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Any hope for long-held civilian hostages in Syria?
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Syria
Watchdog: Rise in targeted media killings in Syria
Syria
Opposition activists accused the Assad regime of a gas attack in Harasta, the fourth such attack claimed by the opposition so far in April. The Al Nusrah Front said it was cutting ties with the Raqqah Rebel Brigade. In Idlib, Al Nusrah clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, after ISIS fighters […]
Lebanon
Two Syrian airstrikes hit near Syrian refugee tents on the outskirts of Arsal in the Bekaa valley. The military prosecutor filed terrorism charges against Mohammed Abdel-Hamid Qassem, who has admitted to rigging car bombs and fundraising for the Al Nusrah Front; similar charges were also filed against others linked to Qassem who are at large.
Syria
US Congress balks at war on terror funding for Syria
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West Aleppo faces unending assault
Afghanistan
Afghanistan economic growth falls sharply in 2013: ADB
Pakistan
Pakistan – TTP say they will not extend ceasefire, but will continue talks
Iran
Hamas’ growing rivalry with Islamic Jihad
Afghanistan
Blunders by British generals allowed Taliban to carry out attack on Camp Bastion while Prince Harry was in Afghanistan
Jordan
Four Jordanian fighter jets hit and destroyed a number of vehicles entering Jordan from Syria that were believed to be carrying Syrian rebel fighters. Syrian state media said the vehicles were not from its army.
Nigeria
Ten of the over 100 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in Borno managed to escape from their captors, bringing the number of those who have fled to 14. About 10 gunmen broke into the house of the Kogi state speaker, kidnapping two of his children. About 20 gunmen in Bauchi state stormed Soro town in […]
United Kingdom
The extradition of Abu Hamza deputy Haroon Aswat to face terror charges in the US was delayed until the UK obtains “the kind of assurances envisaged” by the European Court of Human Rights that he will be treated humanely in the US. Some 200 UK jihadists who have fought in Syria are thought to have […]
2 Australian nationals killed in Yemen in November drone strike
Two Australian citizens believed to have been fighting alongside al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula were killed in the Nov. 19, 2013 US airstrike in Yemen’s Hadramout province. Both are considered low-level AQAP fighters.
Al Qaeda
The Facebook jihadis seeking action in Syria
Al Nusrah Front
Syria war: Maaloula’s monastery destroyed after Assad forces drive rebels out
Egypt
Dialogue ongoing between Hezbollah, Egypt
Egypt
A Cairo court will soon examine whether Ajnad Misr should be considered a terrorist organization. Overnight, a bombing attack wounded at least one security person in North Sinai. In Giza, three security personnel were wounded in a bombing attack. Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a tribal leader known to be supportive of the army.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Aussies killed in US drone strike in Yemen
Angola
Port dubbed ‘Cathedral of the Mafia’ to host transfer of Syria chemical weapons
United States
Police arrested Kevin Edson, 25, who had left two unattended backpacks, one of which contained a rice cooker, found this evening near the Boston Marathon finish line, exactly a year after bomb attacks at the event killed three people and injured 264. This year’s Marathon will be held on April 21.
Iraq
Iraq closes Abu Ghraib prison amid security fears
Fatah
Islamic Jihad members push for internal reform
Syria
Regime forces launched an offensive on Homs city, parts of which have been besieged for almost two years, and retook one of the last rebel-held villages in Qalamoun. The Al Nusrah Front claimed three car bombings in Homs and said its fighters are eager to detonate more as well as conduct suicide attacks. In Aleppo, […]
Iraq
Iraq’s Kurds dig trench to block militants
Albania
Police arrested a man for recruiting fighters for terrorists in Syria. Last week an Albanian jihadist died in Syria; at least 10 Albanians have died fighting there. In late March, Blerim Demiri, a Kosovan suicide bomber, killed 52 Iraqi soldiers in an attack north of Baghdad. Car bombings are becoming common in Albania, especially in […]
Lebanon
Interior Minister Machnouk said Lebanon plans to restrict the influx of Syrian refugees, who now make up 27% of Lebanon’s population. Four Tripoli militia commanders surrendered to Army intelligence. The remains of a suicide bomber who detonated near the Iranian Embassy last year were returned to his relatives in Sidon. The head of an Islamic […]
Turkey
Syrian rebels and eyewitnesses claimed that Turkey had allowed Islamist rebels to enter Syria for the Kasab offensive; the Erdogan government denied the claim. An Adana prosecutor who in January stopped and searched trucks on suspicion they were carrying weapons into Syria has been removed from his post and reassigned; two officers arrested in the […]
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Is Turkey behind the chemical attack in Syria?
Saudi Arabia
Saudi intelligence chief replaced by his deputy