Activists: Senior Qaeda commander killed in airstrike in Syria

Not immediately clear if strike was carried out by U.S.-led coalition or Russia

• Oct 17, 2015

Taliban say they are withdrawing from Kunduz in Afghanitsan

Retaking the strategic northern town was a key moment for Afghan government, as they also claim to smash major al Qaeda camp

• Oct 13, 2015

ACLU sues Air Force psychologists over CIA interrogation tactics

Torture tactics were taught under guise of science and pain inflicted on al Qaeda prisoners was "far beyond the legal limits," ACLU says

• Oct 13, 2015

Ceremony marks 15th anniversary of USS Cole attack

Seventeen sailors died and dozens were injured in the pre-9/11 terrorist attack; family members cried as the victims' names were read

• Oct 12, 2015

Did U.S. forces overstep authority in Afghan strike?

Obama said force could be used under 3 specific circumstances, and it's unclear if any were met before deadly hospital strike

• Oct 7, 2015

Secret memo approving drone strike on American released

A federal appeals court made public a Justice Department memo that provided the legal justification for the 2011 drone killing of an American cleric in Yemen

• Jun 23, 2014
• 2:08

Al Qaeda's resurrection: Are U.S. leaders coming to terms?

Flash Points: CBS News State Department Correspondent Margaret Brennan and CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate discuss assessment by Intelligence Director James Clapper that al Qaeda is merely “morphing” and not “on the run"

• Feb 11, 2014
• 4:34

Video shows U.S. commandos capturing terror suspect

The Washington Post published video showing American commandos grabbing suspected terrorist Anas al-Libi off the street in Tripoli, Libya, last fall

• Feb 10, 2014
• 2:26

American al Qaeda report: U.S. considers strike to kill U.S. man

A new report says the Obama administration is looking for a legal way to kill an American al Qaeda suspect

• Feb 9, 2014
• 0:21

Americans among dead in Afghanistan suicide attack

At least two Americans are among the 21 people who were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside of a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday

• Jan 17, 2014
• 3:32

U.S. rushing small arms to Iraq, diplomatic source says

A diplomatic source tells CBS News the U.S. is rushing small arms to Iraq to be used in the battle for Anbar province. U.S. forces paid dearly for this territory and now a religious war is being fought there between the two main factions of Islam

• Jan 16, 2014
• 1:27

Iraqis blame government for escalating violence in religious war

At least 70 people were killed in bombings in what was one of the deadliest days in Iraq since the U.S. military pulled out of the country

• Jan 15, 2014
• 2:41

Iraq PM offering to pay tribesmen $400 a month to drive out militants

Under pressure from the United States and its allies, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has decided not order a full-scale assault against the al Qaeda-linked fighters

• Jan 13, 2014
• 2:21

Iraqi special forces deployed to Ramadi and Fallujah

The Iraqi government said at least 60 people have been killed during two weeks of fighting between government forces and al Qaeda-linked militants in the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah

• Jan 11, 2014
• 1:45

Iraqi city captured by al Qaeda militants

In Iraq, the city of Fallujah has been captured by forces linked to al Qaeda in the worst violence against the Iraqi government since U.S. forces left the country in December 2011.

• Jan 4, 2014
• 0:19

Iraqi cities at risk of capture by al Qaeda

The Iraqi cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, where American troops once fought desperate battles against al Qaeda, are in danger of falling back under control of the militants

• Jan 3, 2014
• 1:57

N.Y. Times Benghazi report generates new debate

Republicans are taking issue with a New York Times investigation into the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi last year that left four Americans dead

• Dec 30, 2013
• 2:44

American hostage makes plea in newly surfaced video

The U.S. State Department is trying to authenticate a video that surfaced of an American held captive by al Qaeda

• Dec 26, 2013
• 1:59

Kan. man arrested in airport bombing plot

Terry Loewen was arrested as he tried to drive a van he believed was loaded with explosives onto the tarmac of Wichita Airport

• Dec 13, 2013
• 2:08

American killed in Libya said faith would guide him

Ronnie Smith, an American who taught chemistry at the International School in Benghazi, was killed as he was jogging. No one has claimed responsibility, but suspicions are focused on Islamic militants

• Dec 5, 2013
• 1:54

Afghan forces suffer heavy losses as U.S. troops prepare to leave

The Taliban's aggression continues in Afghanistan as the U.S. prepares to hand over security responsibilities to Afghan forces

• Nov 27, 2013
• 2:41

Foreign fighters in Syria pose broader security threat

Flash Points: Thousands of young radicals are pouring into Syria to fight in that country's civil war, but the danger they pose won't end there

• Nov 26, 2013
• 4:11

Pakistani Taliban leader reportedly killed

Sources say Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban for the last 4 years, has been killed in northwest Pakistan

• Nov 1, 2013
• 1:14

U.S., Iraq share "common vision" on fighting al Qaeda

Two years after U.S. troops left Iraq, al Qaeda's presence there is growing, President Obama acknowledged Friday after a White House meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

• Nov 1, 2013
• 1:45

Road to U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan still long and dangerous

As U.S. forces prepare to hand over security duties to their Afghan partners, the responsibility of clearing the roads remains strictly an American operation

• Oct 29, 2013
• 3:07

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