The government released a list of 25 most-wanted terrorists, including Ibrahim Sulaiman Mohammed al Rubaish, a key leader in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and former Guantanamo detainee. The government offered a $23,000 reward for information leading to the capture of any of the wanted men, who are believed to be planning terrorist attacks […]
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu warned Syrian Kurds against siding with the Assad regime and said they should align themselves with the Syrian opposition and would have a place in “a permanent structure in Syria,” so long as they do not affect Turkish borders. The Ergenekon coup plot trial ended with the sentencing of 17 defendants, […]
Supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi continued protests calling for his reinstatement. Authorities reportedly asked that Hamas question the leader of the Army of Islam in relation to the August 2012 killing of 16 Egyptian soldiers at a military outpost near Rafah. At least two Islamic shrines were bombed in the Sinai. In a separate […]
Al Salafiyya al Jihadiyya in Sinai released a statement detailing alleged “crimes” committed by the Egyptian army in recent weeks. The statement also claimed that the army is allowing Israeli drones to operate over the Sinai.
Seventeen Boko Haram fighters and a policemen were killed when the Islamist group attacked a police station in Bama. Fifteen more Boko Haram fighters and two soldiers were killed in a clash in Malam Fatori.
Reading Between The Red Lines Of US-Afghan Security Talks
Excerpts from Washington Post interview with Egyptian Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sissi
In Afghanistan, a second Guantanamo
Iran Seen Trying New Path to a Bomb
The state attorney’s department for special economic and international crime has begun investigating Syrian refugees who are suspected of committing war crimes in Syria. The investigations will look at those who have fought for the Assad regime as well as those who have fought with the rebels.
Counterterrorism experts who have claimed that al Qaeda is defeated need to rethink their position.
Not taking chances: Commandos on Margallas as capital put on high alert
Five Taliban fighters and a policemen were killed in a clash in Farah. The Taliban killed a judge and three civilians in Kunduz and Bamyan. Security forces killed a suicide bomber in Uruzgan, captured seven suicide bombers and fighters in Kabul, and detained five Taliban fighters in Baghlan.
The US has closed at least 25 diplomatic facilities in the Middle East and North Africa in response to a serious “specific and credible” al Qaeda threat; the closures of some facilities have been extended through Aug. 10. The precautions were taken after a recent message between senior al Qaeda leaders was intercepted. The White […]
Rebels launched an offensive in the port city of Latakia. The Al Nusrah Front killed a mother and her nine children after accusing them of killing a truck driver who was delivering crude oil to Aleppo. The Shariah Council of Aleppo issued a decree barring the transport of food, medical supplies, diapers, fuel, and building […]
An Egyptian was killed and his brother and a Syrian man were wounded when a bomb they were preparing detonated prematurely in Mount Lebanon; security forces found maps of three target areas and a basement full of IEDs. Protesters in the border town of Arida attacked a joint Lebanese-Syrian security center, calling for Lebanese forces […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters gunned down a Yemeni intelligence officer in Baydah. US drones are reported to have patrolled the skies over Sana’a as foreign embassies remained on lockdown due to a potential terror plot.
Intercepted al Qaeda message led to shuttering embassies, consulates
Frustration grows in Tunisian revolution birthplace
Army chief el Sisi met with Islamist leaders in an attempt to resolve differences intensified since Mohammed Morsi’s ouster as president in July. El Sisi also met with US Deputy Secretary of State Burns to discuss the situation in Egypt. Yemeni Nobel laureate Tawakul Karman was deported after arriving in Cairo amid plans to attend […]
About 150,000 supporters of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party rallied in Tunis. Special forces shot and killed a terrorist in Tunis; four other terrorists were arrested in the raid. Special forces foiled an assassination attempt against a political official in Sousse; two terrorists were arrested and a third suspect fled. A Salafist in possession of […]
Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliates again attempt to put on a benevolent face.
The High Court is considering the possible extradition of Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, a Nigerian al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operative who is wanted by the US on terrorism charges. The US-based operative, who allegedly trained with Anwar al Awlaki and Samir Khan in Yemen, fled to Nigeria after realizing the FBI sought to arrest […]
Canada said it would close its embassy in Dhaka on Sunday, Aug. 4, as a security precaution. Local Government and Rural Development Minister Syed Ashraful Islam said that even though the high court has ruled that the registration of the Jamaat-e-Islami party was illegal, the government has no plans to ban the party, and the […]
Top US security officials conferred today over an al Qaeda threat reportedly targeting Western diplomatic facilities and interests in the Middle East; the State Deptartment has ordered the temporary closure of 21 embassies and consulates in the Muslim world. A senior security official described the threat as “serious” and said the Pentagon is working with […]
A suicide assault team killed nine children in a failed attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province. No group has claimed credit for the attack. The Haqqani Network, backed by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, has conducted attacks on Indian interests in the past.
The US issued the order to close 22 diplomatic facilities across the Muslim world after receiving intelligence in Yemen of a plot by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. France, Britain, and Germany will also close their embassies on Aug. 4. One person was killed after former Republican Guards troops clashed with Presidential Guards soldiers […]
Other Agencies Clamor for Data N.S.A. Compiles
A senior Army general survived a blast in Diyala that killed nine soldiers. Two Awakening fighters, two policemen, and six civilians were killed in separate attacks across the country. Security forces killed two al Qaeda leaders in Salahuddin.
A car bomb detonated outside the capital of Manama, and a policeman was hurt by a firebomb. Authorities seized a large cache of Molotov cocktails and homemade weapons in Bilad Al Qadeem. The government is stepping up measures to reduce violence and prevent terrorism, and will begin regulating websites tied to international terrorist organizations, including […]