Tag Archives: Counterterrorism

The Pentagon has confirmed that the United States will significantly scale down its military presence in Syria, reducing the number of deployed troops to fewer than 1,000 over the coming months. This marks a notable shift in Washington’s long-standing role in countering the Islamic State (IS) in the region. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced the decision on Friday, stating that …

The U.S. military confirmed that a senior operative from Al-Qaeda’s Syria branch was killed in an airstrike on northwestern Syria on Thursday. The targeted strike took place in an area that was once controlled by interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa’s group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), before it led the offensive that resulted in the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December. …

Two recently retired senior Israeli intelligence officers revealed new details about a covert operation targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, which utilized explosive devices hidden in pagers and walkie-talkies. The operation, years in the making, was carried out three months ago and was revealed in a segment on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” The operation began over a decade ago with walkie-talkies …