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Terrorism
Pakistani Taliban Claims Suicide Bombing in Quetta
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (the TTP, or Pakistani Taliban) has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a luxury hotel in Quetta, Pakistan. The...

Terrorism
Al Qaeda 'Gaining Strength' in Afghanistan, U.S. Treasury Says
Earlier this month, the U. S.

Terrorism
Analysis: Al Qaeda's Deputy Emir Killed in Iran
Last month, an al Qaeda-linked social media account reported that Abu Muhammad al-Masri (a. k.

Terrorism
Al-Qaeda Lauds Taliban's Great 'Victory' Over America and Allies
Al-Qaeda’s general command (or senior leadership) has released a three – page statement praising the Taliban’s “great victory” over America and its...

Terrorism
Islamic State Wages Desert-Based Insurgency in Iraq and Syria
The Islamic State is far from dead in Iraq and Syria. Despite losing its physical caliphate, the group maintained enough manpower and resources to...

Military Strategy
U.S. Military Targets Al Qaeda Operatives in Syria
American forces struck al Qaeda “leadership at a training facility near Aleppo Province, Syria” yesterday, according to U. S.

Terrorism
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Appears in First Video in Nearly Five Years
For the first time in nearly five years, the Islamic State has released a video of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi speaking. The last time he was seen on camera...

Terrorism
Terrorists in Sri Lanka Swore Allegiance to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
The Islamic State has released three statements and a video claiming responsibility for the bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. The first, a terse...

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
ODNI Releases Annual Overview of Islamic State and Al Qaeda Networks
The ODNI’s map highlights the Islamic State’s and al Qaeda’s global footprint, though the jihadists are not a major force in some of the countries...

Terrorism
Al Qaeda Ideologue Justifies Shabaab's War With the Islamic State in Somalia
Bilal Khuraysat, an al Qaeda ideologue in Syria, has issued a religious justification for Shabaab’s fight against the Islamic State’s arm in Somalia....

Reflecting on an Epic Horse Campaign in the Mountains of Afghanistan
By Brian Glyn Williams • RealClearDefense
The Godfather of American Foreign Policy Realism Speaks to Today’s World
By Francis P. Sempa • RealClearDefense
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
The sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense

Navy Civilianizes Six Former Flag Billets, Reduces Six to Captains
By Mongilio, USNI N.
Raytheon's $8B Contract for Strategic Comms Terminal Modernization
By M+A El
America’s Maritime Moment Will Not Wait
By CDR Salamander
Armor Up?
By Marine Corps Compass Points
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
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