Al Qaeda
US spy agencies heard Benghazi attackers using State Dept. cell phones to call terrorist leaders
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Islamic Front
Syria Islamist factions in new push against rivals
Al Nusrah Front
Baghdadi, leader of Iraq insurgents, is jihad’s rising chief
Iraq
ISIS erases Iraq-Syria border
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham took control of the cities of Tikrit and Bayji in Salahaddin province. Bayji has Iraq’s largest oil refinery, and Tikrit is the provincial capital of Salahaddin. ISIS fighters have freed thousands of prisoners and looted hundreds of millions of dollars during their offensive.
Attack on power lines leaves Yemen in total darkness
A suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula attack on key power lines in Marib province has cut off electricity throughout the country for the past two days.
Libya
Al-Mahdi Saad Abu Al-Abyad, a leading member of Ansar al Sharia in Derna, was killed; Ansar al Sharia and the Abu Slim Martyrs Brigade have been clashing in the city since June 6. A member of the Counter Crime Agency was murdered in Benghazi. Political activist Mohamed Bughaighis escaped an assassination attempt in Benghazi; writing […]
US launches 2 drone strikes in Pakistan, breaks 6-month lull
Four Uzbeks, two members of the Punjabi Taliban, and 10 “miitants” are said to have been killed in the pair of strikes.
Mali
A suicide car bombing near the entrance to a camp in Aguelhok that houses MINUSMA and Malian forces killed at least four Chadian soldiers and injured 10 more troops, including four Malians. It is the first major attack in the Kidal area since a ceasefire was reached between the government and three separatist groups in […]
Iraq
Iraq crisis: al Qaeda forces seize Mosul and Tikrit – live
ISIS updates on Iraqi operations from social media
Social media accounts associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham posted photos and videos of ISIS’ ongoing campaign in Iraq.
Afghanistan
Bergdahl Briefing Fails to Allay Senators’ Doubts
Iraq
After Capture of Mosul, Militants Extend Control in Iraq
Libya
Libya chaos ‘systematic’
Israel
Israel Backs Measure to Limit Early Release for Jailed Palestinians
ISIS takes control of Bayji, Tikrit in lightning southward advance
Bayji, which hosts Iraq’s largest oil refinery, and Tikrit, the provincial capital of Salahaddin, are the latest cities to fall to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
IMU involved in suicide assault on Karachi airport
Both the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan have claimed the attack on Jinnah International Airport.
Morocco
Moroccan authorities claimed to have dismantled 18 terrorist cells between 2011 and 2013 that involved recruiting networks. Experts estimate that over 2,000 Moroccans are now fighting in Syria. On May 28, three people engaged in recruiting for al Qaeda in Syria were arrested in Casablanca and Fdineq, and on May 26, two people involved in […]
Iraq
US Warns Iraqi Militants Threaten Entire Region, UN Chief ‘Gravely Concerned’
Afghanistan
Five US special operations soldiers and an Afghan soldier were killed during fighting in Zabul; they are thought to have been killed in an accidental airstrike by ISAF attack aircraft. ISAF killed 10 Taliban fighters, including Pakistanis, in an airstrike in Kunar. The Taliban killed eight de-miners in Logar and four civilians in an IED […]
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham seized control of the northern city of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest. Iraqi troops and police abandoned their weapons, ammunition, and vehicles and fled the city. The ISIS quickly advanced southwards and took control of the Hawijah, Zab, Riyadh, Abbasi, Rashad, and Yankaja areas west and south of […]
United States
FAA for the first time OKs commercial drone flights over land
Afghanistan
Afghan poppy crop threatening reconstruction
Syria
The Assad regime began freeing inmates from prisons in Damascus and Hama after declaring an amnesty for all crimes except terrorism; it extends to foreigners who entered Syria for terrorism, so long as they surrender within 30 days. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighting in Deir Izzour between the Islamic State of Iraq […]
Palestinian Territories
A group called Al-Sabirin [The Patient] for the Victory of Palestine a.k.a. Hosn, headed by former Islamic Jihad leader Hisham Salem, announced its formation as a resistance organization, and said its first martyr is Nizar Issa, who died in an explosion at a Gaza training camp in May. Tensions emerged between Fatah and Hamas despite […]
ISIS seizes more towns in northern and central Iraq
After seizing control of the northern city of Mosul in the past 24 hours, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has advanced southward and taken control of territory in the provinces of Salahaddin and Kirkuk.
Syria
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria Declares ‘General Amnesty’ for Prisoners
Somalia
At least 13 Shabaab militants were killed and eight Somali and AMISOM troops were wounded in clashes near Hudur in Bakool. Sheikh Golis Mohamed Saed Atom, a former Shabaab commander in Puntland, defected on June 7; he said he had been forced to resign his Shabaab command after the arrival of a “spectacular number of […]
Hamas
Palestinian boys take part in training camps where they risk more than just a grazed knee
United Kingdom
How do you define Islamist extremism?