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Hezbollah accuses Lebanese police of violating security coordination procedure after supporters reportedly obstruct raid
Armed men identifying themselves as Hezbollah supporters reportedly surrounded Lebanese security personnel conducting an October 16 raid on a pharmaceutical warehouse near Beirut’s southern suburbs. Hezbollah subsequently claimed the officers had violated an agreed security coordination procedure with the group.
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Profile: Hezbollah’s new liaison to the Lebanese state and society
Hussain al Abdallah, the new chief of Hezbollah’s Liaison and Coordination Unit who succeeded Wafiq Safa, reportedly sought the return of explosives seized by Lebanese security forces in early October. Abdallah’s career spans more than two decades in Hezbollah’s southern security apparatus.
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Israel reportedly blocks Board of Peace base in Gaza, IDF reports 31 ceasefire violations October 1–15
Efforts to implement the US-backed Board of Peace’s plans for Gaza remain stalled on the ground, with a first military facility still unbuilt, but preparations for Hamas’s disarmament and international reconstruction cooperation are moving forward. Meanwhile, Hamas maintains its grip on Gaza’s civilian administration and commercial activity, despite its July declaration that it was relinquishing…
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Iraqi commander killed by Islamic State following Iraqi airstrikes against the group
An Iraqi brigadier general and two other military personnel were killed by an explosive device linked to the Islamic State near Kirkuk on October 14, a day after Iraqi F-16s carried out airstrikes against Islamic State positions in the area. The incident underscores the continued threat posed by the remnants of the jihadist group in…
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Hezbollah announces ‘Promise and Commitment’ housing and reconstruction program
Hezbollah announced a new housing-assistance program for Lebanese families displaced by the wars with Israel, even as earlier compensation payments remain outstanding and questions persist over the group’s financing. Separately, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met with Hezbollah and Amal lawmakers to discuss government-funded reconstruction projects in southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs.
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Shipshow: The world’s waterways are at war
The world’s most critical shipping lanes are becoming battlegrounds as Iran targets commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the Houthis threaten shipping through the Bab al Mandab, and Russia and Ukraine wage an escalating maritime war in the Black Sea. Bill Roggio is joined by Dr. Sal Mercogliano to discuss how these conflicts are…
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Lebanese security forces seize explosives shipment reportedly bound for Hezbollah in Beirut
Lebanese security forces intercepted a shipment containing nearly 800 kilograms of explosives reportedly destined for Hezbollah in Beirut. Authorities arrested two men and are investigating the shipment’s origins and intended use. Hezbollah has reportedly demanded the explosives’ return, testing the government’s prohibition on the group’s military activities.
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Iran targets Kurdish opposition groups in Iraq with new round of drone attacks
Iran launched a new round of drone attacks against Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in northern Iraq, including a strike on a Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan camp near Koya on October 12. As Iranian pressure mounts and concerns grow following the US military’s withdrawal from Iraq, Kurdish opposition groups have pledged not to use Iraqi…
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Taliban-Pakistan border clashes continue after Moscow talks end without agreement
Pakistan reported killing 12 militants and Taliban fighters during ongoing clashes along its border with Afghanistan over the past week. Islamabad also suspended the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa amid security concerns and protests demanding the release of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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Insurgent attacks surge in southeastern Iran
Insurgent attacks have intensified in southeastern Iran, with the Baluch coalition JMM claiming five operations in the first eight days of October. A review of 37 armed incidents since January 2026 traces the renewed insurgency, its growing attacks on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and police, and JMM’s shift toward framing its struggle in Iranian…
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Somalia claims to have killed another senior Shabaab leader
Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency said that Bashir Ahmed Haji Nunow, the former head of Shabaab’s Amniyat wing and ringleader behind the worst terrorist attack in Somalia’s history, is dead. Shabaab has neither confirmed nor denied his death.
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Two insurgents held in Chechnya
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Wedding party killed by Afghan road mine
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Afghanistan
More than two dozen Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Farah and Uruzgan provinces. Three Taiban bombers were killed during a premature detonation. A top British general said British Muslims are fighting in Afghanistan.
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Al Qaeda
US trial of bin Laden’s driver enters final stage
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Al Qaeda
The Pakistani Taliban denied al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al Zawahiri was killed in the July 28 airstrike in South Waziristan. US intelligence officials have not seen evidence of Zawahiri’s death. Also see: Analysis: Reports of Zawahiri™s death are based on suspect sources from The Long War Journal.
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IED hunters take on insurgency in northern Iraq
Investment in ‘alien-like’ mine-detection equipment pays off with more bomb discoveries, less attacks.
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Al Qaeda
No evidence of al Qaeda No. 2’s illness or death, US says
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Analysis: Reports of Zawahiri’s death are based on suspect sources
Independent, unconfirmed reports indicate al Qaeda’s second in command was either killed or seriously wounded in the July 28 airstrike in South Waziristan. Without US confirmation, these reports are just rumors.
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Iraq
Iraqi troops killed four al Qaeda fighters, including two suicide bombers, and captured six in Dalouiya. Iraq security forces captured seven suspected terrorists during raids throughout Iraq, including four behind the suicide attack in Karmah in May. Coalition forces captured 21 al Qaeda operatives during raids in Baghdad and Mosul.
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13 suspected Taliban insurgents captured in Afghanistan
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Pakistan
Pakistan denies Kabul bomb link
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Iran
Mofaz says Iran heading toward nuclear breakthrough
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Afghanistan
Four US soldiers and a civilian were killed in an IED attack in Kunat province. One British soldier was killed in an attack in Khost province. Canada will lease Russian helicopters to supply their forces in Kandahar.
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Afghanistan
‘I want to kill Canadians,’ says Afghan whose children died in shooting
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New US defense strategy centers on ‘long war’
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Lebanon
Lebanon to Release Statement on National Resistance, Hezbollah Weapons
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Iraq
Fewer Iraqi civilians killed in July
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Pakistan
The Frontier Corps has abandoned several outposts in South Waziristan. US officials said Pakistani intelligence was behind the Indian embassy bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman said suicide attacks would be carried out in revenge for the Swat operation. Police set up 20 posts in Peshawar in an effort to prevent Taliban attacks. Security forces came up empty handed during a raid targeting al Qaeda operatives in Malakand. Tribal leaders in Dir vowed to oppose the encroachment of the Taliban.
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Pakistani military abandons forts in South Waziristan
The Frontier Corps has left at least two outposts in the lawless tribal region run by Baitullah Mehsud.
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Pakistan
Pakistanis Aided Attack in Kabul, US Officials Say
