Al Nusrah Front
Syrian army crushes rebel push near Turkish border
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Iraq
Syria pounds ISIS bases in coordination with Iraq
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Maghreb terrorists make sales pitch to youth
Al Nusrah Front
ISIS menaces al Qaeda in Libyan city of Derna
Pakistan launches ‘comprehensive operation against foreign and local terrorists’ in North Waziristan
Operation Zarb-e-Azb appears to be aimed at the “bad Taliban” and foreign terror groups such as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. It is unlikely the Haqqani Network or the Hafiz Gul Bahadar Group will be targeted.
Libya
The forces of Khalid Haftar’s Libyan National Army attacked Islamist bases in the Sidi Faraj and al-Hawari districts of Benghazi; residents fled. Haftar’s forces reportedly surrounded Ansar al Sharia fighters in Sidi Faraj and took control of the district. Electricity is out in much of Benghazi. A special forces member and another man were assassinated […]
Al Qaeda
US Officials Fear Moner Mohammad Abusalha’s Jihad Video Will Inspire Others
France
French authorities have deported Ahmed B., a Tunisian Salafist who had lived in France for several years, following his arrest earlier this month in Grenoble on suspicion of recruiting jihadists who were trained in Tunisia and then sent to Syria to fight. The first deportation of a jihadist recruiter under new French legislation was that […]
United Kingdom
Senior UK Shia cleric Fadhil al-Milani urged British Muslims not to fly to Iraq to fight the forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, but still to offer “every assistance” to those in Iraq who are fighting the ISIS. The Foreign Office has advised Britons to avoid non-essential travel to Iraq except […]
ISIS photographs detail execution of Iraqi soldiers
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham’s Salahaddin Division released photographs that detail the capture of a military base and the execution of scores of soldiers.
Iraq
Iraqi soldiers who fled ISIS advance accuse officers of treason
Iraq
Turkey paying price for jihadist highway on border
Fatah
Qatar to pay former Hamas civil servant salaries
Muslim Brotherhood
Sunni Clerics Criticize Iraq Shiite Call to Arms
Syria
Nine top Free Syrian Army commanders resigned, citing an absence of donor support that disadvantaged them against the Assad regime and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. The Al Nusrah Front and allied rebel groups, including the Islamic Front, pulled out of the border town of Kasab in Latakia, and withdrew to the […]
Palestinian Territories
Three Israeli teenagers, one of whom is a US citizen, were kidnapped on June 12 from a bus stop in Gush Etzion, south of Bethlehem. The Israeli prime minister’s office issued a statement holding the Palestinian Authority responsible for the youths. The kidnapping was claimed by two groups: one calling itself the West Bank branch […]
Lebanon
Shelling by the Syrian Army and Hezbollah reportedly wounded many people in the Bekaa valley village of Tfeil, which sits close to Qalamoun across the border in Syria. Security was stepped up following reports that Abdullah Azzam Brigades sleeper cells are planning attacks in Lebanon.
Yemen
US drones killed an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander and four fighters in a strike in the southern province of Shabwa. The Yemeni military also killed four AQAP fighters during a raid in Shabwa. Yemeni forces also destroyed weapons, vehicles, and warehouses during the raid.
Analysis: ISIS, allies reviving ‘Baghdad belts’ battle plan
The Islamic State of Iraq appears to be using the same plan it implemented in 2006, when it seized Baghdad’s surrounding “belts” and launched attacks into the capital.
US drones kill AQAP commander, 4 fighters in southern Yemen
An AQAP commander known as Musaad al Habashi was among five AQAP members traveling in the vehicle in Shabwa province when US drones struck.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
America’s Allies Are Funding ISIS
Afghanistan
Meet the Sixth Man the Taliban Wanted in the Bergdahl Swap
Iraq
Iraq crisis: despite decapitations and deaths thousands return willingly to city held by ISIS terrorists
Somalia
Shabaab militants arrested some 100 women in Buale, ordering them to wear the head-to-toe covering niqab or be publicly whipped. Fighting broke out in Wajid in Bakool after Shabaab militants attacked soldiers who were guarding supplies. Somalia’s prime minister asked Ethiopia to provide soldiers to escort emergency aid supplies in southern Somalia, where Shabaab has […]
Afghanistan
Afghans ignore Taliban threats and vote again in final test
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia leader says gains in Iraq should be cause for jihadist reconciliation
Abu Iyad al Tunisi, the head of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, has released a statement calling for jihadists in the Levant to reconcile based on recent events in Iraq.
Djibouti
The UK Foreign Office has warned of “credible reports” that Shabaab is planning further attacks on Western interests in Djibouti, which hosts the biggest US military base in Africa. The US issued a similar warning on June 8.
Iraq
Turkey Says Got Prior Warning of Mosul Consulate Attack
Tunisia
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb issued a statement claiming the May 27 attack on the Kasserine home of Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou; the terror group denounced the government for banning Ansar al Sharia, and threatened further attacks against Jeddou, whom it blamed for comments on “sexual jihad.” A roadside bomb injured two people […]
Belgium
A court ordered 46 members of Sharia4Belgium to face trial on terrorism charges, including the group’s leader, Fouad Belkacem, and 15 other top operatives. Only eight of the 46 are currently in Belgium; the other 38 are thought to have gone to Syria. The outlawed group Sharia4Belgium was reportedly dissolved in 2012 but authorities believe […]