The U.S. and NATO are concerned about the reemergence of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and the need to rely on the Taliban to fight ISIS-Khorasan as talks with the Taliban restart and regional basing agreements are slow to come. Special Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Thomas West ...
“Irregular warfare” isn’t just for special operations forces. A newly published summary of an annex to the 2018 National Defense Strategy argues that after decades of asymmetric conflict—wars where enemies have exploited weaknesses in U.S. technology and tactics—the Pentagon is still underprepared for that kind ...
The Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation on May 18 said Royal Saudi Air Force 2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani, who killed three U.S. Navy sailors and injured eight more Americans in a December 2019 attack at NAS Pensacola, Fla., had “significant ties” to ...