Al Qaeda
Britain Increasingly Invokes Power to Disown Its Citizens
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Iran
Muslim Shrine Stands as a Crossroads in Syria’s Unrest
Chechen ISIS leader slams Al Nusrah Front for killing Moroccan commander
Omar al Shishani said that Abu Usama al Maghrebi was killed by “a commander in the Front of Defeat; and it is not the Front of Victory [Al Nusrah Front] at all.”
Nigeria
Boko Haram militants in Jigawa state killed seven police officers and a civilian in an attack targeting a police station, a court, and a bank in Gwaram. The militants, said to number about 20, bombed the buildings and then opened fire. Suspected Boko Haram militants fired at a crowd watching a soccer match in Potiskum […]
Egypt
Egypt steps up campaign to control mosques
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Pakistani leader of banned sectarian group gets parliament seat
Taliban’s shadow governor for Kunar reported killed in US airstrike
Noor Qasim Sabari, the shadow governor of Kunar, is said to have been killed in a US airstrike along with seven senior commanders in the province.
Syria
Regime forces backed by Hezbollah captured Rankous in Qalamoun near the Lebanese border, cutting off rebel supply lines and solidifying the regime’s hold in the area. The Al Nusrah Front, Islamic fighters, and rebels reportedly left Rankous after its inhabitants made a truce with the regime two days earlier. Two car bombs detonated in Alawite […]
Lebanon
Security forces arrested Mohammad Qassam and seven aides, all Syrians, in a refugee camp in Arsal; Qassam is accused of heading an al Qaeda group that rigs cars with explosives and sends them into Lebanon. Masked gunmen shot a Fatah-linked Sunni sheikh in the Ain el Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon. Hezbollah has turned over […]
Caucasus Emirate
Russia Withheld Details on Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Boston Bombing Suspect, Report Says
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Turkey said that although the grace period for returning jihadists expired on March 20, such fighters are still approaching Saudi embassies and asking for help in returning home. He also indicated they are still welcome to return, saying, “Our doors will always remain open for all Saudis coming from conflict regions […]
Europe
US Troops May Be Sent to E Europe
Jordan
Abed Shihadeh a.k.a. Abu Mohammed Al Tahawi, a hardline Islamist leader on trial with over 60 other Salafi Jihadists for inciting violence in April 2011, challenged the court’s authority and asked to be freed on bail. Over 700 Syrian refugees entered Jordan in the past 48 hours. Border guards foiled an attempt on April 5 […]
Social Media Jihad: Open interview with al Qaeda’s sharia official in Pakistan
Asim Umar, al Qaeda’s top sharia official in Pakistan, will be holding a Q&A session online in May. The appearance is being promoted on social media.
Iran
Khamenei: Iran will never give up its nuclear program
Kenya
Kenya sends back ‘illegal’ Somalis after Nairobi raids
Palestinian Territories
Hamas called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to “unleash the resistance” in the West Bank. Abbas himself urged the US to continue its efforts to save ongoing peace talks with Israel. A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel landed within the Hamas-run territory.
Egypt
Four Islamist militants were reportedly killed overnight by locals in North Sinai. Security sources said 24 militants were arrested in operations in North Sinai. A Russian military delegation arrived in Cairo for talks with their Egyptian counterparts.
Lebanon
Lebanon: Residents of Tripoli apprehensive as militants still at large
Lebanon
Lebanese patriarch suggests housing Syrian refugees in Syria
Dozens killed in Taliban infighting in South Waziristan
A local Taliban fighter who is said to have supported negotiations with the government is among 34 jihadists killed during clashes since Sunday.
State Department adds Ansar Jerusalem to terrorist designation lists
The State Department today added the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem to the US government’s lists of designated terrorist organizations. Although State says the group “generally maintains a local focus,” its attacks are entirely consistent with al Qaeda’s global jihad.
Spain
Authorities arrested four people in Barcelona, Tarragona, and Palma de Mallorca who are suspected of trying to sell missile equipment to Iran. Three are Spanish nationals from the same family, and the fourth is an Iranian. During the raids, authorities confiscated cash, industrial equipment, and documents relating to defense information.
ISIS’ ‘Southern Division’ praises foreign suicide bombers
The suicide bombers, who conducted attacks just south of Baghdad, are from Morocco, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. The Southern Division is one of 16 administrative areas defined by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
Al Nusrah Front
Turkey realizes its blunder in Kassab operation
France
France: southern Libya now a ‘viper’s nest’ for Islamist militants
Syria
Jihadist attack on Latakia raises fear of deeper sectarian warfare
United States
El Mehdi Semlali Fathi, 26, a Moroccan resident of Bridgeport, Conn., was arrested on immigration charges yesterday; the complaint filed in federal court alleged that he repeatedly expressed a desire to bomb a federal building in Connecticut and an unspecified university outside the state. Secretary of State Kerry claimed that the threatened US strike on […]
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and Islamic fighters clashed with regime forces in Idlib; in Deir Izzour; in Hama; in Reef Dimashq near Rankous and Ras al-Ma’arra; and in Latakia, where they were joined by Junoud al Sham, Ahrar al Sham, Sham al Islam, and Ansar al Sham. The UN human rights chief said the Assad […]
Lebanon
Salafist sheikh Dai al Islam al Shahhal warned that “something big will happen” because security forces had seized two cars from his convoy following grenade attacks during security sweeps in Tripoli. Hours later, gunmen ambushed an Army patrol in Akkar, killing two soldiers and wounding a third. Security forces in Tripoli detained two people, said […]