Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
1/18/2022 9:36:54 PM
The crisis over Ukraine poses a threat to international peace and security if all sides do not ponder their future steps calmly and avoid warmongering, writes Hussein Haridy
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World
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Region
12/16/2021 11:29:56 PM
A drone that threatened a base with US and partner forces in southern Syria was shot down by a British fighter jet with the Western anti-Islamic State coalition, the Pentagon said Thursday.
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World
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International
12/14/2021 12:35:40 PM
The Pentagon said Monday that no US troops or officials would face disciplinary action for a drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children.
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World
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Region
11/30/2021 9:53:53 AM
The Pentagon launched a fresh probe Monday into a 2019 airstrike that killed civilians in Syria, two weeks after a New York Times investigation claimed the US military concealed dozens of non-combatants' deaths.
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World
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International
11/8/2021 1:01:14 PM
China has built what appear to be full-scale outlines of American warships including an aircraft carrier, satellite imagery showed, possible targets to practise striking some of the most potent US weapons deployed in the Pacific.
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World
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International
11/4/2021 10:51:41 AM
Beijing hit back Thursday against a US report on China's expansion of its nuclear arsenal, calling it "full of prejudice" and saying Washington was hyping up talk of a nuclear threat.
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World
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International
11/3/2021 10:00:17 PM
A US drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians was a tragic mistake but did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector general said Wednesday after an investigation.
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World
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Region
10/23/2021 10:04:04 AM
A senior al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon said Friday.
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World
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International
10/20/2021 3:22:28 PM
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged more defense cooperation among Black Sea allies Wednesday ahead of a NATO ministers summit.
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World
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International
10/19/2021 6:48:34 PM
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday called on Moscow to stop prolonging the war in eastern Ukraine, his second stop in Black Sea countries he said were threatened by Russian expansionism.
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World
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International
9/30/2021 9:23:38 PM
The Pentagon plans to rely on air strikes to prevent a resurgence of Al-Qaeda now that US troops have left Afghanistan, but experts and some lawmakers are skeptical about the effectiveness of the so-called "over-the-horizon" strategy
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World
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International
9/22/2021 5:19:36 PM
Craig Whitlock is responsible for covering the Pentagon and national security for the Washington Post
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World
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Region
9/13/2021 3:58:22 PM
Up to half of the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since 9/11 went to for-profit defense contractors, a study released Monday found
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World
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International
9/9/2021 9:43:39 AM
'We put the Taliban on notice that we expect them to not allow that to happen,` Austin said, referring to the possibility of al-Qaeda using Afghanistan as a staging base in the future
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World
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International
8/30/2021 10:58:43 PM
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World
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International
8/30/2021 6:40:51 PM
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters, 'The threat stream is still real, it's still active, and in many cases it's still specific'
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World
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International
8/29/2021 9:56:14 AM
The Pentagon said the remaining contingent of U.S. forces at the airport, now numbering fewer than 4,000, had begun their final withdrawal ahead of Biden's deadline for ending the evacuation on Tuesday
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World
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International
8/28/2021 6:12:03 PM
No civilians were hurt in the attack early Saturday, which followed the suicide bombing Thursday that killed scores of people including 13 US troops at Kabul airport, Major General Hank Taylor told a news conference
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World
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International
8/23/2021 6:58:51 PM
The Pentagon immediately announced it will press ahead with plans to require members of the military to get the vaccine as the US, and the world, battle the extra-contagious delta variant
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World
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International
8/22/2021 2:30:54 PM
The Pentagon said Sunday that it is formally seeking airlift help from commercial airlines to relocate evacuees from Afghanistan once they have gotten out of their country
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