The Pentagon has recommitted itself to scaling back its military mission in Iraq, a process that will see Baghdad command efforts to combat remnants of the Islamic State group inside its own country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/world/pentagon-iraq-mission-scaled-back/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #pentagon #iraq #us #islamicstategroup #alqaida

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between al-Qaida and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/world/un-report-syria-al-qaida/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #alqaida #terrorism #islamicstate #syria #middleeast #un #us