Tag: Al Qaeda

This in spite of likely civilian casualties, a U.S. Navy SEAL's death and questions over the operation's timing. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

National Security

White House insists Yemen raid was a success ‘by all standards’

Gabby Morrongiello · February 2, 2017 6:24 pm

The decision on whether to fly a U.S. Navy SEAL team into a remote area of Yemen at the risk of American lives, or to attack with drones from a safe distance away, fell to President Trump, just seven days in office. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump gave the OK on risky commando raid in Yemen

Jamie McIntyre · January 30, 2017 8:20 pm

"Americans are saddened this morning with news that a life of a heroic service member has been taken in our fight against the evil of radical Islamic terrorism," Trump said. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

National Security

Trump mourns loss of service member in ‘fight against the evil of radical Islamic terrorism’

Al Weaver · January 29, 2017 6:27 pm

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