A spokesperson for the United States’ Department of Defense said on Friday that the winding down of the military mission to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq would not result… Continue reading "US “Not Withdrawing” From Iraq With End Of Anti-Islamic State Mission"
When Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed by the US Delta Force in Syria in October 2019, the fall of the Islamic State seemed imminent. Without a leader figure, the organization’s… Continue reading "IS-K – An Overlooked Threat?"
The United States announced Thursday that it will be starting working group meetings of the U.S.-Iraq Higher Military Commission in the coming days, discussing the future of the U.S.-led coalition… Continue reading "US And Iraq To Launch Talks On Future Of Anti-ISIS Coalition"
United States Central Command announced on November 30 that the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, had been killed in mid-October. In a… Continue reading "United States Claims Death Of ISIS Leader"
The Syrian Democratic Forces announced on Thursday that they were conducting sweeping operations to root out remaining Islamic State fighters still dug in after a week of fighting at the… Continue reading "Syrian Democratic Forces Claim Securing Of Prison Attacked By Islamic State"
A US Marine injured in what the Pentagon has described as a “complex” suicide attack on a gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday has succumbed to… Continue reading "US Marines Among Dead In Suicide Attacks On Kabul’s International Airport"
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said that the United Kingdom’s Afghanistan evacuation efforts are now “down to hours now, not weeks”, with continued operations unlikely to be feasible once… Continue reading "British Defence Secretary: UK Kabul Evacuations “Down To Hours, Not Weeks”"
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence announced today that F-35Bs of the Royal Air Force’s 617 Squadron have flown operational missions as part of Operation Shader, the UK’s campaign against… Continue reading "Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group F-35s Conduct First Combat Missions"
Pentagon leaders said on Thursday that international terrorist groups present in Afghanistan were capable of regenerating an ability to threaten the US homeland within two years of the withdrawal of… Continue reading "SECDEF Austin: “Possibly Two Years” For International Terrorist Groups To Regenerate In Afghanistan Following US Withdrawal"
Islamic State Khorasan Province, IS’ branch in Afghanistan, has claimed responsibility for a Tuesday attack on Halo Trust mine clearers in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan that killed ten… Continue reading "IS Khorasan Claims Responsibility For Attack On Halo Trust Mine Clearers"