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Kerry: Qatar, Saudi, other countries paid $1bn for war on ISIS
American Secretary of State John Kerry said during his speech at the UNSC on Friday that Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other countries have paid $1bn towards the war on ISIS. Kerry emphasised his country...
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US drone hits Kunar, four Afghans die
At least four people have been killed in a fresh US drone strike in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Kunar. Local sources said that the attack was carried out in Ghaziabad district and the...
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A US-led air attack targets Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON: A US-led air attack against jihadists in Syria targeted Al-Qaeda’s Khorasan group because it was on the verge of carrying out “major attacks” against the West, the US military said Tuesday....
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New US war in Syria, Iraq will last up to 4 years: Ex-US intelligence official
A former American intelligence official says Washington’s new war in Syria and Iraq will continue for up to four years and that the US will keep ISIL alive as an adversary to advance its agenda in the...
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US drone strike kills 10 in NW Pakistan
At least ten people have been killed following yet another bombing of Pakistan’s tribal belt in the northeast of the country by US assassination drones. According to local security sources, the US...
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Khorasan: The group that isn’t
A few days ago I began to see news reports quoting US military and government officials talking up a group called Khorasan. This piqued my interest. In 14 years of covering this region this was a new...
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Pakistan condemns deadly US drone strike
Pakistan has condemned a recent US assassination drone strike that killed at least four people in the country’s mountainous northwestern tribal region near its border with Afghanistan. The attack...
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9/11 activist hands himself in over Cameron remarks
A 9/11 British activist hands himself in to UK’s counter terrorism police following British Prime Ministers David Cameron’s speech at the UN General Assembly last week, Press TV reports. In response...
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US-led strikes leave 6 dead in eastern Afghanistan
At least six people have been killed after US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan carried out separate airstrikes in the eastern part of the war-ravaged country during the past 24 hours, Press TV...
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White House exempts Syria airstrikes from tight standards on civilian deaths
The White House has acknowledgedfor the first timethat strict standards President Obama imposed last year to prevent civilian deaths from U.S. drone strikes will not apply to U.S. military operations...
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41 men targeted but 1,147 people killed: US drone strikes – the facts on the...
New analysis of data conducted by human rights group Reprieve shared with the Guardian, raises questions about accuracy of intelligence guiding ‘precise’ strikes The drones came for Ayman Zawahiri on...
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US drone strike claims eight lives in eastern Afghanistan
At least eight people have been killed in a US drone attack in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, a spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial police department, said...
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What you need to know about terrorism and its causes: a graphic account
John Rees says it’s the ‘war on terror’ that produces terrorism and the government exaggerates the threat and demonises UK Muslims to win acceptance for its war policies The UK government’s...
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US-led drone attack kills 5 Afghan students
A US-led drone attack has killed five Afghan students in the country’s northern province of Parwan. Authorities say the strike, which hit the Siahgard town on Wednesday, was meant to target Taliban...
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What CIA torture report is missing
The meticulously documented 528-page Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s secret rendition, detention, and interrogation program is remarkable for its candor. In blunt language it...
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Hersh: Children sodomized at Abu Ghraib, on tape
Geraldine Sealey After Donald Rumsfeld testified on the Hill about Abu Ghraib in May, there was talk of more photos and video in the Pentagon’s custody more horrific than anything made public so far....
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US, West Europe largest arms producers in 2013: Report
A recent study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows that the United States and Western European countries were the biggest producers of weapons and military hardware...
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Leaked CIA document reveals setbacks of targeted killings
WASHINGTON: The US government’s program to capture and kill insurgent leaders can backfire, a leaked CIA report, citing “limited” results in Afghanistan in particular. The July 2009 document released...
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Afghan civilian casualties ‘hit record high’
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan have hit a record high this year, a UN report has said, highlighting worsening violence as US-led troops leave after more than a decade of fighting the Taliban....
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Family members of victims of drone strikes in the country say justice has not...
Peter Salisbury This is part one of a two-part article on counterterrorism strategy in Yemen. Sanaa - As a report issued by the Senate Intelligence Committee on a CIA detention programme has prompted...
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