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United States
Since Dec. 10, the US has conducted 16 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria, and the US and partners have carried out 29 airstrikes against the group in Iraq. President Obama told US troops: “The time of deploying large ground forces with big military footprints to engage in nation building overseas, that’s coming to an end.”
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Guantanamo
US asks Vatican for help with Guantanamo inmates
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Syria
Syrian patriarch: To help Christians, stop flow of weapons
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Afghanistan
From Florida to al Qaeda: terror group’s external operations chief spent last years at Iran-Pakistan-Afghan border
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Iraq
A Force to Fight ISIS Has Manpower, but Little Firepower
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United States
CENTCOM reported that since Dec. 8, the US has conducted seven airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State and the US and partners carried out 13 airstrikes against the group in Iraq. The US also released video of recent airstrikes in Syria. ISAF formally ended its Afghan mission on Dec. 8, and began preparing for NATO’s Resolute Support training mission, which starts on Jan. 1. The US released the last three detainees from US custody at Parwan prison in Afghanistan. The CIA reacted to fallout from the release of a Senate report harshly criticizing the agency for its interrogation tactics…
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Islamic State
Kerry seeks authority to target Islamic State affiliates anywhere
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Afghanistan
Ex-CIA Directors: Interrogations Saved Lives
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Al Qaeda
Senate Panel Faults CIA Over Brutality and Deceit in Interrogations
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Al Qaeda
Guantanamo 6 ‘will enjoy complete freedom’ in Uruguay
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Afghanistan
US General Has Misgivings as Afghanistan Mission Ends
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Iraq
US General: Islamic State fighters on their heels in Iraq
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Hostage, Nearly Released on Ransom, Dies During Raid
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Al Nusrah Front
Israel accused of carrying out airstrikes near Syrian capital
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Afghanistan
Afghan official says Western troops leaving prematurely
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United States
The US released six Guantanamo detainees to Uruguay, including Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab, who had been assessed a “high-risk” detainee with extensive connections to al Qaeda’s global network. The US handed over Latif Mehsud and two others detained by US forces in Afghanistan in 2013 to Pakistani authorities. US officials said the unsuccessful raid to rescue US hostage Luke Somers and Pierre Korkie, a South African, from AQAP in Yemen was undertaken after receiving intelligence that the two men were about to be executed.
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US transfers Taliban commander to Pakistani custody
Latif Mehsud and two others detained by US forces in Logar, Afghanistan in 2013 have been handed over to the Pakistani authorities.
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AQAP murders 2 hostages, including an American, during US rescue attempt
Forty special operations troops assaulted an al Qaeda compound in the southern province of Shabwa in an attempt to free American photojournalist Luke Somers.
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Free Syrian Army
An exclusive look at life in Syrian town of Kobane
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United States
CENTCOM reported that since Dec. 3, the US has conducted six airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and that the US and partners have carried out 14 airstrikes against the group in Iraq. US officials discussed plans for the temporary addition of extra US troops to NATO’s Afghan training mission Resolute Support.
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Iran
Turkey not expected to revise Syria policy
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Iran
Iran confirms it carried out air strikes against Islamic State extremists in Iraq
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Iraq
Syria’s Assad downplays US strikes on Islamic State
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Iraq
White House Seeks to Clarify Syria Policy
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Afghanistan
US moves ahead with plan for extra troops in Afghanistan until allies finalize plans
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Islamic State
Who is paying for America’s plan to train and equip Syrian rebels?
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United States
A Pentagon report on the green-on-blue attack in Afghanistan in August that killed a US general and wounded 16 Coalition troops found no evidence that the attack was instigated by the Taliban, but faulted Afghan officials for lack of cooperation with the investigation. The National Security Council acknowledged that US commandos had tried to rescue American hostage Luke Somers from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula last month; AQAP has threatened to kill him.
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Iraq
Examining a Rare Nerve-Agent Shell That Wounded American Troops in Iraq
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Iraq
Islamic State cedes little ground despite air attacks
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Iraq
Sunni Anbar tribes wary of cooperation with US
