Female AQAP fundraiser reportedly transferred to Saudi Arabia
Um Hani, who allegedly managed to collect millions of dollars for the terrorist organization in Yemen, is said to have been deported from Yemen.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
7 killed as Shabaab targets UN officials in Mogadishu
Shabaab is stepping up its attacks on foreigners and international organizations in Somalia.
Jihadists release video of British suicide bomber in Syria
Abdul Waheed Majeed, who is thought to be the first British suicide bomber in Syria, is seen in a video dedicated to Al Nusrah Front commander Saifullah al Shishani, a Chechen recently killed in Aleppo.
Syria
Homs rebel puts fate in Syrian government hands
Democratic Republic of Congo
UN says more than 70 civilians ‘hacked to death’ in DR Congo
Belarus
No Love For Valentine’s Day In Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus
European Union
Morocco, EU partner against terrorism
Libya
Khalifa Haftar, the former head of Libya’s ground forces, announced that “[t]he national command of the Libyan army is declaring a movement for the new road map” and called for suspension of the interim parliament. Prime Minister Zeidan dismissed the statement, saying everything is “under control” and “working just fine.” Defense Minister al Thani reportedly […]
Israel
Syria’s disintegration alarms Israel
Morocco
Morocco has begun requiring visas for visitors from Libya as a “security precaution,” following the recent arrests of more than 105 Libyan visitors with fake passports; most of those arrested were not Arabs, and some had previously been banned from entering Morocco. The parliament is considering legislation that would criminalize takfir and incitement to violence, […]
China
In Xinjiang’s Aksu prefecture, 11 terrorists who attacked a police patrol were killed and five police vehicles were damaged. Some of the attackers tried to use LNG cylinders in a car as suicide bombs. On Jan. 24, six terrorists were shot dead after attacking a police station in Aksu. Authorities said the number of terrorist […]
NATO
Russia, NATO plan joint operation on Syria’s chemical weapons
Afghan High Peace Council spokesman says US ‘martyred’ bin Laden
“You [the US] martyred Osama and yet you are still here,” HPC spokesman Maulavi Shazada Shahid said as he lashed out against the US.
Iraq
Security forces killed six Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters in Khaladiyah, two in Karma, an ISIS commander for Mosul, three fighters east of Mosul, and three more in Qayyarah. The ISIS killed a regiment commander in Kirkuk, a soldier and an Awakening fighter in Hawijah, three soldiers in Ramadi, a policemen and […]
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula assaulted the central prison in Sana’a in a complex attack, killing seven guards and freeing 29 prisoners, including 19 AQAP fighters. Some of the AQAP fighters who have been freed were on death row. A British teacher was kidnapped in Sana’a.
Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with Islamic battalions in Aleppo; and in Deir Izzour, where it also fought against the Al Nusrah Front; and in Raqqah, where it also battled rebels. Al Nusrah and Islamic battalions clashed with regime forces in Hasakah, and in Hama. Al Nusrah claimed five January bombings […]
Algeria
Algeria leads effort against terror financing
Lebanon
A judicial source warned that recent arrests of Naim Abbas and other al Qaeda-linked terrorists have not eliminated the “dozens of … groups created by Al Qaeda and its offshoots, such as the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, the Nusrah Front, and the Jammal Jarrah Brigades.” Authorities charged Nawaf al-Hussein with involvement in the Haret Hreik suicide […]
Libya
Libya killing spree terrorises citizens
Palestinian Territories
In response to a recent video in which Palestinian jihadists expressed support for ISIS, a senior Hamas official said al Qaeda does not have a foothold in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian officials denied Israeli media reports that security forces had arrested dozens of Palestinians who had fought in the ongoing Syria conflict.
AQAP storms prison in Yemen’s capital, frees al Qaeda operatives
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula freed 19 of its operatives in a complex suicide assault on the central prison in Sana’a.
Egypt
Security forces reportedly thwarted an assassination attempt on a top security official in Giza. The army spokesman said 112 Islamist militants have been killed or wounded in operations in North Sinai in the past week. Two policemen were shot and killed by unidentified gunmen south of Cairo. Ansar Jerusalem claimed a December car bombing in […]
Ansar Jerusalem releases video of December bombing in Sharkiya
The attack, which had previously gone unclaimed, wounded at least four Egyptian security personnel. Five days before this attack, a bombing by Ansar Jerusalem in Mansoura killed more than a dozen.
Ajnad al-Sham
ISIS losing ground in Syria to Jabhat al-Nusra
Libya
In separate Benghazi attacks, an army officer and the local head of security for a mobile phone company and his driver were shot dead. An air force MI-16 helicopter has gone missing near the eastern town of Essider. A group of Zintanis tampered with an oil pipe in Jebel Nafusa, cutting the flow of oil […]
Boko Haram
Displaced by Boko Haram, Nigerians risk invisibility in Niger
Al Qaeda
Editorial: Salahudine, a Frenchman lost to jihad
Al Nusrah Front
Confessions of a French jihadist in Syria
Mali
Near the Niger border, militants from the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa clashed with ethnic Tuaregs loyal to the government; 17 civilians and 13 militants were killed. Last week 31 Tuaregs were killed in a similar clash.
What’s wrong with this conflict map of Syria?
A FRONTLINE map of Syria mixes the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, and the Islamic Front in with the “opposition.”