Boko Haram
Extremist leader: I headed attack on Nigerian city
Yearly Archives: 2013
Kenya
Authorities charged four Somali men, Mohammed Ahmed Abdi, Liban Abdullah, Adan Adan, and Hussein Hassan, for supporting Shabaab’s Westgate Mall terror attack. Abdi and Abdullah are accused of aiding Moahmmed Abdinur Said and Hassan Mohammed Dhohullow the day before the attack. Abdi also allegedly harbored another terrorist, Abdikadir Hared Mohammed a.k.a. Mohammed Hussein, at Salman […]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Elusive Al-Qaida leader in Syria stays in shadows
Pakistani Taliban publish picture of Hakeemullah before burial
Umar Media, official propaganda outlet of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, published the photograph of their emir, who was killed by the US on Nov. 1.
Tunisia
President Marzouki extended the state of emergency for another eight months due to persistent instability. Security forces arrested 20 terrorists on Nov. 1 and confiscated mines and explosives. The government has blamed Ansar al Sharia for recent suicide attacks. Ansar al Sharia Tunisia posted messages on its Twitter account on Nov. 2 urging Tunisians to […]
Mali
Three Tuareg and Arab rebel groups, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), the Arab Movement of Azawad (MAA), and the High Council for the Unity of Azawad (HCUA), decided to merge for negotiations with the government. French and Malian authorities have detained for questioning as many as 12 suspects in the recent […]
Norway
A knife-wielding 31-year-old man from South Sudan hijacked a bus near the western city of Ardal, killing the driver as well as another man and a woman. Deployment of an antiterrorism unit was called off after the suspect was arrested.
Afghanistan
American, NATO officials offer mixed reports on readiness of Afghan troops ahead of withdrawal
Pakistan
US ‘disowns’ Pakistan’s peace overtures to Taliban
Hamas
To Shape Young Palestinians, Hamas Creates Its Own Textbooks
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda’s ‘Great Escape’ Plot? Hundreds of Terrorists Freed
Syria
Col. Abdel-Jabbar Ukaidi, the head of the Free Syrian Army’s Aleppo Revolutionary Military Council, resigned due to a lack of unity within the opposition. The Syrian National Coalition president said the SNC would not attend Geneva talks unless they provide for President Assad to leave office. Kurdish YPG forces clashed with the Islamic State of […]
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed two policemen in an attack in Tal Afar. Terrorists killed two soldiers in Mosul and a police major in Baghdad. Insurgents bombed an oil pipeline near Kirkuk. Iran criticized Iraq for increasing oil exports.
Yemen
More than 58 people, including three today, were killed during clashes between Houthi rebels and Salafists in Dammaj in Saada province. The government has called for a ceasefire, and the International Red Cross said it has been denied access to Dammaj. An intelligence officer was wounded in a bombing in Aden.
Libya
Fifteen inmates were wounded in a riot in Benghazi’s biggest prison; gunmen firing from outside wounded a guard. A soldier was killed by a mine in Benghazi. A member of the government-financed February 17 brigade was killed in a car bombing in Benghazi, along with his wife and two children. A Benghazi restaurant popular with […]
Pakistan
How America got Taliban target number one
Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed over 30 members of a wedding party in Adamawa state. Kano residents foiled an arson attack on a PDP party office. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video claiming an Oct. 24 attack that killed 35 soldiers. President Jonathan was asked to cancel the visit of Bill Gates for […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Neighbors’ Concerns Irrelevant to BSA Signing: MPs
Pakistan
Angry Pakistan to assess US ties after killing of militant disrupts talks
Egypt
Authorities claimed to have recently arrested members of Ansar Jerusalem and learned new information about the Salafi jihadist group. Prosecutors charged 35 defendants in the August execution of over 20 policemen in the Sinai. Two policemen were killed and another injured in a shooting attack by unidentified gunmen near Ismailia. Authorities raided a weapons cache […]
Pakistani Taliban name interim emir, spokesman says
Asmatullah Shaheen Bhittani, a longtime military commander and the head of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s executive council, was appointed to serve as the temporary emir, a top spokesman said.
Palestinian from Gaza killed conducting ‘jihadist mission’ in Syria
A Palestinian from the northern Gaza Strip has reportedly died carrying out a “jihadist mission” in Syria. Some reports have suggested that the Palestinian, who entered Syria via Turkey, conducted a suicide bombing attack.
Bangladesh
The war crimes tribunal convicted in absentia and sentenced to death two former leaders of the Al-Badr force, a subgroup of the Jamaat-e-Islami that was involved in the kidnapping, torture, and execution of over 200 Bangladeshi intellectuals during the country’s war of independence from Pakistan in 1971. One of the men, Chowdhury Mueen Uddin, a […]
United States
After his first meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in nearly two years, President Obama said al Qaeda has recently become more active in Iraq. Al-Maliki asked Washington for military equipment and counterterrorism support. Obama said al Qaeda threatens not just Iraq and the region but also the US, but he did not specify […]
Kuwait
Syrian conflict: Persian Gulf officials, tired of waiting for US, move to boost aid to rebels
Israel
Israel ‘furious’ with White House for leak on Syria strike
Al Qaeda
Exclusive: Benghazi Whistleblower Says He Was Smeared
France
The Realities of Intelligence: The French View
Egypt
Can the Sinai’s Bedouin Become a Counterterrorist Force?
Syria
Cut Off: Starving Syrians Hope to Live Through Winter