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US kills Al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan
The Biden administration sees Zawahiri's presence in Kabul as "a clear violation" of the 2020 Doha agreement with the Taliban, a senior US official said. As published by Al Monitor. August 2, 2022 The United States killed the top leader ...
U.S. kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in drone strike
As published by Politico by ALEXANDER WARD, PAUL MCLEARY, NAHAL TOOSI and LARA SELIGMAN 08/01/2022 05:34 PM EDT Updated: 08/01/2022 09:01 PM EDT The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahri in a drone strike over the weekend, an operation that included tracking him down ...
What to Expect on President Biden’s Middle East Trip
As published by the Middle East Institute. President Joe Biden makes a four-day trip to the Middle East this coming week where he will meet leaders of the region to discuss a long list of issues including regional security, Iran, ...
The leader of the free world must lead it
As published by the Middle East Institute by Mick Mulroy Non-Resident Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Yemen Steering Initiative The United States is often referred to as the leader of the free world, and we often claim that title for ourselves ...
Advanced US missile system being used in Ukraine
ABC News national security and defense analyst Mick Mulroy and former senior CIA field operative Darrell Blocker discuss the impact the new weapons systems could have on the battlefield. Please click here to watch ...
What Turkey Wants
Erdogan could force Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO bids to the wire—and perhaps beyond. As published by Foreign Policy by Jack Detsch, Foreign Policy’s Pentagon and national security reporter. FP subscribers can now receive alerts when new stories written by this ...
Yemen: “Give peace a serious chance”
As published by the Middle East Institute Mick Mulroy Non-Resident Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Yemen Steering Initiative This past week, I participated in the defense and security portion of the Yemen International Forum in Stockholm, Sweden, a conference ...
Senior Islamic State leader detained in US raid in Syria
A senior IS leader was detained by US-led forces during a pre-dawn raid in northern Syria on Thursday. As published by Al Monitor by Jared Szuba A senior Islamic State (IS) leader was detained by the US-led coalition during a ...
How the Marine Corps went to war with itself over the next war
Two years into an unprecedented 'redesign' of the service, some are calling the changes an existential threat to the Marine Corps itself. As published by Task & Purpose by WORTH PARKER | PUBLISHED JUN 10, 2022 9:00 AM In 1989, then-Commandant of the ...
The decision to send troops back to Somalia was the right one
As published by Middle East Institute Mick Mulroy Non-Resident Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Yemen Steering Initiative The Somalia-based terrorist organization al-Shabab (“the Youth”), which pledged its allegiance to al-Qaeda in 2012, has killed numerous Americans in East Africa, ...
