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Officials: Dozens in U.S. Under Surveillance as Potential Terror Threats
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Ansar Jerusalem claims credit for Sinai attacks, challenges army claims
Hours before two suicide car bombs were set off in the Sinai, Ansar Jerusalem claimed responsibility for a number of recent attacks in the Sinai against Egyptian security personnel. The group’s new statement said it is an obligation to fight the army.
Al Qaeda
Largest US Muslim group shuns controversial 9/11 march
Farouq Brigades
Freed Italian journalist found ‘evil’ in Syria
Free Syrian Army
Privately, UN talks begin on controlling Syria’s chemical arms as 1 impasse leads to another
Syria
UN Rights Panel Cites Evidence of War Crimes by Both Sides in Syria
ICRC
Red Cross urges US and Russia to help unblock aid delivery in Syria
Tunisia
The Interior Ministry said security forces killed two members of Ansar al Sharia and arrested two of the militant group’s leaders during a raid in a Tunis suburb on Sept. 9. The captured men, Mohamed Aouadi, its alleged military leader, and senior official Mohamed Khiari, were said to be involved in the assassinations of opposition […]
Libya
Takfirists behind Benghazi assassinations, former official says
Syria
UK approved more chemical exports to Syria than previously revealed
Libya
Why gunmen have turned off Libya’s oil taps
Al Nusrah Front
Battle for Syria Christian town of Maaloula continues
Afghanistan
Afghan Forces Launch Joint Operation in Kunar
Libya
A powerful car bomb detonated outside the Benghazi offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, injuring two guards and destroying the front of the building. The blast, which occurred on the one-year anniversary of the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, involved such a large quantity of explosives that the bomb vehicle was destroyed […]
Free Syrian Army
Jihadist video condemning intervention in Syria exposed as fake
Israel
NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans’ data with Israel
Spain
Mohammed El Bali, a wanted terrorist with ties to two jihadist recruiting networks that were dismantled in May, was arrested in Melilla last week. He had recently moved from Belgium to Melilla, and is said to have forged ties between jihadists in Melilla and Belgium and to be a member of Sharia4Belgium. Morocco issued an […]
Suicide car bombs strike Egyptian security forces in Sinai
Two suicide car bombings in the Sinai Peninsula targeting Egyptian security personnel left at least six people dead and over a dozen wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but officials suspect Ansar Jerusalem is responsible.
France
A government spokesman said France remains determined to punish the chemical weapons use of the Assad regime in Syria if diplomatic measures fail, and that a military strike is still an option. Authorities are investigating four French men who were arrested last week and accused of robbing a fast food restaurant in Paris to finance […]
Philippines
Moro National Liberation Front rebels are still holding 180 hostages and have seized up to 37 more as the standoff in Mindanao between security forces and the militant Islamist group enters its third day. Some 13,000 residents have been evacuated, and the government claims the situation has been “contained,” but clashes continue; several people have […]
Syria
Dismantling Weapons Poses Logistics, Security Challenges
Israel
Graphic: Syria chemical weapons sites
Syria
Securing Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal will be formidable task, experts say
Russia
How the Syria solution developed: The inside story
United States
President Obama addressed the nation on Syria, saying that as the Assad regime was to blame for the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack, the US has planned a targeted strike with the objective of deterring the use of chemical weapons and degrading Assad’s capabilities. He said he has asked Congress to postpone consideration of the […]
Pakistan
The Foreign Office said that the government would free Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the former deputy to Afghan Taliban emir Mullah Omar, in the next month. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s top leaders are meeting to discuss a government peace proposal. The Taliban also beheaded three members of a peace committee in Khyber […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed seven people in an IED attack in Ghazni and four more in a similar bombing in Helmand. Four Afghan soldiers were wounded in a suicide bombing outside a base in Logar. Security forces killed a Taliban “sub-commander” in Badakhshan and three fighters in Kabul.
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed 24 Iraqis in a series of attacks and bombings in Yusufiyah, Latifiyah, Baghdad, and Mosul. Security forces arrested an al Qaeda leader, two aides, and three fighters in Ninewa, and a “terrorist” in Basrah.
Syria
Foreign Minister Mouallem said the regime would fully cooperate with Russia’s proposal that Syria surrender its chemical weapons, declare its chemical arsenal, stop producing the weapons, and sign conventions against them. A spokesman for the rebels’ Supreme Military Council said the US has begun supplying lethal as well as nonlethal aid to the rebels; he […]
Israel
El Al has reportedly cancelled a number of its daytime flights landing at Eilat’s airport due to concerns regarding terror threats from the Sinai. Israeli officials voiced skepticism over the idea that Syria would relinquish its chemical weapons stockpiles to international control. An IDF official warned that terror attacks in the West Bank are becoming […]