• Iraq

    Powerful Shiite and Sunni leaders meet in Iraq’s Anbar province

    Iraq
  • Iraq

    Coalition forces killed Abu Duha, an al Qaeda security emir in Mosul. Iraqi troops captured Hamid Kassousa, an al Qaeda emir in Samarra. A suicide bomber killed nine in an attack on a Shia shrine in the Kazimiyah district of Baghdad.

    Iraq
  • Algeria

    Security forces stopped an attack by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb on three bases in Tizi Ouzou province east of Algiers. Three al Qaeda were killed and bomb factories were discovered. Security forces arrested 14 al Qaeda west of the capital.

    Algeria
  • Violence in Iraq drops dramatically

    The targeting of al Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian-backed Shia terror groups, along with the rise of local Iraqi security forces, has netted results 10 months after the announcement of “The Surge.”

    Violence in Iraq drops dramatically
  • Afghanistan

    Taliban use hostage cash to fund UK blitz

    Afghanistan
  • Iraq

    Better Numbers: The evidence of a drop in violence in Iraq is becoming hard to dispute.

    Iraq
  • Iraq

    Iraqi civilian death toll plunges

    Iraq
  • Iraq

    48 insurgents killed in Iraq

    Iraq
  • Iraq

    Slain Anbar sheik a stark contrast to his brother

    Iraq
  • Iraq

    Sunni clan joins fight against Al Qaeda

    Iraq
  • Iraq

    Iraqi refugees shed sectarian bitterness

    Iraq
  • Afghanistan

    Afghanistan: Ring Road’s Completion Would Benefit Entire Region

    Afghanistan
  • Indonesia

    Bangladeshi questioned over Ajmer, India blast

    Indonesia
  • Afghanistan

    Taliban leader Mullah Omar published a speech on a jihadi website. “Neighbors should help Afghans drive Western forces from Afghanistan as they had done during Soviet Union™s invasion,” Omar said. He also said the Taliban should do everything possible to minimize civilian casualties. A Taliabn suicide bomber killed one policeman and six civilians in Spin Boldak on the Pakistani border.

    Afghanistan
  • Pakistan

    The Taliban released 30 soldiers captured in South Waziristan. President Musharraf said the company of captured soldiers “acted unprofessionally.” The Taliban killed four people during a clash in Swat.

    Pakistan
  • Al Qaeda

    1920 Revolution Brigades Accuses Al Qaeda of Stoking Infighting Among Iraqi Insurgents

    Al Qaeda
  • Iraq

    One al Qaeda operative was killed and 17 detained during raids nationwide. US forces killed six insurgents as they attempted to plant an IED in Mosul. US forces detained 13 insurgents, including a high-value target in North Babil and another in Narhwan.

    Iraq
  • Iraq

    The Shadowy Path to Success in Iraq

    Iraq
  • Iraq

    Iraqi Shiite leader seeks US-Iran talks

    Iraq
  • Thailand

    Insurgents kill four, wound two in Thai South

    Thailand
  • Indonesia

    Bali bombers will not appeal for clemency: report

    Indonesia
  • Afghanistan

    Four police were killed and seven wounded in a bombing in Girshk in Helmand province. Police killed one Taliban and wounded two near Herat in western Afghanistan. Mullah Naqib, a powerful Afghan leader in Kandahar, died of a heart attack. Germany extended its mission in Afghanistan.

    Afghanistan
  • Turkey

    The PKK threatened to conduct attacks against military and government targets inside Turkey as the government said it is prepared to strike PKK camps inside Iraq. The US is conducting contingency planning in case Turkey restricts access to resupply Iraq.

    Turkey
  • Gates backs faster Army growth

  • Iraq

    Brittle bond: Iraqi sheik joins US fight

    Iraq
  • Europe

    Spanish police captured a Frenchman of Moroccan origin while transporting a crude bomb made of butane tanks and fireworks. The suspect was carrying jihadi literature and shaved his body, an act common among Islamist suicide bombers.

    Europe
  • Consolidating Talibanistan

    The Taliban flex their muscles in Swat, Mohmand, and North and South Waziristan; public beheadings and whippings; captured soldiers and government capitulation on display.

    Consolidating Talibanistan
  • Al Qaeda

    The Two Faces of Al Qaeda

    Al Qaeda
  • Al Qaeda

    Insurgent groups condemn al Qaeda tactics

    Al Qaeda
  • Iraq

    Program Molds Elite Iraqi Warfighters

    Iraq