Tag: Terrorism

Israeli soldiers stand outside a tunnel that the army says crosses from Lebanon to Israel, in Zarit, northern Israel, Monday, June 3, 2019. (The Israeli military says it has finished sealing the last of a series of Hezbollah attack tunnels under the country's northern border with Lebanon, roughly six months after they were found.)

Beltway Confidential

Why the Lebanese Hezbollah is escalating against Israel

Tom Rogan · July 27, 2020 7:28 pm

A Delta Airlines aircraft makes its approach at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas.

Woman accused of trying to send al Qaeda money to ‘kill Americans’ arrested at Arizona airport

Zach Halaschak · July 24, 2020 9:55 pm

Beltway Confidential

What we just learned about British intelligence

Tom Rogan · July 24, 2020 7:50 pm

Islamic State flag

Four aid workers executed by Islamist militants in Nigeria

Zach Halaschak · July 24, 2020 4:41 pm

File - The Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters for the State Department, is seen in Washington.

Why is our State Department downplaying Palestinian terrorism?

Rep. Doug Lamborn · July 24, 2020 4:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Head of U.S. Southern Command weighs in on regional threats from China and Russia

Abraham Mahshie · July 24, 2020 3:00 am

National Security

‘Talibanisation’ feared in African Sahel as Europe steps up presence and reliance on US

Abraham Mahshie · July 22, 2020 4:01 am

Teenage girl guns down three Taliban militants who murdered her parents, officials say

Zach Halaschak · July 21, 2020 11:26 pm

Ukrainian president promoting animal rights documentary Earthlings helps end hostage situation

Zach Halaschak · July 21, 2020 9:58 pm

Beltway Confidential

Iraq’s new prime minister stands up to Kata’ib Hezbollah

Tom Rogan · July 20, 2020 5:17 pm

A Hezbollah supporter holds pictures of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leaders, Abbas al-Moussawi, Ragheb Harb and Imad Mughniyeh and the end of a 40-day Muslim mourning period for Soleimani, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.

As Lebanon teeters, Pentagon says support for armed forces keeps Hezbollah at bay

Abraham Mahshie · July 16, 2020 4:01 am

Afghan security personnel inspect the site of a car bomb blast on an intelligence compound in Aybak, the capital of the Samangan province in northern Afghanistan, Monday, July 13, 2020. Taliban insurgents launched a complex attack on the compound that began with a suicide bombing, officials said.

National Security

At least 11 dead and dozens of civilians injured in hourslong Taliban attack on Afghan intelligence complex

Zach Halaschak · July 14, 2020 12:20 am