Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed six soldiers and two civilians in a suicide assault on the headquarters of the 4th Division headquarters in Aden. Three AQAP fighters were also killed. AQAP announced the formation of Ansar al Shariah in the Central Regions; the group’s purpose is to combat the Shiite Houthi rebels based […]
Six soldiers, two civilians, and three al Qaeda fighters were killed during the AQAP assault on an Army headquarters in the southern Yemeni city.
Extremist Qur’anic schools take hold in Libya
Ajnad Misr stated that its fighters delayed the detonation of the third bomb due to the crowd of civilians in the area. The group also said it has canceled operations in the past that it believed would have harmed civilians.
‘I am not fighting against al Qaeda… it’s not our problem’, says West’s last hope in Syria
Authorities announced the arrest of six east Jerusalem lawyers who were acting as couriers for Palestinian militants in Gaza seeking to communicate with their counterparts in Israeli jails. Israeli officials denounced the PLO for applying for accession to 15 international conventions.
At least one policeman was killed and about half a dozen people wounded in bombings at Cairo University. Ajnad Misr took responsibility for the bombings. Senior ministers said the government plans to pass new legislation “connected to confronting terrorism.” Security forces employed tight measures along main roads in North Sinai looking for suspected militants. Two […]
Influential cleric says to resume Friday sermons amid Gulf rift
The PLO applied for accession in 15 international conventions as peace talks with Israel sputter. Palestinian officials said, however, that they are not yet walking away from the US-mediated talks. Hamas is reportedly planning to launch a new satellite TV station.
The Azeris fought alongside the Muhajireen Army, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, or the Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria.
According to press reports, the first two bombs exploded almost simultaneously, and the third went off nearly two hours later.
The video includes footage of the building and detonation of a small homemade bomb, as well as exercises in small fire team tactics and an obstacle course.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said that Ansar al Sharia in the Central Regions has been formed with the express purpose of fighting Shiite Houthi insurgents as well as the Yemeni military.
Police stepped up patrols in Mombasa after the killing of radical cleric Abubaker Shariff Ahmed a.k.a. Makaburi, who was buried last night and and praised as a “martyr.” Just a week ago, he won a damages from the government for unlawful detention of his property during an antiterrorism raid. In Nairobi’s Eastleigh suburb, police defused […]
State-owned Jumhuriya bank employees went on strike nationwide to protest the killing of a colleague in Sebha. A kidnapped bank manager was freed in Osari after payment of a ransom. Arsonists burned down a local council office in Tripoli and a women’s center.
Terror Suit Against Jordanian Bank Tests US Diplomacy and Secrecy Laws
Justice Minister Nayef al Ajmi and the Kuwaiti Cabinet dismissed US Treasury Undersecretary David Cohen’s accusations that he financed terrorism and promoted jihad in Syria, calling them “baseless and groundless.” On March 4 Cohen charged that al Ajmi had “a history of promoting jihad in Syria” and was linked to fundraising for the Al Nusrah […]
The US killed three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike on a training camp in Abyan. Two AQAP fighters and a soldier were killed during a clash in Damar. Gunmen killed two policemen in Daleh.
The president of the Syrian National Coalition visited rebel troops in Latakia, where the Al Nusrah Front, Islamic fighters, and Free Syrian Army forces are battling regime troops. Al Nusrah claimed a joint offensive in Latakia with Ahrar al Sham, Ansar al-Sham, and Sham al-Islam; one of the commanders, Abu al Hassan, was said to […]
Three suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in a strike on a camp that was recently featured in the terror group’s propaganda.
EU launches Central Africa military operation
Security forces managed to defuse a bomb that had been placed by unidentified assailants in North Sinai. The army announced the killing of three militants and arrest of 52 others. At least 33 people were wounded in clashes between security forces and Muslim Brotherhood supporters.
Abubakar Shariff Makaburi, a prominent Islamist accused of recruiting and raising funds for Shabaab, as well as advising the Kenyan Islamist group al Hijra, has reportedly been killed in a shooting outside Shimo la Tewa Prison in Shanzu near Mombasa. Police arrested over 627 suspects in Nairobi after six people were killed by bombs in […]
Three Libyans who had hijacked an oil tanker and forced its crew to load illicit oil were released; the Attorney General’s staff denounced the decision and called for the Attorney General to resign. Ibrahim Jadhran and his “Cyrenaica Defence Forces” have moved from Ajdabiya to Ras Lanouf; the Ajdabiya security head escaped an attempted kidnapping. […]
British sniper in Afghanistan kills six Taliban with one bullet
Hezbollah reorganizes ranks in light of leaks
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The leader of the al Qaeda-linked group Ansaru called for attacks on Christians in Nigeria to avenge an alleged insult to Islam at a Catholic school in Katsina; youths torched the school and two churches. Two suspected Boko Haram suicide car bombs targeted a military patrol in Maiduguri, and two other suicide car bombs were […]
British PM orders probe into Muslim Brotherhood
Nigerian military authorities said at least 288 rifles, 35 rocket-propelled guns, and 35 homemade IEDs, as well as over 50 Cameroonian passports and a jeep, were confiscated after a clash in Abugasse near the border with Chad. The large cache was seized following the arrest of two suspected Boko Haram arms traffickers. Cameroonian authorities arrested […]