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Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (lit or, Tanẓīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab, "Organization of Jihad&#;s Base in the Arabian Peninsula"), or AQAP, also known as Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (جماعة أنصار الشريعة, Jamā‘at Anṣār ash-Sharī‘ah, "Group of the Helpers of the Sharia"), is a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

The history of Iraq from to is characterized by a large United States military deployment on Iraqi territory, beginning with the U.S.-led invasion of the country in March which overthrew the Ba&#;ath Party government of Saddam Hussein and ending with the departure of US troops from the country in (though the Iraq War that commenced in continued and subsequently intensified during ).

United Nations Security Council Resolution , adopted unanimously on October , , after reaffirming all resolutions on the situation in Afghanistan and terrorism, including resolutions (), (), (), (), (), (), (), (), () and (), the Council extended the authorisation of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operating in the country for a period of one year.

Ahmed Abdi Godane (Axmed Cabdi Godane, أحمد عبدي جودان; July – September , also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, was the Emir (leader) of Al-Shabaab, an Islamist group based in Somalia with ties to Al Qaeda. Godane, who received training and fought in Afghanistan, was designated by the United States as a terrorist. He succeeded Mukhtar Robow who had held the position for several months after Aden Ayro&#;s death. He was killed in a U.S. drone strike on September in southern Somalia.