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Tired

US Special Operations Command is Being Exhausted by the Relentless War on Terror

"I think the concerns that we have mostly are in readiness across the force."

ISIS

Iraq Details 8 Anti-IS Plans; Country to Boost Police Training, Civilian Recruitment

Iraq's Council of Ministers on May 19 laid out an eight-part plan on how it has decided to get back control of Ramadi and fight the Islamic State.

French Police

Paris Terror Attacks: Six Still At Large

At least six men believed to have been involved in the Paris terror attacks last week that saw the deaths of 17 people, remain at large.

Bomb attack on Maiduguri, Nigeria

Teen Female Suicide Bombers Kill 30 In Maiduguri, Boko Haram Suspected

At least 30 people were killed on Tuesday after two teen female suicide bombers linked to terror group Boko Haram, targeted a busy market in Nigeria's northeastern provincial capital of Maiduguri.

Peter Kassig

French National Identified In Islamic State Beheading Video

French authorities on Monday identified a French national among the ranks of Islamic State militants in a video of thr beheading of U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig in the fifth such killing of a Western hostage that also saw the brutal murder of 18 men alleges to have been members of the Syrian military.

Syrian rebels

Obama Plans CIA Expansion On Anti-ISIS Covert Operations

The Obama administration has been mulling plans to increase the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) involvement in providing support to moderate rebels in Syria, in an effort to boost U.S. anti-Islamic State operations, even as the Pentagon prepares to set up additional training facilities.

Apache helicopters

U.S. Now Using Apache Helicopters For ISIS Airstrikes

The United States has now allowed the use of the Apache AH-64 attack helicopters to launch airstrikes at Islamic State (ISIL) militants in Iraq, marking the first time that the choppers were used for attacks since it arrived in the country in July

Rick Perry Lambasts Rand Paul's foreign policy in Post op-ed piece

Texas Gov. Rick Perry assailed Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) for his stance against deploying troops in the Middle East, a sign of things to come for potential presidential candidates of the Republican party in 2016.

Abu Sayyaf

U.S. Disbands Philippine Anti-Terror Task Force

The United States is disbanding its anti-terror task force in the southern Philippines after more than ten years of helping fight Islamic militants.

Xinjiang

Beijing Tightens Security in Xinjiang to Suppress Terrorism

Beijing launches anti-terrorism initiative after recent attacks in Xinjiang.

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