TERRORWARS - RUSSO DAILY

'Caliphate' or not, Islamic State expands its reach

Mar 19, 2021 (AFP)

At their apogee, the extremists controlled a territory the size of Britain covering large swaths of Syria and Iraq, where it waged one of the most brutal campai...

33 years after Iraq chemical attack, survivors still seeking justice

Mar 16, 2021 (AFP)

Saber, who is hooked to the machine for more than 20 hours a day, was just three at the time but he still has terrible memories of March 16, 1988. On that day, ...

After fleeing black-clad IS, Iraq's Qaraqosh hosts Pope in white

Mar 07, 2021 (AFP)

"It's great to see the pope! We never expected him to come to Qaraqosh," the 61-year-old maths professor told AFP. "Maybe that will help to rebuild the country,...

Turkey rescues 7-year-old Yazidi girl in IS raid

Feb 24, 2021 (AFP)

The child was handed over to social services after the operation, which was conducted jointly by Turkey's police and intelligence service, the DHA news agency r...

Colombian military accused of 6,400 extrajudicial killings

Feb 18, 2021 (AFP)

The court, called the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, is investigating crimes and atrocities committed during half a century of armed conflict between governmen...

Syria Kurds hand Baghdad 100 alleged IS fighters: Iraq security source

Feb 14, 2021 (AFP)

The Iraqi fighters were being interrogated before being transferred to the judiciary, the source said. But an official with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) d...

Biden govt supports repatriating jihadists: US diplomat

Feb 10, 2021 (AFP)

"The global threat from Isis will grow if the international community does not repatriate their citizens," said Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the acting US ambassador fo...

Shared tactics fan flames for jihadists and white supremacists

Feb 05, 2021 (AFP)

Both movements tap into a toxic mix of resentment triggered by perceived societal decline, hatred of Jews, a global elite accused of conspiracies and a supposed...

At packed hospitals, Iraqis lament blast as bitterly familiar

Jan 21, 2021 (AFP)

Grieving mothers, hysterical brothers and wailing children packed the halls at the Sheikh Zayed hospital, less than three kilometres (two miles) away from Tayar...

UN says 12 murdered in Syria camp in two weeks

Jan 21, 2021 (AFP)

Held by Kurdish forces, Al-Hol camp -- Syria's biggest -- holds almost 62,000 people, of whom more than 80 percent are women and children, including Syrians, Ir...

Metal detectors installed at doors of US House

Jan 12, 2021 (AFP)

Magnetometers have been used for years at all visitor and staff entrances to the Capitol and many other federal buildings. But lawmakers have been allowed to go...

Spain court remands three suspected IS members

Jan 11, 2021 (AFP)

Spanish authorities began their investigation after becoming aware just before Christmas that the "potentially dangerous" Algerian man was in Spain, police said...

France says kills dozens of Mali jihadists, villagers say wedding party hit

Jan 05, 2021 (AFP)

Social media has been buzzing with rumours since Sunday about events in Bounti, and villagers there told AFP that a wedding party was attacked by an unidentifie...

U.S. airstrikes in Somalia kill three al-Shabab extremists

Jan 04, 2021 (UPI)

The two airstrikes on Friday struck an al-Shabab position near the town of Qunyo Barrow, on Somalia's southern coast. "Current assessments indicate the strikes ...

Tyndall is first Air Force base to use new x-ray system for vehicle inspections

Jan 04, 2021 (UPI)

The first Mobile Vehicle Access Control Inspection System, or VACIS M6500, of the Air Force was deployed in mid-December and significantly reduces the time it t...

Swiss get 24/7 fighter jet protection

Dec 29, 2020 (AFP)

Starting on December 31, two F-18 fighter jets will be operational 24/7 to protect the airspace over the small, landlocked country, the armed forces said in a s...

Terahertz security for e-shopping centres - and US border

Dec 21, 2020 (ESA)

Those being screened do not have to walk into any special booth, but simply walk past the detector, without even noticing. They are not exposed to any radiation...

Pentagon plans to end military support for CIA counterrorism operations

Dec 10, 2020 (UPI)

Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller sent a letter to CIA Director Gina Haspel outlining the decision to review the relationship between the two agencies...

U.S. airstrikes in Somalia kill 8 al-Shabaab-linked weapons experts

Dec 10, 2020 (UPI)

According to AFRICOM, the airstrikes were coordinated with Somalia's federal government and targeted al-Shabaab explosives experts. Eight people are said to hav...

IS built up arsenal after 'red flags' ignored: study

Dec 08, 2020 (AFP)

The Conflict Armament Research group said in a study that IS was able to build up a store of material for a weapons production programme in Iraq and Syria from ...