Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stresses that Cairo seeks an all-inclusive political solution to the Libyan crisis, casting aside reports of a military confrontation against Turkey on Libyan soil.

The outgoing Trump administration appears to have made little if any progress in achieving its goal. Earlier this month, a Trump administration official told Congress that Washington’s goals for the outcome of Syria’s civil war remain “within reach.”

A few short years ago, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s improvised attack drones were widely believed to be a threat so grave they could become strategically significant as the “next improvised explosive device.” Terrorist groups have weaponized commercial drones for high-profile attacks around the world from Venezuela …

he U.S. has moved an aircraft carrier and an Amphibious Ready Group embarked with Marines off the coast of Somalia as U.S. Africa Command has begun repositioning troops from Somalia, USNI News has learned.

An American nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine traversed the strategically vital waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula on Monday, the U.S. Navy said, a rare announcement that comes amid rising tensions with Iran.

Syrian Observatory activists have monitored growing popular discontent and panic, along with Turkish-backed factions being on high alert in Azaz city in north-eastern Aleppo.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Unknown individuals executed a civilian from Deir Ezzor city by firing squad, after storming his house in Al-Busayrah city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. The reasons behind this murder remained unknown. It is worth noting that the victim was displaced from Deir Ezzor …

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have documented the death of a military commander of the Turkish-backed division of “Sultan Murad” after he was shot by a member of the same division. According to SOHR sources the member shot dead the commander after the commander had shot a woman …

The outgoing Trump administration appears to have made little if any progress in achieving its goal. Earlier this month, a Trump administration official told Congress that Washington’s goals for the outcome of Syria’s civil war remain “within reach.”

In the recent lead-up to Hanukkah, Israel announced that it had conducted an unprecedented multi-layered air defense test. The test comes amid increased tensions with Iran and in the wake of Israel rolling out a multi-year defense plan called “Momentum.” It also comes after years in which Israel has conducted …