The French military turned to drones to aid its fight against terrorists in Mali. Last month, a pair of French helicopters crashed into one another, leaving 13 soldiers. They were on night patrol for enemy combatants when the collision occurred....
The 18-year-old war in Afghanistan has become a thorn in the foot for US civil, political and military establishment. The bitter after taste from the never-ending conflict has forced US negotiators into a corner. The US wants the war to...
Since 1945, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt promised security in exchange for oil, the United States has maintained an intensive partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As part of geostrategic agendas, the partnership includes, inter alia, the training of...
The armed assault that targeted a kosher grocery store in Jersey City on December 10th seems to be embracing anti-semitic traits, even if local authorities are still not keen to label the incident as such. As more details emerge, the...
Early August this year, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) received information that Islamic State (IS)-linked terrorists had plotted to attack a “Crusader City” alongside business centres and some “Crusader Churches” in the Northern Luzon, Philippines. This was based...
The poorly-regulated and patchily-policed areas of West Africa near the Sahel and eastern Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are experiencing a jihadist gold rush. As the Islamic State and Al Qaeda continue to lose territory in the Middle East, North...
Liberating Syria’s second-largest city and economic capital of the country in 2016 from rebel forces was a turning point in the government’s war on terror. The city witnessed large-scale destruction of its industrial infrastructure as well as many of its...
In the debate regarding an increased involvement of Germany’s Bundeswehr, Defense Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer has proposed a first potential destination. According to Kramp-Karrenbauer, the Bundeswehr’s current status allows for new missions abroad at this stage. “We would be able today to...
Leached of land and leadership, the so-called Islamic State (IS) lies in ruin. But the ill-fated caliphate has a final, overdue reckoning for the West. Thousands of foreign terror recruits, rounded up amid IS’s chaotic collapse, now languish in prison....
An American and Australian man have been released from captivity by the Taliban as well as 10 Afghan soldiers after Afghan authorities let three Haqqani network fighters out of jail in return. The move brings back hope for negotiations to...
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