Abu Muhammad al Julani, the head of the Al Nusrah Front, has rejected a call by the head of al Qaeda in Iraq to change his organization’s branding. Al Julani also renews his organization’s oath of allegiance to Ayman al Zawahiri.
Egyptian authorities arrested four suspected jihadists in Rafah. The suspects were found in possession of a variety of weaponry, including mortars and automatic rifles.
An AQIM statement released last week was intended to deny reports in the press that Abu Yayha Hammam became the emir of the Sahara branch only last month.
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Meeting in Algiers, interior ministers from Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia, Spain, France, Italy, Malta, and Portugal planned increasing cooperation on border security, refusal to pay ransoms to terrorists, and efforts against cybercrime “as an engine for the spread of terrorism.” Interior Minister Kablia said that “[a]ny terrorist who wants to attack Algeria has only […]
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Paraguay opposes drone attacks on Pakistan
A federal judge in New York City moved the trial of former Osama bin Laden spokesman Abu Ghaith to Jan. 7, after public defenders complained that budget cuts made an autumn 2013 trial too difficult for them to manage. A federal judge in Virginia ruled on April 8 that US Army veteran Eric Harroun, who […]
A banner released by the Al Malahem Foundation, AQAP’s official propaganda outlet, refers to Shihri as if he were alive, and other jihadists are also claiming he isn’t dead.
A leading Salafi jihadist has revealed that 47 Salafists currently imprisoned by Hamas are conducting hunger strikes to protest their imprisonment.
Obama’s drone war kills ‘others,’ not just al Qaida leaders
Libya arms fueling conflicts in Syria, Mali and beyond: U.N. experts
Jihadist groups, including the al Qaeda-linked Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, are cheering on the announcement that al Qaeda’s affiliates in Iraq and Syria are henceforth to be known as the “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.”
The Taliban killed five civilians in an IED attack in Helmand and two policemen in Nuristan. Two ISAF soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Nangarhar. Two French citizens who were kidnapped months ago have been freed.
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Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the emir of al Qaeda in Iraq, announced the formation of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Baghdadi merged al Qaeda in Iraq’s Islamic State of Iraq, and the Al Nusrah Front. Baghdadi admitted that AQI formed Al Nusrah.
Pro-government militias captured a Saudi member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula during in Qarnah in Abyan province. “Militants” commanded by tribal leader Hassan Mabkhoot attacked oil facilities and power lines in Marib province.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said he is “determined” to move forward with peace process. An explosion along the border between Israel and Gaza damaged an IDF vehicle. An Israeli Arab, who was recruited by Hezbollah in Denmark, was sentenced to seven years in prison for spying for the terror group by an Israeli court. The IAF […]
The Director of the Somali Islamic Scholars dodged an assassination attempt by a car bomb in Mogadishu. The state administration in Hiran said it would retake areas under Shabaab control.
The IMU clear remains entrenched in northern Afghanistan despite years of operations against the terror group.
French Foreign Minister Drian visited the Ifhogas mountains, where French, Chadian, and Malian troops have been fighting Islamists, and stated that 70 per cent of the task of ridding the area of jihadists has been accomplished. He said the quantity and nature of weaponry seized showed that the jihadists planned to use Mali as a […]
UN Secretary General Ban asked the Security Council to strengthen the peacekeeping force MINURSO in the Western Sahara because of the risk the Malian conflict will spread to the Moroccan-occupied territory. Morocco and the separatist Polisario Front have been stalemated in the region for years.
Egyptian Violence Raises Anxiety Over Islamists’ Rhetoric About Minorities
Syria’s Jihadists face test of government in eastern city
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s emir announced a new brand for his organization’s efforts in Iraq and Syria: the “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.” The name replaces all previous names used by the group, including the Al Nusrah Front in Syria, which was a creation of AQI.
Failure of nuclear talks with Iran jumpstarts push in Congress for tougher sanctions
Ibrahim Aziz Ouattara, a French jihadist who was arrested and deported from Mali, was charged in Paris on April 5. He had traveled to Mali using the identity of Khalifa Dramé, who is also being sought by the authorities. A Frenchman who traveled with two other Frenchmen and al Qaeda operative Naamen Meziche to Pakistan […]
President Obama authorized the provision of military aid to Somalia, signaling a move toward more normal relations. Attorneys for Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and former spokesman for the al Qaeda emir, may seek to move the trial out of New York City. Walli Mujahidh, a co-conspirator in a plot to […]
Joint Afghan and Coalition forces in Takhar arrested a facilitator “with ties to multiple terrorist organizations,” including the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and killed another IMU facilitator; and detained a known insurgent in Wardak. An insurgent roadside bomb in Wardak detonated under a busload of civilians, killing nine and injuring another 28.
The military claimed that 100 militants and 13 soldiers were killed in clashes in the Tirah Valley. A deputy superintendent of police and his guard were gunned down in Quetta; the police official had been awaiting transfer to Islamabad because he had received death threats for cracking down on terrorist groups.