CAIRO — Al Qaida has succeeded with imported devices in overcoming armored vehicles of Egypt’s military and security forces. Security sources said Al Qaida cells in the Sinai Peninsula (more…)
CAIRO — Egypt said it killed a top insurgent in the Sinai Peninsula. Officials said a commander of Ansar Beit Maqdis was killed in northeastern Sinai. They said Nour (more…)
WASHINGTON — Yemen and the United States, amid a resurgence by Al Qaida, have held a security summit. The two countries have reviewed defense and security cooperation during the (more…)
CAIRO — Morocco has reported an Al Qaida-aligned cell. Officials said the intelligence community has located an Al Qaida network that recruited Moroccans to join the Sunni revolt in (more…)
AMMAN — Qatar has been pressing Jordan to enable the return of the Hamas movement. Arab diplomatic sources said the Gulf Cooperation Council emirate has urged for the resettlement (more…)
WASHINGTON — The United States has decided to expand its military facilities in Kuwait. The Defense Department has awarded a contract for the construction of facilities to store military (more…)
For two weeks, over 103 U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) combat aircraft involving more than 1,400 troops are participating in the largest air combat drill in South Korea. (more…)
GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime, facing its biggest crisis since 2007, has been developing relations with prominent clans in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Hamas has recruited (more…)
WASHINGTON — Congress has been told that President Bashar Assad, despite a series of military victories, remains far from victory in Syria. A leading U.S. defense analyst asserted that (more…)
