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The U.S. military is setting its eyes on combating state sponsor of terrorism Iran as the war against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) dwindles in the Middle East, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S.-NATO coalition in Afghanistan has pulverized 25 Taliban labs used to process opium and its deadly heroin derivative, depriving the narco-jihadists of $80 million in illegal drug proceeds in the first three weeks of an unprecedented counternarcotics air campaign.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will make decisions on whether to release detainees still held at the American military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, “on a case-by-case basis,” the White House National Security Council (NSC) revealed.

The Bangladeshi man who attempted to carry out a suicide attack during rush hour near a busy bus terminal in New York City — allegedly on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) — reportedly attended a terrorist-linked mosque in Brooklyn that was once funded by the Saudi Arabian government.

The State Department has not had “any wins” this year under U.S. President Donald Trump, conceded Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday.

Top military officials from the United States, Iraq, and Turkey are expected to meet in Ankara this week to discuss security threats facing the Middle East.

Egypt and Russia have reached a $30-billion agreement to build the first nuclear plant in North Africa, marking Moscow’s latest effort to expand its sway in the region.

Iraqi Shiite Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, in response to the backlash, had a change of heart and added the Kurdish Peshmerga into his speech about Iraq’s victory of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), listing them among the armed groups he praised for their contribution to the demise of the jihadist group.

An underground cell of battle-hardened jihadists from Central Asia are planning to carry out “terrorist” attacks during the upcoming New Year celebrations and presidential elections in Moscow, reportedly warns Alexander Bortnik, the head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), charged with homeland security.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has joined his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in rebuking America’s decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying the move has made the United States a “partner in bloodshed.”

The U.S.-backed Iraqi military hosted a victory parade in Baghdad’s heavily guarded Green Zone over the weekend to mark the end of the war against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).

Kremlin President Vladimir Putin has reportedly ordered his Ministry of Defense to begin pulling out Russian troops from Syria, declaring that the end of “large-scale combat actions” against jihadists in the war-devastated country is imminent.

American airstrikes have obliterated more Taliban labs in Afghanistan used to process opium and its deadly heroin derivative, dealing a $4 million blow to the narco-jihadist group’s economic engine, purportedly shows a video released by U.S. Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A).

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has added a prominent jihadi ideologue based in Jamaica to the American government’s list of specially designated global terrorists for recruiting prospective militants for the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria.

The embassy of Islamabad’s ally China, in an unsual security warning, cautioned its nationals in Pakistan that “terrorists” are planning to target them in a “series of attacks” soon.

An al-Qaeda faction in the disputed Kashmir region has reportedly urged Indian Muslims to engage in jihad against “Hindu extremists” and establish sharia law in the Himalayan area.

WASHINGTON, DC — The United States is gripped by an “elevated threat” as the Christmas holiday approaches posed by homegrown violent extremists (HVEs) seeking to carry out “stray dog attacks” on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), warned a top U.S. national security official.

The terrorist-linked Muslim Brotherhood (MB), echoing other jihadist groups, has pledged to “shed blood” and “wage war” against the United States after President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and directed his government to move the American embassy to the city.

The United States has failed to regularly impose punitive sanctions on governments that violate religious freedom despite a dramatic rise in persecution in recent decades, relying instead on “ineffective” and “insufficient” rhetorical condemnations, an expert told a House panel.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel renders him the “most pro-Zionist” commander-in-chief to have ever held the high office, declared Iran’s state-controlled news agency Press TV, citing an analyst.

Al-Qaeda’s North Africa branch — considered the “wealthiest” — likely generates tens of millions of dollars annually through drug trafficking linked to violent Latin American cartels like the leftist terrorist group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and other criminal activities, reveals the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) think tank.

An Islamic charter drafted by Islam’s Mohammad is consistent with the religious freedom provisions enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, a senior official from the terror-affiliated Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) argued before a House panel.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is developing networks across North Africa that seek to attack the continent, Europe, and the United States while it loses control of its so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria, a top U.S. State Department counterterrorism official warned lawmakers.

The U.S. military and their Afghan counterparts have decimated high-ranking jihadi leaders in Afghanistan in recent weeks, including the commander of the Taliban’s deadly “Red Unit” and the second in command of the al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) faction.

The United States “remains fully committed” to continue providing millions of dollars in American taxpayer-funded military assistance to Lebanon, home to Iran’s narco-terrorist proxy Hezbollah, considered the most influential player in the country’s fractious political environment, confirmed a Pentagon spokesman.

China’s decision to temporarily stop funding at least three road projects in Pakistan affiliated with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) component of Beijing’s ambitious multi-trillion dollar One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative has left Islamabad “stunned,” reports DAWN.

The son of ex-Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh has called for retaliation against the Iran-linked Houthi rebels who killed the former leader, accusing him of “treachery” for offering to “turn a new page” with the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting the Shiite insurgents in Yemen.

U.S. President Donald Trump and his French counterpart, President Emmanuel Macron, have agreed on the need for northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Shiite-led Baghdad to resolve their Kurdish independence efforts-linked differences through dialogue, according to the White House.

The United States will do “everything” in its power to eliminate Pakistan-based safe havens for jihadist groups in neighboring Afghanistan if Islamabad fails to take action, warned CIA Director Mike Pompeo this weekend.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster placed Russia and China in the same category as Iran, North Korea, and global jihadist organizations like the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) when describing the top homeland security threats facing the United States at the Reagan National Defense Forum over the weekend.

North Korea’s pursuit of long-range nuclear capabilities poses the “greatest immediate threat” to the United States, U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser cautioned during the weekend, acknowledging that the possibility of war with Kim Jong-un’s rogue regime is “increasing every day.”

The Pentagon wasted more than $62 million on procuring, operating, and maintaining inspection equipment intended to prevent illegal cross-border activity known to fuel the Taliban’s pocketbook in Afghanistan, revealed an American watchdog agency.

Burka-clad gunmen linked to Pakistan’s Taliban attacked an agricultural college in Peshawar, killing at least nine people and injuring 38 others as the Muslim-majority country marked Muhammad’s birthday.

More than 220 women who work for the national security community within the U.S. government have signed an open letter arguing that the sexual harassment policies in their workplace have failed to protect them against violations at the hands of their male counterparts.

Tensions between Kurds and Iranian-backed Shiite militias sanctioned by Baghdad continue to intensify in northern Iraq, prompting young Kurdish men to fight back “the bullies” with RPGs and machine guns in the latest incident in a wave of clashes between the two groups, reports Kurdistan24.

The dramatic losses the Islamic State (ISIS) has sustained at the hands of the American-led coalition and its local allies have failed to take a toll on the jihadist group’s global reach, the head of U.S. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) told a House panel.