
A glance at the Pakistan-based Haqqani network
Some questions and answers about the Pakistan-based Haqqani network and the potential impact of the Obama administration's decision to designate it ...
US sends more spies, diplomats to Syrian border
The U.S. is ramping up its presence at Syria's Turkish border, sending more spies and diplomats to help advise the rebel forces in their mismatched ...

Iraq's role in Syria war poses problems for US
Iraq's acquiescence in possibly allowing Iranian weapons deliveries to the Syrian regime demonstrates Washington's limited influence in postwar Iraq, ...

Pentagon says ex-SEAL book contains secrets
A former Navy SEAL's insider account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contains classified information, the Pentagon said Tuesday, and the ...

Publisher of bin Laden book refuses to back down
The publisher of an insider account of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden said Friday it will begin public sales next week despite a ...

Pakistani officials confirm death of key militant
Pakistani intelligence officials confirmed Thursday that a U.S. drone strike last week near the Afghan border killed the son of the founder of the ...

SEAL's book shows bin Laden raid up close
A Navy SEAL's firsthand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden pulls back the veil on the secret operations conducted almost nightly by elite ...
US officials checking SEAL raid book for secrets
U.S. officials said Monday that they are reviewing a copy of a soon-to-be-published account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, checking for ...

McRaven tells troops to pipe down
Special operations chief Adm. Bill McRaven warned his troops, current and former, that he would take legal action against anyone found to have exposed ...
SEAL who wrote bin Laden raid book identified
The Navy SEAL who wrote an account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden under a pseudonym was identified Thursday as Matt Bissonnette, who retired ...

Book on bin Laden raid coming out Sept. 11
A member of the U.S. Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden has written a firsthand account of the operation, triggering more questions about the ...
Special operators to anti-Obama groups: zip it
A group of retired special operations and CIA officers who claim President Barack Obama revealed secret missions and turned the killing of Osama bin ...

Attack shows need for Pakistani Taliban offensive
The Pakistani Taliban's brazen attack on a major air force base near the capital underscores the need for the Pakistani army's planned offensive ...

US officials: al-Qaida gaining foothold in Syria
Al-Qaida has advanced beyond isolated pockets of activity in Syria and now is building a network of well-organized cells, according to U.S.
Obama may act to stop infrastructure cyberattacks
The Obama administration is weighing plans to use its executive power to press U.S. businesses to better protect critical industries from potentially ...
Pakistan unrelenting in demanding drone strike end
Pakistan's ambassador to the United States says her country will not relent from demanding that the CIA end its drone strikes. In a debate with White ...
Pakistan official slams drones ahead of CIA talks
Pakistan's ambassador to the United States is calling for an end to CIA drone strikes ahead of an intelligence summit in Washington between the two ...
US weighs options to drive al-Qaida from Mali
The U.S. is likely to weigh options ranging from military assistance to direct strikes to drive a growing al-Qaida presence out of the coup-wracked ...
US weighs more Syria aid if rebels get safe zones
The Obama administration is weighing its options for more direct involvement in the Syrian civil war if the rebels opposing the Assad regime can wrest ...

Syria could use chemical weapons if attacked
Syria threatened Monday to unleash its chemical and biological weapons if the country faces a foreign attack, a desperate warning from a regime that ...

Minister: Bulgaria bomb won't stop Israeli travel
The suicide bombing that killed six people, five of them Israelis, in a Bulgarian seaside resort will not stop Israelis from traveling wherever they ...
Correction: Bulgaria-Israelis Attacked story
In a story July 20 that noted Bulgarian authorities had ruled out former Guantanamo detainee Mehdi Ghezali as the bomber in an attack against ...

Syria's Assad appears on TV after bombing
Syrian President Bashar Assad made his first appearance Thursday since a bomb killed some of his top lieutenants, looking calm and composed on state ...