The Al Nusrah Front claimed 10 bombings in Aleppo between July 26 and Aug. 3. The fate of an Italian priest who disappeared after going to Raqqah on July 29 to meet with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is unknown; a report yesterday said he had been executed. Syrians protested outside an […]
Turkey media crackdown: Who to blame?
Salih Muslim, the head of the Kurdish PYD, reportedly returned to Turkey for talks with officials; the PYD seized the town of Ras al-Eyn from Islamist fighters in July. Turkey is said to be exercising little or no control over jihadist fighters entering and leaving Syria. A recent report claiming that Sudanese arms were purchased […]
Lebanon – Tripoli awash with weapons in absence of state
A newspaper reported that Ibrahim al Asiri may have been badly wounded in a US drone strike, but Yemen’s spokesman in Washington denied this.
Supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi called for protests to condemn Morsi’s ouster as well as Zionism. Supports and opponents of Morsi reportedly clashed in the streets of Cairo. The MSC in Jerusalem claimed responsibility for overnight rocket fire on the southern Israeli city of Eilat. A Sinai-based jihadist group accused the army of lying […]
Palestinian officials warned that Israeli approval of additional housing units in east Jerusalem could derail plans to restart negotiations. President Abbas asked caretaker Prime Minister Hamdallah, who had previously resigned, to stay on and form a new government within five weeks. Hamas said President Abbas lacks the authority to conduct negotiations with Israel. A rocket […]
Al-Qaeda expands in Syria via Islamic State
Al Salafiyya al Jihadiyya in Sinai has issued two statements in recent days. One statement praised the four Ansar Jerusalem members recently killed in the Sinai, while the other challenged army claims regarding operations in the peninsula.
The military bombed caves in the Mount Chaambi area in an effort to flush out Islamist militants. Security forces claimed to have killed six terrorists and captured at least four more. On Aug. 7 security forces arrested Mohamed Habib Al-Omri, 23, along with two comrades near Kasserine; his cellphone allegedly contained film of the terrorist […]
Tunisian Islamists, secularists gird for rival shows of strength
Runoff rival Soumaila Cisse conceded defeat last night, acknowledging that former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won the election for president. The UN mission in Mali said there were no significant incidents during Sunday’s voting, and that “the lack of violence was impressive in a country which has just emerged from conflict.”
A court in Xinjiang sentenced five Uighur men for a “terror attack” in the city of Kashgar in April that killed 15 people. The defendants, who received sentences ranging from nine years to life in prison, were accused of printing extremist literature as well as attacking and killing police officers and community workers.
The MSC in Jerusalem has taken responsibility for a rocket attack on Eilat just days after four members of the Salafi jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem were killed in the Sinai.
Pakistan – Fighting terror: Draft policy aims to dismantle terror networks
Gen. Martin Dempsey, head of the Joint Chiefs, said the Syrian conflict has become a regional one “that stretches from Beirut to Damascus to Baghdad” and will not be resolved quickly or easily. He said the US is looking for ways to help bolster Jordanian defenses. Shelton Thomas Bell, 19, of Jacksonville, Fla., pled not […]
US eyeing Syrian opposition alliances, chemical weapons moves
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed 26 people in bombings and attacks in Balad, Baqubah, and Fallujah. The attack in Fallujah was carried out by a suicide bomber; five soldiers were killed. Security forces in Mosul killed a suicide bomber before he could detonate his explosives.
Arms Shipments Seen From Sudan to Syria Rebels
Iran-Hamas Rebuild Ties Following Morsi’s Ouster
Over the past two days, photos and video from the recent funeral of four Ansar Jerusalem members have been released to jihadist forums.
The US military’s top general said that the Assad regime is moving its chemical weapons frequently to keep them secure. Protesters in Raqqah city have demonstrated against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant for the past 15 days, demanding the release of hundreds of detained persons, including a missing priest. ISIL fighters attacked […]
Bloomberg News reported that Ayman al Zawahiri communicated with “other regional terrorist commanders” as well as the head of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Zawahiri’s communications are what led the US to shutter more than 20 diplomatic facilities.
Israel and Egypt showing strong security cooperation
Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has claimed responsibility for a deadly string of bombings inside Iraq on Aug. 10. The State Department also confirmed that the ISIL’s emir has relocated to Syria.
ID-card fraud ‘epidemic’ threatens Sweden
For Maliki, Retaining Power Trumps Iraqi Unity
Militants dig in as Egypt cracks down on jihadi sandbox in Sinai
Authorities announced the names of 26 Palestinian prisoners set to be released as part of an agreement to restart peace talks with the Palestinians. Former Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he is optimistic about the coming talks. With regard to Iran, Barak said the regime should understand that Israel means what it says.
Authorities said they have postponed plans to disperse two Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins in Cairo. A Muslim Brotherhood official said authorities would be able to disperse the sit-ins only “through a massacre of tens of thousands”. The detention of former president Mohammed Morsi was extended for the second time. Facebook reportedly removed a number of jihadi […]