FBI seeking information on Burgas terror suspects
The FBI announced today that it was seeking information related to two men, Meliad Farah and Hassan el Hajj Hassan, who are wanted in connection with the Burgas terror attack in July 2012.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Hezbollah
Amid the ‘deceptive quiet’ of the Lebanon border
Abu Sayyaf
News Analysis: Bombings could impact on peace process with Moro rebels
Suicide bomber kills 21 Pakistani policemen
Four senior police officials are said to be among the 30 people killed in the suicide attack.
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch eyes a new haven
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant leads charge to take Syrian airport
An “emigrant lion from the Peninsula of Muhammad” drove a BMP packed with explosives into the Minnigh airbase in Aleppo province; assault teams then took the airbase. Free Syrian Army units fought alongside al Qaeda’s affiliates during the attack.
US targets AQAP in 2 more drone strikes, kills 6 operatives
The US has dramatically stepped up its targeting of AQAP as a plot to attack US facilities has unfolded. There have been four strikes in the past two days, and eight in 12 days.
France
France – Judicial mistake could see hundreds released from prison
Tanzania
Two 18-year-old British girls who had been volunteering at a school in Zanzibar where injured when assailants threw acid on them. No arrests have been made, but Islamist militants are suspected. The Uamsho, a group that wants to impose sharia law in Zanzibar, has clashed with police in the past. Two Christian pastors were killed […]
Iran
Iran launch site ‘likely for testing ballistic missiles’, analysts say
Niger
A heavily armed member of a MUJAO cell near the Nigerian border was arrested by Nigerien authorities in Madaoua. The French-run Somair uranium mine has fully resumed production after it was bombed in a MUJAO attack last month.
Algeria
Authorities claimed that 2012 saw the lowest number of terrorist attacks in the country since 2002, and attributed the relative quiet to strong pressure by Algerian security forces, including the increased presence of counterterrorism units on the Libyan border, a new focus on intelligence work, the use of advanced monitoring technologies, and a shift toward […]
Philippines
Security forces in Basilan raided a hideout of Abu Sayyaf leader Nurhassan Jamiri, killing seven militants; one soldier was killed and eight more wounded in the operation. During the firefight, Jamiri led militants toward a Moro Islamic Liberation Front stronghold, at which point the security forces retreated to avoid clashing with MILF. Defense Secretary Gazmin […]
MSC in Jerusalem praises slain member in new video
A new video praising Hithem Ziad Ibrahim Masshal, a well-known jihadist in the Gaza Strip, was released by the Ibn Taymiyyah Media Center to jihadist forums. Masshal, who was killed in April by the Israeli Air Force, is celebrated for his role in supporting jihadist groups in Gaza.
Al Qaeda
Dutch embassy in Yemen was potential terror target: Foreign Minister
Al Qaeda
Washington’s erring in al-Qaeda’s jihadist jungle
United States
US politicians and defense and intelligence officials said today that intercepted al Qaeda communications over the past few months have indicated a high threat level. A US media report alleged that the latest precautions were triggered by the interception of an al Qaeda conference call involving representatives of a number of affiliates along with the […]
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed 17 people, including four policemen in attacks throughout the country. The death toll from yesterday’s attack across the country rose to 42.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Aussies working with al-Qa’ida identified amid calls for Yemeni evacuation
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front took away several Kurdish civilians from a family in Aleppo. Kurdish forces clashed with regime troops fleeing Minnegh military airport and took over two military tanks. The Minnegh facility was seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, al-Fateh brigade, and several other rebel battalions after a Saudi suicide […]
Yemen
US drones struck for the fifth time in 11 days, killing seven al Qaeda operatives in a strike in Shabwa province. The government said it foiled an al Qaeda plot to take control of the provincial capital of Mukallah and seize the Balhaf and Al Dabbah gas and oil export facilities.
Report: Al Qaeda conference call led to US diplomatic closures
The Daily Beast reports that a conference call involving “more than 20 al Qaeda operatives” is what prompted the closing of more than 20 US diplomatic facilities.
Israel
Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Iran is accelerating its uranium enrichment efforts. Former IDF intelligence chief Amos Yadlin said US opposition to an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear program has moved from a red light to a yellow light. Four IDF soldiers were injured as a result of an explosion along the border with Lebanon.
Egypt
The presidency announced that foreign efforts to mediate the country’s political crisis had failed. Militants in the Sinai reportedly killed a pro-army politician. The Egyptian army claimed that it has killed 60 terrorists and arrested over 100 in the Sinai over the past month.
A long Ramadan for Boko Haram
A confusing recent series of claims and counterclaims by members of the group and the government do not obscure the group’s ongoing campaign of Islamist terrorism.
US strikes twice in Yemen, kills 11 AQAP operatives in drone attacks
The US has launched six strikes in 11 days. The strikes are part of a US effort hit al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, whose emir is at the center of the plot to conduct attacks on Western targets.
Somalia
Forces from the autonomous southern Somali state of Jubaland claimed victory against Shabaab after an overnight battle that left 20 Islamists and two civilians dead. Shabaab claimed responsibility for the Aug. 4 attack on African Union bases in nearby Baidoa.
Libya
Commenting on the US expectation that Libya will arrest accused Ansar al Sharia leader Ahmed Abu Khattala, a Libyan news outlet said that “any arrests or seizures could make the present security crisis in Benghazi look like a minor disturbance in comparison.” The spokesman for Benghazi’s Joint Security Room criticized the Interior Ministry for failing […]
Niger
President Issoufou is trying to form a unity government that is willing to confront the rising threat of Islamist terrorism in the Sahel region. Nigerien forces recently assisted the Nigerian JTF in the arrest of a Boko Haram leader who had fled to Karanga.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda Conference Call Intercepted by U.S. Officials Sparked Alerts