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15 Nov 2018, 12:00 pm
The sanctions were imposed almost a decade ago over concerns that Eritrea was arming al-Shabab. [read post]
6 Jan 2020, 1:32 pm
An airstrip used by both the United States and Kenyan militaries was attacked by Al-Shabab militants in the early Sunday morning, reports the Washington Post. [read post]
28 Mar 2016, 5:31 am
The frame of the movie is simple -- a Predator drone mission over an al-Shabab area in Kenya. [read post]
17 Oct 2016, 4:06 am
It describes in previously-unappreciated detail the complex nature and large scale of the U.S. military commitment to the ongoing armed conflict against al Shabab in Somalia, underscoring the extent to which the real Obama military legacy (at least vis-a-vis the blended problem of failed states and violent jihadist organizations committed to terrorism) is not the simple caricature of "drone wars" but, instead, a sophisticated hybrid model blending an array of… [read post]
14 Feb 2016, 2:05 pm
Al Baghdadi has not, to our knowledge at least, set up a Twitter account. [read post]
14 Feb 2016, 2:05 pm
Al Baghdadi has not, to our knowledge at least, set up a Twitter account. [read post]
5 Jul 2012, 7:48 am
Peter Bergen and Jennifer Rowland write on CNN.com on the expansion of and success of drone strikes, using New America Foundation’s updated tracker Alex Perry at Time investigates the African and the U.S. response to a number of terrorist organizations in eastern Africa, including Al Shabab in Somalia, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and Boko Haram in Nigeria. [read post]
10 Jan 2014, 3:48 pm
At any rate, as if on cue, the Post reports today: A cell of U.S. military personnel has been stationed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu since last fall to advise and coordinate operations with African troops fighting to wrest control of the country from the al-Shabab militia, an Islamist group whose leaders have professed loyalty to al-Qaeda, according to three U.S. military officials. [read post]
12 Aug 2011, 9:42 am
Omar has been in custody in the Netherlands since 2009 charged with helping recruit about 20 young men to travel to Somalia and fight with the terror group al-Shabab. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 4:22 am
As reported by Gulf News, the hotel, which houses a number of foreign embassies including those of China, Qatar, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates and is popular with foreign visitors, “has also been the target of Al Shabab attacks in the past, including in 2012 when suicide bombers stormed the hotel while [Somali] President Hassan Shaikh Mohammad was inside. [read post]
9 Aug 2021, 12:56 pm
” The attack, which took place at Manda Bay, was carried out by al-Shabab, an Islamist group affiliated with al-Qaeda. [read post]
28 Oct 2021, 12:49 pm
ICYMI: Yesterday on Lawfare Jen Patja Howell shared an episode of the Lawfare Podcast in which David Priess, Julian Barnes and Emilia Columbo discuss U.S. policy toward Somalia and the al-Shabab terrorists there. [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 11:01 pm
They said his detention was justified by the laws of war, but declined to say whether their theory was that the Shabab are covered by Congress’s authorization to use military force against the perpetrators of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks; whether the detention was justified by his interactions with Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch; or something else. [read post]
25 Jul 2011, 12:31 pm
Your assistance can even get to some of the people in areas controlled by the Islamist rebel group Al-Shabab, which had previously halted food aid by some western NGOs. [read post]
3 Nov 2008, 5:03 am
Rather than investigate the rape, members of the al-Shabab militia accused Duhulow of adultery, detained her, and executed her.In 2003, the international women's human rights community mobilized to stop the stoning death of a Nigerian woman, Amina Lawal, who was accused of adultery under Islamic law. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 10:03 am
Somalia and Kenya are calling on on “big countries” to fight Al-Shabab, members of whom the United States already targets with drones, according to a Times piece. [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 11:45 am
Ten years ago the issue was whether we could indefinitely detain suspected terrorists without trial for associating with al Qaida. [read post]
2 Jun 2016, 12:32 pm
Some analysts are indicating that “one reason may be that the Shabab are competing with the Islamic State and are desperate to demonstrate their militant prowess. [read post]
7 Nov 2015, 5:47 am
The podcast considers al Shabab’s state of play since the attacks on the Westgate Mall, al Shabab leader Ahmad Umar, and foreign fighters in Somalia among other subjects. [read post]
19 Jul 2018, 1:44 pm
Royce stated that the trade also increases the “firepower” of organizations such as al-Shabab. [read post]
