TERRORWARS - POLICY DAILY

US donates $21 mn of kit for Niger jihadist fight

Dec 10, 2019 (AFP)

The Americans have already handed over dozens of armoured vehicles, radio systems and armoured containers, US ambassador Eric Whitaker said, adding that more wo...

Saudi military training in US under scrutiny after base attack

Dec 09, 2019 (AFP)

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he has ordered a review of vetting procedures while defending the training program that brought Mohammed Alshamrani to Pens...

Thousands in Myanmar rally behind Suu Kyi ahead of Hague court date

Dec 07, 2019 (AFP)

The raucous rally in the capital Naypyidaw came as China's foreign minister arrived for a visit at Suu Kyi's invitation. Analysts say Beijing's permanent seat o...

Macron says 'no consensus' with Turkey on terrorism

Dec 04, 2019 (AFP)

"I don't see any possible consensus," Macron said after a NATO summit marred by the spat with Turkey over its demand that allies brand as "terrorists" the Kurdi...

'Children are innocent': Albanians beg for return of IS youngsters

Dec 03, 2019 (AFP)

Alvin Berisha, an 11-year-old Albanian boy from Italy, was rescued from a Kurdish-run prison camp in Syria in November after a popular Italian TV show whipped u...

Macron says Turkey 'sometimes works with ISIS proxies'

Dec 03, 2019 (AFP)

"When I look at Turkey, they now are fighting against those who fought with us. And sometimes they work with ISIS proxies," Macron said at a London news confere...

More countries affected by terrorism even as deaths fall: index

Nov 20, 2019 (AFP)

From a high of 33,555 deaths in 2014, when the Islamic State (IS) group lured tens of thousands of jihadists to the Middle East, the number of terrorism deaths ...

France takes in 27 more Yazidi women victims of IS

Nov 20, 2019 (AFP)

The families were greeted at Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris by Eric Chevallier, head of the foreign ministry's crisis management division, according to...

Denmark to end consular assistance to Islamist fighters

Nov 16, 2019 (AFP)

The announcement comes days after Turkey began sending back foreign jihadists to their countries of origin, deporting Europeans including those from France, Ger...

US says 'irresponsible' to ask Iraq to prosecute Western jihadists

Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)

"The United States thinks that it's inappropriate to ask Iraq in particular to shoulder the additional burden of foreign fighters, particularly from Europe," Na...

Trump says Baghdadi successor in US crosshairs

Nov 12, 2019 (AFP)

While US presidents traditionally mark the day by laying a wreath at a vast military cemetery in Arlington, near Washington, Trump traveled to New York where he...

New Islamic State chief 'a nobody': US official

Nov 06, 2019 (AFP)

The group last week announced Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi as its new leader after a US commando raid killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the chief of the ultra-...

France claims death of top jihadist leader in Mali

Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)

French troops killed Moroccan Ali Maychou of the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM) in Mali last month, Defence Minister Florence Parly told AFP aboard a...

US troop level in Syria stable despite announced withdrawal

Nov 04, 2019 (AFP)

The withdrawal of American troops from Syria's northern border opened the way for Turkey's military incursion against Kurdish forces in the country. Trump's dec...

IS names Baghdadi successor, threatens US: statement

Oct 31, 2019 (AFP)

"We mourn you... commander of the faithful," said Abu Hamza al-Quraishi -- presented as the jihadist group's new spokesman -- in an audio statement. Baghdadi, w...

New IS leader could replace Baghdadi in weeks: US official

Oct 30, 2019 (AFP)

Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Russ Travers did not predict which IS figure would take over after Baghdadi, cornered in a weekend US mi...

Pentagon releases video, photos of Baghdadi raid

Oct 30, 2019 (AFP)

Among the images released by the Defense Department was grainy black-and-white footage of US troops approaching on foot the high-walled compound in northwestern...

IS prisoners in NE Syria: What we know

Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)

A Turkish attack on northeastern Syria in early October sparked fears the Islamic State group suspects could break out en masse as their Kurdish guards were cal...

IS chief Baghdadi buried at sea by US military

Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)

Syrian Kurds claimed to be a key source of the intelligence that led Americans to Baghdadi after years of tracking the man behind a five-year reign of terror ac...

With Baghdadi gone, who is heir to the 'caliph'?

Oct 28, 2019 (AFP)

It was limited further on Sunday night after Kurdish fighters in Syria said they had killed IS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir -- another prominent figure -- in...