Ansar Jerusalem calls on ‘spies’ to repent in latest video
The last segment of the video showed Ansar Jerusalem fighters operating a checkpoint on the Rafah-el-Arish international road in order “to arrest the spies and the agents, the traitors.”
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Libya
New caretaker Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni was sworn in yesterday, and ousted former prime minister Ali Zeidan left for Europe. The GNC moved forward on a roadmap for new elections in July. The Tripoli Local Council is trying to remove armed groups from the capital. Misratan troops forced petroleum guards under the control of Ibrahim […]
Saudi Arabia accuses 8 of aiding and financing al Qaeda
Saudi Arabia charged eight defendants with providing weaponry and financial funding to al Qaeda in support of terrorist operations inside and outside the kingdom.
US drones kill local AQAP commander and bodyguard
The strike killed a local al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula military commander known as Moajab bin Aziz, as well as his bodyguard. The US has launched four drone strikes in Yemen since the beginning of March.
NATO
Newly technology built to stop suicide car bombers
United States
CIA Director John Brennan said al Qaeda has “metastasized over the years” and is found throughout Africa and Southeast Asia. He also said that concerns over the growing presence of al Qaeda-linked fighters in Syria have been the focus of many of his efforts with his foreign counterparts over the past year. The Air Force […]
Yemen
The US killed four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in a drone strike in the Wadi Abida area of Al Shabwa district in Marib. The two local al Qaeda leaders, identified as Ebad Mobarak Al Shabwani and Ja’afar Mohammad Jaber Al Shabwani, were killed in the strike.
Al Nusrah Front
Seeing a Threat at Home in a Fight Abroad
Syria
A prominent jihadist forum said it supports the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and urged the Al Nusrah Front to resolve differences with the group. Information Minister al Zoubi said 25 persons, not 150, were released in exchange for the nuns freed yesterday; other sources said 141 women and a “small” number of […]
Lebanon
Five rockets launched from Syria landed in the Nabi Shayt area of the Bekaa valley, injuring four people. Interior Minister al Mashnouq said that Lebanon understands Saudi Arabia’s purpose in designating the Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, and the Al Nusrah Front as terrorist groups.
Ansar Jerusalem
For 3 Egyptian Islamists, violence is only way to respond to police crackdown
LWJ’s prior warnings about 9/11 recruiter’s release
Twice during congressional hearings last year, The Long War Journal warned that jihadists were looking to secure Mohammed Zammar’s release in Syria. Zammar recruited the Hamburg cell, including the suicide hijack pilots for 9/11.
Key suspect in January Cairo car bombing killed in shootout
Meanwhile, four suspected al Qaeda members were referred to trial yesterday over their involvement in plots to carry out attacks in Egypt, including against the US and French embassies.
Israel
An IAF airstrike killed three Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants who had fired mortar shells at IDF forces along the Gaza border. An Israeli Skylark drone crashed in the Gaza Strip. Israel and Jordan plan to launch a joint investigation into the killing of a Jordanian judge at the Allenby Crossing.
Egypt
The army said 18 suspected militants and criminals were arrested in North Sinai operations. Authorities reportedly seized a workshop used for creating explosives and bombs in Sheikh Zuweid. A number of Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo to discuss ways to combat terrorism. The Interior Ministry said a terrorist suspected of involvement in the Cairo […]
9/11 recruiter reportedly freed in Syria
Mohammed Zammar, who recruited al Qaeda’s Hamburg cell, has reportedly been freed inside Syria. His freedom was negotiated by Ahrar al Sham, an al Qaeda-linked group.
Ahrar al Sham
Siege of Syrian arms depot in Tal Al Jabiyeh exposes chemical weapons fears
Free Syrian Army
Secret HQ in Amman helps and directs Syrian rebels in south
Free Syrian Army
Syria war: new push against Assad being planned, reports suggest
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda hijacks spirit of Syria revolt three years on
Libya
Prime Minister Zeidan was sacked by the GNC, and the GNC voted to recall General Chief of Staff Jadallah Al-Obaidi. A North Korean-flagged tanker that illegally took on oil at Essider is on fire in international waters after being shot at by the Libyan Navy. Rebels clashed with government forces in Sirte.
Morocco
Security forces have dismantled a terrorist criminal network in Fez and Sefrou that used fraud and forgery to finance al Qaeda activities in Syria. The network was headed by an al Qaeda recruiter and included two known terrorists.
US drones kill 4 AQAP commanders and fighters in central Yemen
The Yemeni media identified the two AQAP commanders killed in last night’s strike in Marib province as Ebad Mobarak Al Shabwani and Ja’afar Mohammad Jaber Al Shabwani.
3 Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants killed in Gaza airstrike
The three militants were identified as Abdel Shafi Saleh Muammar, Shaher Hamouda Abu Shanab, and Ismail Hamid Abu Jouda.
France
French intelligence is questioning seven men and a woman who are suspected of planning to travel to Syria to fight for terrorist groups. The eight suspects were arrested yesterday in and around Paris. An al Qaeda-linked media outlet issued a call on March 7 encouraging “our lone wolves in France” to assassinate President Hollande and […]
United Kingdom
Authorities are investigating reports that four Birmingham schools were targeted for Islamist radicalization; Zahoor Iqbal, a former “achievement mentor” at one of the schools, was convicted in 2008 for supporting terrorism. Police arrested two men and a woman from Manchester, and a man from Oxford, on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offenses; a Manchester man is […]
Interpol
Interpol reveals lax passport screening
Afghanistan
Taliban Issue Warning, Tell Afghans Not to Vote
Africa
US military boosting its presence in Spain
Afghanistan
In Its Own War on Terror, Pakistan Piles Up Heavy Losses