The Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem and the Army of Islam claimed to have carried out joint rocket attacks against Israel in the past couple of days. Meanwhile, the efforts of Sinai-based Salafi jihadists to join the recent fighting appear to have been suppressed.
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A suicide bomber killed two security guards in an attack outside of Camp Eggers in Kabul. The government executed 14 prisoners in the past two days; the Taliban described them as “prisoners of war.”
“Gunmen” killed the chief of the Abu Ghraib local council and two of his sons. Security forces detained a Naqshabandia commander in Mosul. The government allotted $7.7 million to fund the Awakening.
After eight days of violence in Gaza, a truce agreement was reached between Israel and Hamas. Both sides continued to fire up to the 9 p.m. truce deadline, but no major breaches were reported in the hours since. After the truce has held for 24 hours, talks are to begin to address Hamas’s demand that […]
A colonel who commanded a tank battalion and several soldiers were killed during fighting with “tribesmen” in Marib after an oil pipeline was bombed. The US Embassy urged Americans in Yemen to leave the country.
Jules Berto Rodriguez Leal, a French citizen, was kidnapped in Diema in western Mali. Six other Frenchmen have been kidnapped by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and other Islamist groups operating in Mali.
Colonel Faraj Mohammed Idris Drissi , the director of security for Benghazi, was gunned down in front of his home by masked men. Drissi had issued a directive for security forces to tackle the militias in the city in the wake of Ansar al Sharia’s storming of the US Consulate.
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Turkey asked NATO for Patriot missiles to be deployed as a deterrent against Syrian attacks. The US, the Netherlands, and Germany are possible suppliers for the missile system. NATO said any such deployment would be defensive in nature and not the imposition of a no-fly zone.
Two convicted members of an al Qaeda-affiliated terror network in Italy are now senior members of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia. One of them, Sami Ben Khemais Essid, was the head of al Qaeda’s operations in Italy and plotted to attack the US Embassy in Rome in early 2001.
On Wednesday, a bomb exploded on a public bus in Tel Aviv, injuring at least 21 people. Israeli authorities are currently searching for the perpetrators of the attack.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, ISAF agree on border coordination
Four California men were arrested for planning to fight with the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan against the US. Sohiel Omar Kabir, a naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan, organized the terrorist training and travel plans for US residents Ralph Deleon and Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales and US citizen Arifeen David Gojali. Kabir introduced the […]
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Freed Taliban prisoners now living with their families: Afghan High Peace Council
France has ended its combat mission in Afghanistan. The Taliban attempted to assassinate the governor and security chief for Helmand. Two policemen and two Taliban fighters were killed during fighting in Helmand. The Taliban killed a policeman in an IED attack in Farah.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said there was no evidence that economic sanctions had any affect on Iran’s nuclear program. Iran was still producing enriched uranium at “a quite constant pace.”
Security forces killed a senior al Qaeda in Iraq commander in Wasit and detained 13 al Qaeda fighters near Ramadi. The chief of Kurdish military forces warned that a clash with central government forces could happen after fighting took place near Kirkuk.
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A Hamas official said a truce was imminent in Gaza. However, Israel and Egypt said the announcement was premature and that talks were still in progress. A “calming down” announcement scheduled for 9 p.m. local time did not happen. Israel said it would postpone a ground offensive into Gaza to give diplomatic efforts more time.
Rebels overran a military base in northern Syria, capturing armored vehicles and a large quantity of ammunition. Rebels also captured part of an air defense base. The European Union said the Syrian rebel coalition was legitimate. Extremist Islamist groups rejected the coalition and announced their own “jihadist state.”
Somali and African Union forces are advancing on Burhakabo; Shabaab fighters are said to be abandoning the town. The US deported Nuradin Abdi to Somalia. Abdi served a jail sentence for plotting to blow up a mall in Ohio.
Senior religious leaders from Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Nigeria formed the League of the Ulemas of the Sahel to denounce al Qaeda-linked groups and terrorism. The council denounced al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the Movement for Tawhid and Jihad in West Africa, and Boko Haram.
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France sees alarming rise in Islamophobia