Threats

Nigeria Just Arrested Its Former Defense Chief for Looting Anti-Boko Haram Funds

If the allegations are true, it would help explain the country’s gross under-resourcing of government security services.

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How to Tell The Difference Between a Nuclear Bomb Test and an Earthquake

The preliminary data suggests that the event in North Korea was not, in fact, the end of the world.

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Saudi Arabia-Iran Break Threatens Syrian Peace Process

Mere weeks after the two countries backed a unanimous U.N. Security Council resolution, their sectarian-fueled escalation has likely sunk fragile hopes for Syria.

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Yemen's War Is Nearly Lost in the Din of Surrounding Conflicts

With another ceasefire ended and nearly 3,000 already dead, Yemenis are stuck in a Saudi-Iranian proxy war that has no end in sight.

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For the First Time, US Makes Russia's List of Top Security Threats

The document, an update of Moscow's 2009 national security strategy, also alleged an 'anti-constitutional coup d’etat' in Ukraine while leaving out any hint of the conflict in Syria.

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African Extremist Group Al-Shebab Shows Trump in Recruitment Video

Video of the GOP frontrunner appeared between old clips of now-deceased al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki.

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Syrian Refugees in Turkey Are Facing the Same Terror They Once Fled

A journalist's death exemplifies a bitter truth: The easiest and closest refuge is not always the safest.

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Ramadi Is 'Fully Liberated'

Iraqi government forces, backed by Sunni tribesman and U.S. airstrikes, recaptured the city from ISIS.

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‘Call of Jihad’: ISIS Turns to Video Games, Hollywood to Reach Recruits

This video shows how ISIS is increasingly appropriating images of western pop culture, portraying terror as glamorous.

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Israel Versus Hezbollah, Round Three?

The Lebanon-based terror group fired rockets into northern Israel just hours after an Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah leader in Syria.

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Poland's New Government Raided a NATO Intel Facility in the Dark of Night

'We are quickly losing our credibility,' said Tomasz Siemioniak, political opposition member and the country's former minister of defense.

Threats

The Global Conflicts to Watch in 2016

Concerns about the Middle East, and especially Syria, have displaced other threats.