Gen. Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said his alliance anticipated a direct Turkish intervention in Syria and claimed that Turkey had ‘coordinated’ with the Islamic State terrorist group, during
2019 saw record U.S. airstrikes in Somalia. Why is al-Shabab surging?
Just as soon as the U.S. military closed out a year in which it struck al-Shabab militants more times than ever — at a pace of just over one airstrike per week — the Somali
Shabab militants from Somalia may have received help from Kenyans for deadly Manda Bay attack
U.S. Africa Command officials believe that al-Shabab militants from Somalia crossed the border into Kenya to conduct an attack on U.S. and Kenyan forces earlier this month in Manda Bay — with the assistance of
Attack on Fulani village in Mali kills over a dozen in latest spate of ethnic violence
Fourteen people were killed and two wounded on Thursday in an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali, according to the UN, in an apparent bout of ethnic violence.
US Kills Two al-Shabaab Terrorists in Airstrike Following Deadly Kenya Attack
Less than a week after an attack by the militant group al-Shabaab on a Kenyan airfield killed a U.S. soldier and two American contractors, the Defense Department has conducted a deadly airstrike on militants in
Threat of Terrorists, Migrants, Drugs Worries Libya’s Neighbors
As efforts to reach a long-term agreement for Libya’s crisis continue to stumble, its neighboring countries are worried that the ongoing instability will spill over across their borders. Experts from Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria have
Ansaru publicly returns to Nigeria
In its first claimed operation since at least 2013, the al Qaeda-linked Jamaat al Ansar al Muslimeen fi Bilad al Sudan, better known as Ansaru, has officially returned to Nigeria’s jihadist scene.
The ISIS insurgency in the Sinai continues despite Egyptian Army efforts
There is no end in sight to Wilayat Sinai’s guerrilla campaign against the Egyptian Army and other foes, despite the launch of multiple counter-insurgency operations by the Army since 2013. The Islamic State’s so-called Sinai
Kenyan police foil al-Shabab attack in northeast region
Kenyan police said they repelled an attack by suspected al-Shabab extremists on a police post in Mandera county in the northeast part of Kenya.
Al-Shabab extremists kill 3 teachers in Kenya, abduct 1
Al-Shabab extremists killed three people in an assault early Monday in eastern Kenya, its fifth attack in thirteen days, police said.