#Counterterrorism

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• 🇺🇸 Secretary Rubio Revokes Green Cards of Foreign Nationals with Ties to Iranian Terror Regime — 04/04/2026 [USA]

  Office of the Spokesperson Secretary Rubio Revokes Green Cards of Foreign Nationals with Ties to Iranian Terror Regime ...

  Related: #Immigration Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 US drones deployed to Nigeria alongside troops for intelligence, training — 21/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Military Deployment
• 🇺🇸 Sanctioning a Global Network Supporting Hizballah Financing — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Thomas "Tommy" Pigott, Principal Deputy Spokesperson Sanctioning a Global Network Supporting Hizballah Financing ...

  Related: #Financial sanctions, #Middle East security
• 🇺🇸 What to know about Joe Kent, Trump counterterrorism chief who resigned — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  In a resignation letter, Joe Kent said Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation," and he asserted that "we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby."

  Related: #Government Resignation
• 🇺🇸 The U.S. desperately needs functional counterterrorism — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  America’s defenses are divided, disorganized and under-resourced at a high-risk moment during the war against Iran.

  Related: #National Security
• 🇬🇧 What we know about Joe Kent - the top US counterterrorism official who has resigned over Trump's Iran war — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Donald Trump's most senior counterterrorism official has resigned, saying he "cannot in good conscience" support the Iran war and claiming the country posed "no imminent threat" to the United States.

  Related: #Resignation, #Iran Policy
• 🇺🇸 Afghan Officials Say Hundreds Dead in Pakistani Airstrike on Kabul — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  The attack hit a drug rehabilitation facility, Afghanistan said, suggesting that civilians were among the victims. Pakistan said it had targeted a weapons depot.

  Related: #International Conflict, #Civilian Casualties
• 🇺🇸 United States Sanctions Hamas’s Illicit Charity Network — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Thomas "Tommy" Pigott, Principal Deputy Spokesperson United States Sanctions Hamas’s Illicit Charity Network ...

  Related: #Sanctions, #Middle East
• 🇬🇧 Iraqi official urges Australia to take back alleged IS fighters during meeting with ambassador — 12/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Iraq’s national security adviser Qassim al-Araji says he told Australian ambassador that countries should repatriate prisoners</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live...

  Related: #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 US blacklists Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as ‘terrorist’ group — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Trump administration accuses the group of receiving support from Iran and carrying out violence against civilians.

  Related: #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 US to designate Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, State Department says — 09/03/2026 [USA] Related: #US Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Iran War Poses Test for Justice Dept. After Firings Deplete National Security Ranks — 06/03/2026 [USA]

  Firings, resignations and diversions to the president’s priorities have left elite counterterrorism and counterintelligence units stretched thin, current and former officials say.

  Related: #National Security, #Government Personnel
• 🇺🇸 ISIS is back in Syria. Can the US fight extremists with extremists? — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Why would the U.S. pursue an alliance to defeat ISIS with a military that is itself composed of former ISIS and al Qaeda members?

  Related: #Geopolitics
• 🇬🇧 UK terror threat 'absolutely' under review after Iran strikes, defence secretary says — 01/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The UK's terror threat level is "absolutely" under review following US and Israel strikes on Iran, the defence secretary told Sky News.

  Related: #National Security, #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 "Unprecedented cooperation" between all levels of government to deter attacks in U.S., expert says — 01/03/2026 [USA]

  CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd, who served as assistant secretary for counterterrorism for the Department of Homeland Security, discusses how the U.S. is working to share intellig...

  Related: #National Security, #Government Cooperation
• 🇺🇸 Heightened security threat in U.S. after Iran strikes, federal law enforcement officials warn — 01/03/2026 [USA]

  Could Iranian so-called sleeper cells in the U.S. prepare to retaliate after the strikes on Iran? Jericka Duncan looks into security precautions.

  Related: #National security, #International relations
• 🇺🇸 US says it supports Pakistan’s ’right to defend itself’ against Afghan Taliban — 28/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitical tensions, #Regional security
• 🇺🇸 U.S. cuts forces in Syria as its new government fights terror threat — 18/02/2026 [USA]

  A senior Trump administration official told PBS News that the U.S. will reduce the number of troops who have been fighting ISIS in Syria. The statement comes after a major shift in U.S. policy in the ...

  Related: #Military Policy, #Middle East Tensions
• 🇺🇸 DOJ announces suspect arrested in 2012 Benghazi attack, brought to U.S. — 06/02/2026 [USA]

  Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a suspect who was allegedly a key participant in the deadly 2012 terrorist attack on a U.S. facility in Benghazi, Libya, was arrested and brought to the U.S. to fa...

  Related: #Justice, #Diplomatic Security, #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 New device could detect explosive favored by terrorists — 23/03/2016 [USA]

  American researchers have developed a device that could detect even trace amounts of explosive TATP, which was found in the apartment of two Brussels attackers

  Related: #Security Technology