-styled capital, as scores of civilians fled areas controlled by the group.

ISIS-K could launch international attacks as soon as six months, defense official warns

Mike Brest · October 26, 2021 5:11 pm

The Pentagon is seen in Virginia.

US airstrike kills ‘senior’ al Qaeda leader in Syria, CENTCOM says

Mike Brest · October 23, 2021 1:08 pm

Osama bin Laden, left, and Ayman al Zawahiri are seen in October 2001.

Al Qaeda successfully played ‘long game’ in Afghanistan, FBI and UN officials say

Jerry Dunleavy · October 13, 2021 7:38 pm

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin laughs as he and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, unseen, meet with their supporters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, pool)

Beltway Confidential

Russia rewards Biden’s appeasement with Afghanistan base insult

Tom Rogan · September 30, 2021 8:50 pm

Military leaders warn of al Qaeda reemergence

Jerry Dunleavy · September 29, 2021 11:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. Drones are often called the weapon of choice of the Obama administration, which quadrupled drone strikes against al-Qaida targets in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, up from less than 50 under the Bush administration to more than 220 in the past three years. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Beltway Confidential

Top generals admit folly of Biden’s ‘over the horizon’ Afghanistan counterterrorism strategy

Tom Rogan · September 28, 2021 8:02 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. Drones are often called the weapon of choice of the Obama administration, which quadrupled drone strikes against al-Qaida targets in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, up from less than 50 under the Bush administration to more than 220 in the past three years. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Biden’s over-the-rainbow foreign policy

Washington Examiner · September 23, 2021 4:00 am