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“You’ve got to tell us more”: The 9/11 blank check, 16 years on

Sixteen years after the US Congress authorized the president to go after terrorists in Afghanistan, the AUMF exists as a…

Maria Ryan

Saudi Arabia seals Yemen borders, accuses Iran over missile strike

The Saudi-led coalition battling Houthi rebels in Yemen closed the country's air, sea and land borders and accused Iran of…

Staff Writer With AFP

Russian Tu-22 long-range bombers strike ISIS targets near Al Bukamal, Syria

Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bombers struck ISIS targets near Al Bukamal in Syria's Deir Ezzor province, the ministry of defense…

Fergus Kelly

India successfully tests new smart anti-airfield glide bomb

India conducted three successful tests of its indigenously developed glide bomb, the Smart Anti Airfield Weapon, the Ministry of Defence said

Fergus Kelly

Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah will enter Syria and battle ISIS in Al Bukamal – spokesperson

The Iran-backed Iraqi paramilitary unit Kataib Hezbollah will enter Syria to fight Islamic State in the border town of Al Bukamal

Fergus Kelly

US Navy to procure 196 Tomahawk cruise missiles from Raytheon for $260 million

Raytheon has been awarded a $260 million contract for the procurement of 196 Tomahawk cruise missiles and spares for the…

Fergus Kelly

Russian statements about US war crimes near At Tanf ‘not true’ – Pentagon

U.S. Department of Defense said that claims Russian authorities made about U.S. war crimes near At Tanf in Syria were not…

Anna Varfolomeeva

Two US strikes kill ‘several’ ISIS members in northeastern Somalia – AFRICOM

Two separate strikes carried out by U.S. forces in northeastern Somalia killed several members of Islamic State, the Pentagon said

Anna Varfolomeeva

Iraqi forces recapture Qaim from ISIS: Abadi

Iraqi forces recaptured the strategic border town of Qaim from Islamic State "in record time", Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said

Joanne Stocker

Al-Qaeda in Idlib? Examining bonds between Syria’s largest jihadi groups

Connections between al-Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria demand close scrutiny

Fergus Kelly