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The right hand man to ISIS leader Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in a US airstrike in northern... “DIA “Defense Intelligence Agency Confirmed that three top members of ISIS were killed today when a US airstrike targeted their stronghold in Mosul, Iraq. Among the dead was the right hand man to ISIS leader Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Hajar Al-Sufi who was an aide to the head of ISIS. The ISIS …

Purported photos of 'Chinese Islamic State fighter' - Defense News Asia Photos of a purported Chinese man fighting for the powerful Islamic militant group, the Islamic State, have raised eyebrows in both Iraq and China since surfacing online on Tuesday. If proven authentic, they could make the man the first confirmed Chinese national to be found fighting for the extremi…

This Stealth Attack Boat May Be Too Innovative for the Pentagon - Defense News Asia On the northern edge of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine, past the security checkpoint and high-tech stations for refurbishing nuclear submarines, is a derelict warehouse that once doubled as a sawmill. Building 129’s corrugated metal exterior is rusted and overgrown with bursts of ivy. Broken…

Sri Lanka: The Living Laboratory on How to and How Not to Fight Terrorism - Defense News Asia Governments from all over the world have started to study the case study of Sri Lanka on how to defeat terrorism. Sri Lanka is the best example in the world on how to dismantle a terrorist group militarily. The fact that the present government succeeded and others failed is clearly visible. …

Islamic terrorism threat to Srilanka : Gotabaya Rajapaksha - Defense News Asia In a paper published in the latest issue of the US Defense Department’s journal “Prism”, Sri Lanka’s Defense Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has reiterated his belief that Islamic terrorism poses a threat to Sri Lanka.Since the LTTE’s defeat, some of the Muslim groups in Lanka have begun to engage in…