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Taiwan holds drills amid Pelosi visit concern, China tension

There was no direct link between China's threats and Taiwan's civil defense drills.

22 months ago

Ten years on: inside the bin Laden raid. A conversation with William H. McRaven and Nicholas Rasmussen

Retired Adm. William McRaven and Nicholas Rasmussen, former National Counterterrorism Center director, discuss the raid on the Usama bin Laden compound in Pakistan in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the operation.

By Audrey Alexander

3 years ago

Troops, canine from raid that killed ISIS leader get White House welcome

The military working dog has become a social media sensation in the weeks since the special forces operation.

By Leo Shane III

4 years ago

Conan might want to cancel his White House plans, ISIS just named new leader

In an eight-minute audio released by ISIS media outlet al-Furqan, ISIS confirmed the deaths of al-Baghdadi and ISIS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir. The ISIS spokesman was considered by some analysts as the next successor to al-Baghdadi.

5 years ago

CENTCOM commander releases video of raid on Baghdadi compound, which now looks like a ‘parking lot with large potholes'

The compound — located about four miles from the Turkish border near Syria’s Idlib province — now “looks pretty much like a parking lot with large potholes."

5 years ago

US official predicts Islamic State will replace slain leader

A U.S. counterterrorism official said Wednesday he expects a new Islamic State leader to emerge after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and warned that the extremist group’s planning of major attacks probably will go on as before.

5 years ago

American commando raid to kill al-Baghdadi was launched from al-Asad Air Base, rehearsals conducted in Erbil

The American commando raid that bagged Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was launched from the sprawling al-Asad airbase in Anbar province Iraq, according to a source on the ground with direct knowledge of the operation.

By Shawn Snow and Howard Altman

5 years ago

Syrian Kurds increase security at prisons after al-Baghdadi’s death; a 2nd ISIS leader may have been killed in separate operation

Syrian Kurdish forces said Monday they are increasing security at prisons and detention facilities holding tens of thousands of Islamic State militants and supporters, including foreigners, following the death of the extremist group’s leader in a U.S. military raid.

5 years ago

Islamic State still poses a threat after al-Baghdadi’s death

Eliminating the Islamic State group's elusive leader gives President Donald Trump a new argument for leaving Syria, but the U.S. military campaign against the extremists is far from finished.

By Robert Burns, The Associated Press

5 years ago

Injured military dog who chased down al-Baghdadi returned to full duty

The military working dog who chased down ISIS leader al-Baghdadi was slightly injured during the raid and has been returned to duty.

5 years ago

Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi leaves a legacy of terror

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sought to establish an Islamic “caliphate” across Syria and Iraq, but he might be remembered more as the ruthlessly calculating leader of the Islamic State group who brought terror to the heart of Europe and set up a short-lived organization so extreme that it was shunned even by al-Qaida.

5 years ago

Al-Baghdadi’s death a blow, but ISIS has survived other losses

The death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi marks the demise of one of the most brutally effective jihadist leaders of modern times — a man who commanded tens of thousands of fighters from around the world, carved out a territorial caliphate in the Middle East and refined a horrific ideology that survives him.

5 years ago