Supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi clashed with security forces at three Cairo universities. The army spokesman announced the destruction of 10 smuggling tunnels in the Rafah area in North Sinai. Authorities reportedly arrested a person who was in possession of explosive materials in Alexandria. In North Sinai, authorities arrested three terror suspects.
Top envoys insist Syria peace talks must proceed
Foreign Minister Davutoğlu claimed that the Assad regime in Syria has not yet begun to fight al Qaeda. The family of Prime Minister Erdogan is being drawn into a corruption probe involving its ties to designated global terrorist Yasin al Qadi, a wealthy al Qaeda-linked Saudi businessman who reportedly entered Turkey illegally several times in […]
Syrian rebels, al Qaeda infighting escalates on Turkey’s doorstep
As Assad lingers, Turkey focuses on ISIS
Afghan high peace council unaware of secret talks with Taliban
Afghan border police: ‘Rebels receiving arms from Pakistan’
A demonstration was held outside the UN offices in Nouakchott yesterday demanding that Mauritanian Guantanamo detainees Mohamed Ould Sellahi and Ahmedou Ould Abdel Aziz be freed. Cheikh Ould Mohamed Ould Mkheitir was imprisoned last week for writing an article that allegedly defamed the Prophet Mohammed. President Mohamed Aziz has reaffirmed that Mauritania is an Islamic […]
The US doubled the reward to $10 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of those responsible for the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the US Mission in Benghazi. Government agencies are considering possible exemptions to antiterrorism laws to allow greater resettlement of Syrian refugees in the US. A cybersecurity report warned that […]
Australia spying on Syria fund-raisers amid terrorism funding fears
ISAF confirmed that the Taliban downed a US helicopter on Dec. 17, 2013, killing six US soldiers. Police killed three Taliban fighters. Two more Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in Nangarhar.
US never saw Pakistan as an ally, writes Gates
ASIO spying on Syria fund-raisers amid terrorism funding fears
Taliban talks going nowhere despite secret meetings
Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the Revolutionary Guards’ aerospace division, claimed that improvements in Hezbollah’s missile capabilities now enable the group to hit targets accurately anywhere in Israel. Hezbollah is thought to have recently moved various types of missiles from Syria into Lebanon, including the long-range Scud D missile, the medium-range Fateh missile, the […]
A top Syrian National Council official claimed that discussions are underway with all opposition military forces, including the Islamic Front, to create a “Free National Army” to fight against extremist Islamist rebel groups and the Assad regime. The Islamic Front is reportedly considering the idea, said to involve a complete restructuring of the Free Syrian […]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed the chief of intelligence in Anah, an Awakening leader and his family in Baghdad, a police captain in Al Kut, and two soldiers and a policeman in Mosul. Security forces killed three ISIS fighters in Kirkuk, and accidentally killed three civilians in an airstrike in Ramadi. […]
Defense Minister el Sisi said he would run for president if he believed it was the will of the people. Sisi urged Egyptians to vote in the country’s upcoming constitutional referendum. At least seven suspects were arrested during security operations in North Sinai. A suspected terrorist was arrested near Ismailia in the possession of four […]
The Deputy Minister of Industry, Hassan Al-Darole, was assassinated in Sirte. Ongoing clashes between members of the Awlad Sulieman clan and Tebu tribesmen in Sebha have killed at least 19 people and wounded 45. The former head of security in Wadi Shati near Sebha was shot dead in Tripoli yesterday. In Benghazi, an army colonel […]
The US Embassy issued a warning to US citizens in Tunisia after the recent designation of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia as a terrorist group. On the night of Jan. 8 and morning of Jan. 9, protesters torched a police station in Sidi Bouzid, and violent protests also took place in Manouba. Calm was restored in […]
It is unclear if the downing of the US Blackhawk in Zabul province, which killed six US soldiers, was caused by RPGS or “if the low-flying aircraft set off a bomb hidden on the ground.” Last year, the Islamic Jihad Union tested an anti-helicopter fragmentation mine with the intent of bringing down an Apache.
France in Mali: A year of hunting jihadists in West Africa
Report: December helo crash that killed 6 in Afghanistan blamed on enemy
Analysis: Obama’s grand plan for Mideast shrinks
Security forces arrested five suspected members of an international terrorist group in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkariya in the North Caucasus. Ammunition, grenades, and a homemade bomb packed with shrapnel were seized during the raid in Nalchik, which lies about 185 miles west of Sochi, the site of next month’s Olympics.
Al Qaeda repeats old mistakes as a new act in Falluja’s tragedy unfolds
Anbar Residents Await Anxiously As ‘Clan Revolutionaries’ Take On Al Qaeda
Massive RCMP probe stopped al Qaeda-linked conspiracy to derail passenger trai
Small troop presence in Afghanistan after 2014: White House
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed four border guards in IED attacks in Haditha and one civilian each in bombings in Ramadi and Fallujah. The ISIS also bombed two bridges in Anbar. Security forces killed