MANILA/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Southeast Asian countries fighting Islamic State’s influence in the region lauded the killing of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi but said security forces were preparing for a long battle to thwart the jihadist group’s ideology. FILE PHOTO: The war-torn Grand Mosque is pictured in Marawi City, …
President Trump’s abrupt decision to pull forces from northern Syria forced the Pentagon to press ahead with a risky night operation that killed the ISIS leader, military officials said. WASHINGTON — President Trump knew the Central Intelligence Agency and Special Operations commandos were zeroing in on the location for Abu …
Source: Isis returns
Source: Isis returns
Hamza bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden whom some considered the possible heir to the al-Qaeda terrorist network, was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, President Trump said Saturday — an announcement that comes more than a month after officials suggested he was killed. Osama bin …
Why do Republicans enable right-wing extremism? Why has the Republican Party become a systematic enabler of terrorism? Don’t pretend to be shocked. Just look at G.O.P. responses to the massacre in El Paso. They have ranged from the ludicrous (blame video games!) to the almost honest (who would have expected Ted …
Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, is reported dead, according to multiple news organizations citing U.S. officials. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, officials said Hamza bin Laden was killed during the first two years of the Trump administration, but they did not …
Oregon’s top lawmakers will shut down the state capitol after receiving threats from militia groups, who authorities say are planning to demonstrate there in support of the 11 Republican senators who fled the state to dodge a vote on climate change. State Senate President Peter Courtney (D) told his colleagues …
John Walker Lindh, known widely as the “American Taliban,” has been released from prison in Terre Haute, Ind., according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Mr. Lindh was freed on probation after serving 17 years of a 20-year sentence for providing support to the Taliban. He was captured during the …
BENTOTA, Sri Lanka/COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travelers shun the sun and sand Indian Ocean island after multiple suicide bombings that killed over 250 people two weeks ago. A tourist rests on a beach near hotels in a tourist area in …
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Five years ago, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi mounted the pulpit of a mosque in Iraq to declare himself the head of a rapidly expanding terrorist organization. Since then, his group, the Islamic State, has transfixed the world with its apocalyptic violence while he has remained a mystery. Spottings …