Authorities recently thwarted a major cyberattack that originated in China. In response to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, the IAF struck two concealed rocket launchers. Israel renewed ties with the UN Human Rights Council after conducting more than a yearlong boycott. Authorities arrested at least 10 Hamas members in the West Bank overnight.
Three policemen were killed in a shooting by unidentified gunmen in Mansoura. Security forces and Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed at Al Azhar University. Authorities reportedly arrested 25 Islamist militants wanted in connection with attacks on Interior Minister Ibrahim and al Warraq church.
As Egypt’s Brotherhood retreats, risk of extremism rises
Iran’s secret night flights to arm Syria’s Assad revealed
Although a number of the green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan have been claimed by the Taliban, some incidents may simply be due to crime.
After GNC president Abu Sahmain abruptly changed the agenda by eliminating requests to disestablish the Libyan Revolutionaries Operation Room, which is accused of kidnapping Prime Minister Zeidan, to investigate Sahmain’s support for LROR and other brigades, and to reverse his assumption of the post of Commander in Chief, 94 members of the GNC stormed out […]
Samantha Lewthwaite ‘received British passport before going on run’
Romania works on US missile shield at Deveselu base
EU Shifts Tactics to Bolster Iran Sanctions
Syria’s Breaking Bad: Are Amphetamines Funding the War?
US drones killed two Shabaab commanders in a strike in the town of Jilib in southern Somalia. A Shabaab commander known as Anta Anta, who was an explosives and suicide bombing expert, was killed in the airstrike.
Authorities have said little about the recent seizure of a large quantity of Libyan weapons, including over 100 surface-to-air missiles, after an ambush on a convoy in Illizi near the Libyan border. During the operation, which reportedly involved a large number of security personnel, one vehicle managed to escape. Authorities have not given details as […]
In Egypt’s Countryside, Vendettas Between Police and Islamists Simmer
US – High court test of surveillance law could be ahead
Rebel clashes highlight complexities of Syria’s civil war
NATO Reduces Scope of Its Afghanistan Plans
Obama Unaware as U.S. Spied on World Leaders: Officials
The Taliban killed 18 civilians, including 14 women, in an IED attack on a bus transporting people to a wedding in Ghazni, and killed another civilian in a bombing in Kabul. The interior ministry claimed 12 Taliban fighters were killed in operations.
Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 54 people in a series of bombings and attacks in Baghdad. Twelve Iraqis, including soldiers, were killed in a suicide assault on a base in Mosul.
A group of 22 mainly Islamist brigades, including Suqour al-Sham, al-Tawhid, Ahfad al-Rasul, and Ahrar al-Sham, jointly declared that they would not participate in Geneva peace talks unless they result in the removal of President Assad. The Syrian National Coalition claimed that Iraqi and Kurdish militia forces battled against the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic […]
Hamas announced the death of a Qassam Brigades fighter who died after an accident in a tunnel used for military purposes. Hamas said that the government in Gaza is losing $230 million a month as a result of the closure of smuggling tunnels. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with US envoy to the peace […]
Authorities detained dozens of suspects wanted in connection with recent attacks against security personnel and assets in the Sinai. Authorities are investigating whether any government officers are being wiretapped. The UAE plans to provide Egypt with $3.9 billion in aid.
Two mortars fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel. A senior IDF official said talk of a third intifada is not yet warranted and that recent terror attacks were carried out by “lone-wolves.” The Foreign Ministry named a new ambassador to Egypt. The government rejected a bill that sought to prevent […]
Israel Air Force Plan Shoots for 10-Fold Boost in Bombs on Target
Syrian Kurds capture border crossing with Iraq
Rice Offers a More Modest Strategy for Mideast
Al Qaeda Sets Sights On Iraq’s Anbar Province
Scottish independence could impair anti-terrorism efforts
Altered Images: How activists cried foul over ‘suicide bomber’ photo
Tunisia’s ‘sexual jihad’ – extremist fatwa or propaganda?