The firebrand cleric from Swat replaces Hakeemullah Mehsud to lead the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. Fazlullah led the Taliban takeover of Swat and neighboring districts in 2007. He is currently sheltering in Afghanistan’s Kunar province.
Tiananmen Attack Linked to Police Raid on a Mosque in Xinjiang
US holds talks about Yemen detention center for Guantanamo inmates
Malian officials believe that the recent killing of two French journalists in Kidal was probably a botched operation by a terrorist linked to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, which took credit for the murders. Baye Ag Bakabo, a prime suspect, is an ethnic Tuareg and former member of the AQIM brigade commanded by Abdelkrim […]
The heads of MI5, MI6, and GCHQ testified that they defend, not undermine, democracy and freedom; 34 terror plots in England have been disrupted since the London Tube bombings in July 2005; the revelations of NSA leaker Edward Snowden have helped al Qaeda; and “terrorist tourism” is a growing threat to Britain, and hundreds of […]
The bodies of seven Afghan soldiers who were captured by the Taliban last week and then executed were found in Zabul. Security forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Wardak, and Paktika. The NDS captured a Taliban suicide attack planner and executioner in Paktika.
Inside Yemen special army unit battling Qaeda
Inside the IDF’s satellite communications battalion
Saudi Arabia’s Shadow War
Saudi nuclear weapons ‘on order’ from Pakistan
Inside Syrian town living under al Qaeda reign of fear
In a recent article, key jihadi ideologue Sheikh Abu al Mundhir al Shinqiti called on Egypt’s Muslims to wage jihad against Egyptian security forces. He further urged Egyptian Muslims to do all they can to support the mujahideen, in particular those in the Sinai, already fighting Egypt’s army.
An Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham suicide bomber killed seven policemen after ramming an explosives-laden oil tanker into a police station in Al Salam. “Gunmen” killed a senior judge in Mosul. Security forces captured al Qaeda’s deputy governor for Baghdad during a raid in Taji.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham executed a male nurse accused of spying for Turkish intelligence, and tried to destroy a monument to freedom in Raqqah. An air force intelligence officer was killed by a suicide car bombing at an intelligence headquarters in al-Sweida province along with eight other soldiers. Ahrar al Sham […]
Authorities seized chemical materials from a three-vehicle convoy that was attempting to cross the border near Reyhanli into Syria on Nov. 2; two of the three drivers managed to flee into Syria but a third was arrested. The confiscated materials, which “could be transformed into weapons,” the Army said, included about a ton of sulphur […]
US trashes, sells its unwanted gear in Afghanistan
Leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood who fled Egypt after the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi have been reorganizing in a number of locations including Turkey, Qatar, and the UK. A court upheld a ban on the Muslim Brotherhood. Security forces arrested 11 suspects during continued operations in the Sinai. Gunmen in the Sinai shot and killed […]
Security forces arrested 21 refugees from the Hagadera camp as they headed towards Somalia to join Shabaab. A confidential security report estimates that over 300 Kenyan Shabaab operatives are currently in Kenya. The chairman of the National Security and Administration Committee blamed the intelligence gathering system for the fact that none of those responsible for […]
A Mauritanian news agency said it had received a claim for the recent murders of two French journalists in Mali from fighters linked to Abdelkrim al-Targui, a senior commander of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Among the 35 suspects questioned so far about the crime are four “commandos,” two of whom are linked to […]
After three days of debate, the GNC still has not decided on the fate of the Libya Revolutionary Operations Room. Shaban Hadia, the head of the LROR, denied pressuring the GNC in its deliberations, but did admit that the LROR deployed at the GNC yesterday and “are just protecting it” from an unspecified “threat.” A […]
Afghan Militant Group Faces Unusual Discontent
Afghan Parliament Demands Follow-Up To Infamous Baghlan Killings
Tajik leader extending long rule in volatile region
Gaza jihadists take their fight to Syria
President Putin has approved a new law making a terrorist’s family financially responsible for damage caused by terrorism. The law permits security forces to take action against a “terrorist association” without evidence that its members are planning terrorist acts. Two men shot and killed a judge in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, on Nov. 4. […]
Meeting in Riyadh with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah yesterday, Secretary of State Kerry said the US would defend Saudi Arabia in the event of external attack, and offered to share information on negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. In Poland today, Kerry promised the US would work with its friends to strike the right balance in […]
A Taliban suicide bomber killed a British soldier in Lashkar Gah in Helmand; another suicide bomber killed only himself in Spin Boldak in Kandahar. Five Taliban fighters and a policeman were killed in a clash in Nangarhar. Security forces captured two IMU fighters in Kabul.
Exclusive: The CIA, Not The Pentagon, Will Keep Running Obama’s Drone War
Trial began in Abu Dhabi for 20 Egyptians and 10 Emiratis accused of trying to establish a UAE branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Prosecutors allege that a number of the defendants are members of al Isla, an Emirati group said to be a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. The defendants deny the charges against them […]
Hamas reconciles with Gaza Salafists