Family members continued to search for schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants last week in Borno; 234 girls are said to be still missing. The governor of Bauchi state ordered the evacuation of 200 girls from a school following an attack on another school in Bauchi last week in which a girl was killed. Security […]
Israeli unit against terror-financing fighting new enemies at a new speed
One of two Tunisian diplomats recently kidnapped in Libya appeared in a video released by a Libyan militant group, Chabab Tawhid (“Youth of Unification”), begging the Tunisian government to negotiate for his release. The kidnappers are demanding the release of Islamists arrested after attacks in Rouhia in 2011. Ansar al Sharia Tunisia issued a statement […]
Parliamentarian Isaaq Mohamed Riino was killed when a bomb attached to his car detonated in Mogadishu; fellow MP Mohamed Ali Dhuuh and a bystander were injured by the blast, which was claimed by Shabaab. Four Somali soldiers and six militants were killed in a Shabaab ambush on a convoy in Bay on April 17. At […]
In a newly released audio message, al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri says his group has not been defeated by American airstrikes. He also addresses the jihadist infighting in Syria, as well as his opposition to the Egyptian government.
In response to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, the IAF struck a number of terror sites in the Hamas-run territory. The Yahya Ayyash Brigades said that it was responsible for the rocket fire.
Ibrahim al Asiri is said to be the target of a drone strike that hit a vehicle. The day before, another US and Yemeni attack killed more than 30 AQAP fighters at a training camp.
Suspected Islamist insurgents killed three people in a drive-by shooting in Yala, in the same district where an insurgent leader was killed last week. Nearly 6,000 people have been killed in the insurgency since January 2004.
Iraqi forces take control of Fallujah entrances
335 ISAF military bases handed over to Afghanistan
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Three airstrikes near al-Mahfad in Abyan province in southern Yemen today killed as many as 25 militants from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. A US drone strike yesterday killed 16 AQAP militants and five civilians in central Baydah province.
Two policemen were killed by gunmen near Cairo. Security sources alleged that al Qaeda’s Ayman al Zawahiri has been communicating with Muslim Brotherhood leaders to arrange the transfer of arms to jihadists in Egypt. Authorities arrested 18 Muslim Brotherhood members and jihadists on suspicion of inciting and planning attacks.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters killed 11 Algerian soldiers and wounded 11 more in an ambush in Tizi Ouzou. The Defense Ministry said 37 militants have been killed in Algeria since January.
Iran claimed to have watered down over 440 pounds of enriched uranium pursuant to its agreement with world powers, and offered to redesign the Arak heavy water reactor to reduce plutonium output. Tehran criticized the US decision that applied Iran sanctions law to seize a Manhattan skyscraper and sell the assets. A Senate bill that […]
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama; in Reef Dimashq; in Homs, where Al Nusrah carried out two suicide bombings; in Latakia, where they were joined by Junoud al Sham, Ahrar al Sham, Sham al Islam, and Ansar al Sham; and in Aleppo, where they were joined by Fajr […]
Police arrested four Syrians in Wadi Hamyed near the border and confiscated two vehicles as well as a hand grenade, knives, and communications equipment. Security forces also arrested six Syrians belonging to “an extremist organization” in an ambush near Beit Layha.
Boko Haram: How insurgency wrecked the North
Ajnad Misr took responsibility for three recent bombing attacks in the Cairo area. Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri said that the Egyptian army should be fought. The army said 11 wanted militants were arrested in operations in North Sinai. A Muslim Brotherhood leader was sentenced to one year in prison for insulting the judiciary.
Editorial: UK school plot thickens
Meanwhile, in an audio message leaked yesterday, al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri said that the “Americanized” Egyptian army should be fought.
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video claiming the April 14 attack in the capital city of Abuja that killed over 75 people; he did not mention the 85 missing schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram earlier this week. President Jonathan sharply denounced Adamawa state governor Murtala Nyak for declaring to other northern governors that […]
Sanafi al Nasr, a senior al Qaeda leader who was reportedly killed in Latakia, Syria in late March, is alive. Nasr leads an al Qaeda committee responsible for the group’s strategic planning and policy.
A pickup packed with AQAP fighters was hit as it traveled on a highway in Baydah province.
The US has begun supplying advanced antitank weapons to supposedly moderate Syrian rebel groups such as the Harakat Hazm, which works with the Syrian Revolutionaries’ Front, whose leader has admitted to sharing weapons with al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front. Defense Secretary Hagel said the US military will keep an enhanced presence in Poland through the […]
A senior police official said that Daoud Farhat and Youssef Ayad, two members of Hezbollah arrested in Bangkok earlier this week, were planning bomb attacks against Israeli tourists and other Israeli groups on Khao San Road during Passover. A third suspect, Bilal Bahsoun, may be still at large. The bodies of wanted militant Muktar Ali-mama […]
From martyrs to victims: Counting Syria’s dead
Two prison guards and one Taliban fighter were killed in a jailbreak in Faryab that freed at least two prisoners. Six Taliban fighters and a commander, and two soldiers were killed in a military operation in Laghman. A US soldier who was wounded last weekend during fighting in Logar has died of his injuries.
The military claimed to have killed 20 Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters east of Fallujah. Ten Iraqi soldiers and eight ISIS fighters were killed during a suicide assault on base in Mosul. The ISIS also killed nine people in a car bombing in Baghdad.
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama; in Aleppo, where they were joined by the al Mujahideen army; in Reef Dimashq; and in Latakia, where they were joined by the Junoud al Sham, Ahrar al Sham, Sham al Islam, and Ansar al Sham. Turkish border guards opened fire on […]