OPCW
After Delays, Syria Completes Another Shipment of Chemical Arms
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Afghanistan
Afghan economy facing serious revenue shortage
Afghanistan
Afghan villagers rise up against Taliban in Nangarhar province
South Sudan
South Sudan conflict: Pro-Machar forces ‘seize’ Bentiu
Al Nusrah Front
Morocco dismantles Syria recruitment cell
Europe
Libya faces wave of illegal immigrants
Trial of jihadist cleric expected to highlight ex-Guantanamo detainee’s al Qaeda role
Feroz Ali Abbasi was once held at Guantanamo and US officials have accused him of agreeing to take part in al Qaeda’s attacks against the West. He was transferred to Britain in 2005, but his story is a key part of the case against Abu Hamza al Masri, whose trial began this week in New York.
Nigeria
Boko Haram militants abducted over 200 schoolgirls last night in the city of Chibok in Borno state after storming and robbing their school, killing two soldiers, and burning 170 homes. Visiting the site of yesterday’s bombing in an Abuja suburb, President Jonathan said that “the issue of Boko Haram is temporary.” Lawmakers and workers evacuated […]
United Kingdom
Trojan Horse probe headed by ex-Met chief Peter Clarke
Libya
Masked gunmen in Tripoli kidnapped Jordan’s ambassador, Fawaz al Itan, and shot his driver; the kidnappers are said to be demanding the release of Libyans imprisoned in Jordan. The Interior Ministry plans to step up security in Benghazi and Tripoli. The trial of Saif and Saadi Ghaddafi and 35 other former regime officials was postponed […]
Iran
Rebel videos show first US-made rockets in Syria
Suspected AQAP militants kill deputy governor in Baydha
In a drive-by attack, suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militants assassinated the deputy governor of Baydha province as he was stepping out of his house.
Egypt
A bomb was thrown at a police checkpoint in Cairo, wounding at least two. A security source said a person arrested in connection with the attack was a member of Ajnad Misr. A policeman was killed overnight by gunmen in North Sinai. President Mansour called for greater “public dialogue” on proposed anti-terrorism legislation. Security sources […]
Philippines
During a daylong battle in Basilan that began as an attempt to capture Abu Sayyaf commander Puruji Indama, three Islamist rebels and two soldiers were killed, and 29 soldiers were wounded. Abu Sayyaf is also suspected in the kidnapping of two people in Malaysia on April 2. Security forces killed two members of an Abu […]
Thailand
Authorities arrested three members of a Hezbollah cell in Thailand, including Thai citizen Y. Ayyad, a facilitator for the group in East Asia, and Lebanese nationals D. Farhat and B. Bahsoun. Two large groups of illegal Muslim immigrants arrested over the past several months in Thailand are thought to be Chinese Uighurs on their way […]
Syria
Regime forces recaptured the ancient Christian town of Maaloula, which had fallen to the Al Nusrah Front and rebels in December. Three journalists from Hezbollah’s al Manar news were killed near Maaloula and two others were wounded when their car was attacked by Islamist “terrorists.” The Syrian National Coalition urged the US to take action […]
Iraq
Militants close dam as Iraq violence kills 15
Lebanon
Police arrested Hussain Ismail, the head of a car theft ring in the Bekaa valley, after a shootout in which he and an associate, and two police officers, were wounded. A group called the Free Sunni Brigades claimed the firing of three rockets from Syria into Lebanon near Labweh. The military prosecutor issued arrest warrants […]
Afghanistan
Anxious China emerges as diplomatic player in Afghanistan
Somalia
During a five-hour battle that broke out when Shabaab militants attacked a convoy in Bakool carrying food for Ethiopian troops, at least 11 people were killed. The Somali military claimed to have killed “dozens of militants.” Residents reported that hundreds of soldiers are pursuing the Shabaab fighters in Bakool following the attack.
Al Qaeda weapons ship docks in Aden
AQAP militants sailed a ship carrying weapons from Djibouti to Aden on April 11 and clashed with Yemeni security services before sailing away.
Mali
President Keita warned that Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the wanted jihadist leader who is said to have set up operations in Libya, constitutes a threat to peace in the region. Keita also said Mali is willing to enter reconciliation talks with rebel groups such as the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) so long as […]
Nigeria
A car bomb detonated at a busy bus station in a suburb of Abuja, the nation’s capital, killing at least 88 people and wounding over 200. Boko Haram is suspected in the attack, in which 16 buses were destroyed. Boko Haram militants also killed at least 60 people yesterday in attacks in two villages near […]
Social Media Jihad: Still tweeting Ayman al Zawahiri
Jihadist ideologues have mounted a social media campaign to ask Ayman al Zawahiri to more fully explain al Qaeda’s conflict with its former branch, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS).
Jihadist media unit confirms death of Israeli Arab in Syria
Reliable figures on the number of Israeli Arabs who are fighting or have fought in the ongoing Syria conflict are hard to come by. According to one report, the number is between 15 and 20.
Belgium
Authorities confirmed that four young women left the cities of Antwerp and Sint Niklaas in March for Syria, ostensibly to provide humanitarian aid relief. One of the women has reportedly informed her family that she got married after arriving in Syria.
United Kingdom
The Department for Education as well as the Birmingham City Council have widened their parallel investigations of an alleged plot by Islamist radicals to take over local schools, and are now looking at 25 schools in the area. Former staff at the schools have alleged that boys and girls were segregated, non-Muslim staff were bullied, […]
Al Nusrah Front official explains al Qaeda’s strategy, conflict with former branch
A video released by the Al Nusrah Front stars Abu Sulayman al Muhajir, a jihadist ideologue who serves as a sharia official in the group. Sulayman discusses al Qaeda’s organizational scheme and hierarchy, as well as the ongoing conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS).
Afghanistan
Pakistan – 108 kidnapped tribesmen released
Iran
Iran’s one-stop shop for US Army gear