Jordan
Hundreds of Syrian refugees ‘denied entry into Jordan’
Yearly Archives: 2013
United States
Drones: A rare glimpse at sophisticated US spy plane
Egypt
Attacks on Christians by Islamic militants rise in Egypt
Iran
Ayatollah’s illness raises fear of power struggle
Norway
The father of two Norwegian-Somali girls who had gone to Syria for jihad said they are being held in Syria against their will. He also said Free Syrian Army rebels have offered to help find them.
US drone strike kills 3 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan
The strike is the first recorded in Pakistan in a month, and took place in an area administered by the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
Afghanistan
Two Afghan soldiers and a Taliban fighter were killed during clashes in Sar-i-Pul. Security forces captured a suicide bomber in Kandahar. Members of the High Peace Council claimed they would meet with former Taliban deputy Mullah Baradar in Pakistan.
China
Authorities announced the arrest of five Uighurs, described as Islamic jihadists, suspected of involvement in yesterday’s car crash in Tiananmen Square that killed five people and wounded 38 more. Rebiya Kadeer, president of the Munich-based World Uighur Congress, called for an independent investigation into the incident.
Turkey
Hytham Qassap, the only Syrian among six men arrested in Adana in May and charged with trying to obtain chemical weapons materials for the Al Nusrah Front and the Ahrar al Sham, was released pending trial; the five other suspects, all Turks, were all released after tests showed the materials seized were not sarin gas, […]
Egypt
Islamic law, military fuel debate on Egypt charter
Syria
Russia warned of the “huge threat” of an Islamist Syria in the event the Assad regime were overthrown militarily. Russia also expressed concern over a report that Islamists recently conducted a chemical attack in Hasakah. The Al Nusrah Front allegedly detained and killed a Kurdish civilian in Hasakah. Kurdish YPG forces continued to clash with […]
Syria
Hopes fade for Syria peace talks next month
Algeria
Algeria addresses mosque security
NSA
Defending America in Cyberspace
Iraq
The ISIS killed 24 people in a series of suicide attacks and bombings in Tarmiyah, Mosul, Abu Ghraib, and Baghdad; in Tarmiyah, a pair of suicide bombers killed 12 soldiers and Awakening members, and in Mosul, another suicide bomber killed three policemen and four civilians. Security forces captured six ISIS operatives in Babil.
Yemen
Shia Houthi rebels killed four people in an attack on a Sunni mosque in Damaj in the north. More than 4,000 “Salafists” are said to have gathered in Saada to battle the Houthis. The military captured an al Qaeda operative involved in the assassination of a military academy’s deputy director.
Iran
Syria footage sheds light on Iran’s involvement
Social Media Jihad: Ansar al Sharia Libya’s new Twitter feed
Ansar al Sharia Libya has a new Twitter feed. In recent days, the group also showcased its first open event in the city of Derna.
Ireland
Portrait of an Irish Jihadist as a Young Man
Hezbollah
Does Hizbollah’s partial exit from Syria mean anything?
Egypt
Authorities arrested senior Muslim Brotherhood figure Essam el Erian as part of the continuing crackdown on the organization. Unidentified gunmen fired on a checkpoint in Mansoura, the second such incident in recent days. Security forces clashed with students at al Azhar University. Authorities reportedly arrested Nasser Mohammed Ibrahim, a Muslim Brotherhood member suspected of coordinating […]
Libya
An assistant to the commander of Benghazi’s Rapid Intervention Security Force was murdered by gunmen outside a hospital, and an officer in the Benghazi Security Directorate escaped an assassination attempt as he drove to work. Masked gunmen killed two people and seriously wounded five more outside a Benghazi hotel in an attack on Ubaidi tribesmen […]
Tunisia
A suicide bomber detonated outside a hotel in the coastal city of Sousse, killing only himself; authorities are pursuing an additional suspect. Police foiled a suicide attack in Monistir, arresting a suspected bomber at the tomb of former president Habib Bourguiba. The suspects are said to be Tunisian Salafists. An Islamist hacking group called Fallaga […]
Russia
Two bombs targeting a liquor store in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, killed one person and injured at least 10 more. A shootout between police and suspected Islamist militants in Kabardino-Balkaria yesterday left one policeman and two militants dead.
Pakistan
Pakistan: 3 percent of drone deaths were civilians
Suicide bomber strikes in Tunisia
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the coastal city of Sousse earlier today. According to Tunisian officials, the bombing was part of a planned wave of attacks. No group has claimed the attack, but it comes after weeks of escalating violence between Ansar al Sharia and the Tunisian government.
Al Qaeda
US commandos were poised for raid to capture Benghazi suspect
Iran
If Iran Can Get This Reactor Online, Israel May Not Be Able to Bomb It
Iran
Iran’s Nuclear Black Box
Belgium
Prosecutors said Antwerp University was evacuated on Oct. 28 because of emails to faculty from a sender linked to a Muslim brotherhood who threatened to kill all unbelievers in Belgium. Last week a possibly related video surfaced, purportedly from Belgian jihadists in Syria. Suspected jihadist Jejoen Bontinck, who was recently arrested at his home in […]