US Repatriates 3 Guantanamo Bay Detainees, Including One Held 17 Years Without Charge The U.S. has transferred two Malaysian detainees at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison to their home country, after they...
Who Is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the Leader of Syria's Shock Insurgency? Over the past dozen years, Syrian militant leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani has worked to remake his public image and the...
Plea Deals Revived for Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Others A military judge has ruled that plea agreements struck by alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co...
Russian Pilot Shot Down over Syria Blew Himself Up to Avoid Capture The Russian pilot who was shot down over Syria on blew himself up with a grenade according to Russian media.
On the Hunt for al-Qaida in East Africa with the US Military's Most Secretive Unit An excerpt from "The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives" by Adam Gamal...
Survivors, Family Members of USS Cole Bombing Find Justice in Killing of Al-Qaida Terrorist For victims of the 2000 attack in Aden, Yemen, the drone strike that killed al-Zawahiri meant his crime was never forgotten.
What Special Operations Command's 'Biggest Lesson' from Afghanistan Means for Future Fights The hectic last days of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan spelled an end of an era for the U.S. special-operations community.
'I'm Living in Guantanamo 2.0': Former Prisoner Says His Life Is Still Hell After Release Mansoor Adayfi was released in 2016 after 14 years in the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, where he says he was tortured...
Prisoner Gives Guantanamo Court First Account of CIA Abuse Majid Khan spoke on the first day in what is expected to be a two-day sentencing hearing at the U.S. base in Cuba.
Al-Qaida Chief Appears in New Video Marking 9/11 Anniversary Rumors have spread since late 2020 that al-Zawahri had died from illness.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
