Friday, April 28, 2017

The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)



Posted: 28 Apr 2017 12:50 PM PDT
The US military has invested significant resources in battling the Islamic State in Afghanistan, despite the fact that the group controls areas in just four districts in Nangarhar.
Posted: 28 Apr 2017 07:25 AM PDT
This year's "spring offensive" is named after Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, the previous emir who was killed by the US in a drone strike in Pakistan in May 2016. As in previous years, the Taliban said the main focus of its operation is the targeting of both foreign and local forces.
Posted: 28 Apr 2017 01:08 AM PDT
Hay'at Tahrir al Sham ("Assembly for the Liberation of the Levant") and the Islamic State continue to battle for control of the Yarmouk camp in southern Damascus.
Posted: 27 Apr 2017 11:05 AM PDT
Two American soldiers were killed during a raid against the Islamic State in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province. A third American perished during combat earlier this month. The Islamic State's so-called Khorasan province has lost ground since the beginning of 2016, but is still able to engage in heavy fighting and launch significant attacks.

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