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United States
The US formally ended the 13-year International Security Assistance Force combat mission in Afghanistan, marking the event with a ceremony in Kabul. Some 13,000 Coalition troops will remain in Afghanistan for NATO’s Resolute Support training mission. The US and partner nations carried out five airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and eight against the group in Syria.
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United States
The US and partner nations carried out six airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and six more in Iraq. President Obama claimed that Afghanistan will no longer be a source of terrorist attacks.
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Islamic State
The Cost of the US Ban on Paying for Hostages
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United States
CENTCOM reported that since Dec. 24, the US and partner nations have conducted at least 26 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and 22 in Iraq. The US military said the Islamic State did not down a Jordanian plane, as it had claimed, but that the plane crashed for other reasons.
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Iraq
The Islamic State is failing at being a state
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Afghanistan
US Stockpiling Fighting Vehicles Near Iraq Ahead of Anti-ISIS Offensive
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United States
US police struggle to uncover threats on social media
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Iraq
Senior Kurdish rebel leader warns Iraq must stay united to defeat ‘savage’ ISIS
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Iraq
No Way Out for Iraqis Who Helped US in War
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Al Qaeda
US prepares to ramp up transfers from Guantanamo
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FBI
Countering Cyberattacks Without a Playbook
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Afghanistan
Karzai aide: Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Omar is in Karachi city of Pakistan
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United States
The US and partner nations yesterday carried out 12 airstrikes in Syria and 10 in Iraq against the Islamic State. The Obama administration is reportedly seeking to reduce the current number of Guantanamo detainees, 132, to under 100, so that a law barring the transfer of detainees to the US can be revoked. Secretary of State Kerry cited “huge progress” in reducing the detainee population. The results of the Army’s investigation into the disappearance of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from his post in Afghanistan have been forwarded to an Army general for disposition of the case. The FBI urged law enforcement…
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United Kingdom
Police play cat and mouse with online jihadists
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Islamic State
Over 1,000 Islamist militants killed in US strikes in Syria: monitor
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Syria
US to accept thousands of Syrian refugees for resettlement
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FAA
FAA drone approvals bedeviled by warnings, conflict, internal e-mails show
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United States
The US and partner nations carried out 10 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and 12 in Syria today. Fifteen airstrikes were conducted by the US and partners in Iraq and Syria against the group on Dec. 19, and 13 more took place over the weekend of Dec. 20-21.
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Afghanistan
US firm finds malware targeting visitors to Afghan government websites
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Al Qaeda
UN removes former Somali warlord from sanctions list
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United States
The US transferred Guantanamo detainees Mohammed Zahir, Abdul Ghani, Khi Ali Gul, and Shawali Khanto to Afghanistan, at the request of Afghan president Ashraf Ghani. The Afghan government is not required to further detain the four men.
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Afghanistan
The good news in ‘Afghanistan’s Marshall Plan’
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United States
Over the past two days, US and partner nations have carried out 10 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and 16 against the group in Iraq. Officials claimed that US airstrikes have killed over 1,000 Islamic State fighters, as well as a number of senior and mid-level commanders, since mid-November in Iraq and Syria. About 1,000 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne will start deploying to Iraq in January to help Iraqi troops battle Islamic State forces. The Army has finished its investigation into the disappearance of Sgt. Bowe Berghdahl from his base in Afghanistan, but has not disclosed the…
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Iraq
Killing top ISIS leaders won’t cripple group: experts
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Islamic State
US backed talks between jihadi clerics and ISIS in effort to save hostage’s life
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Iraq
UN: More reports of children crucified, beheaded and stoned to death by Islamic State
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United States
Army Lt. Gen. James Terry, commander of US forces in the battle against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, said it is likely to take “a minimum of three years” to reach a turning point against the group. The Pentagon said that coalition airstrikes in Iraq since mid-November have killed “multiple senior and mid-level” Islamic State leaders. Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appeared in court and said he was satisfied with his defense counsel. One of his friends, Stephen Silva, may plead guilty to possessing a gun used in the attacks. The Treasury Department yesterday imposed sanctions on…
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United States
Since Dec. 15, the US and partner nations have conducted 61 airstrikes in Iraq and six in Syria against the Islamic State; 45 of the airstrikes in Iraq were in support of Peshmerga and Iraqi forces in the region. President Obama announced the resumption of diplomatic ties with Cuba and Havana’s release of US citizen Alan Gross and a prisoner exchange of a US intelligence “asset” for three Cuban spies. The FBI has indicated that North Korea is likely behind a major cyberattack at Sony Pictures; the company has pulled a film on North Korea that was slated for release.…
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Islamic State
ISIS broadens recruitment beyond fighters
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Afghanistan
US Seeks to Use Letters Found in Bin Laden Raid in Terrorism Trial
