US drones kill local AQAP commander, 2 fighters
A local Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander known as Jafar al Shabwani is said to have been killed in a strike in the AQAP stronghold of Wadi Abida.
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Syria
G7 to focus on Syria foreign fighters after Brussels attack: diplomats
Germany
A Lebanese man identified as Ismail I. was charged with membership in a terrorist organization after returning from fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham in Syria; his brother Ezzeddine I. and a German identified as Mohammad Sobhan A. were charged with supporting a terrorist organization. At the time of his arrest, […]
Afghanistan
The Accelerating Spread of Terrorism
United States
The FBI in Minnesota is investigating reports that a local Somali youth and 11 others recently left for Syria, by way of Turkey, allegedly to fight alongside Syrian rebels. Several former top military and civilian officials criticized President Obama’s timeline for withdrawal from Afghanistan. On May 31, New York resident Mufid A. Elfgeeh, a naturalized […]
Afghanistan
Exclusive: Afghan villagers recall when Bergdahl stumbled into their midst
NATO
NATO extends Somali counter-piracy mission to 2016
Afghanistan
US vacates Manas base in Central Asia as Russia’s clout rises
Afghanistan
Afghan parliament approves anti-terrorist financing law
Iran
Foreign policy expert says US deal with Iran could unhinge Mideast
Boko Haram
Bullets in the classroom: Cameroon students caught in Boko Haram crossfire
United Kingdom
UK Cabinet splits as Gove and May point finger over extremism in Birmingham schools
Libya
A massive suicide car bomb detonated one kilometer away from the headquarters of Libyan National Army chief Khalid Haftar in Benghazi, killing three people and injuring four more. Haftar’s forces claimed to be continuing operations in Benghazi as well as in Derna, where they are targeting al Qaeda leaders. Derna gunmen allegedly from Ansar al […]
Afghanistan
Official: 1,800 US Troops for Afghan Counterterror
Taliban video details Bergdahl prisoner swap
The Taliban recorded the release of captured soldier Bowe Bergdahl. Throughout the exchange, Bergdahl is frisked by a special forces operator clearly looking for a possible suicide bomb.
Nigeria
Boko Haram militants dressed in military uniforms killed dozens of civilians and razed several villages in Borno yesterday; one of the villages, Attagara, was also attacked by Boko Haram on June 1, but villagers had killed a number of the militants at that time. The Defense Ministry denied reports that 10 generals and five other […]
Analysis: Blowback from the Syrian jihad has begun
In well over a dozen countries, evidence has emerged that jihadists who trained or fought in Syria are engaging in terrorist activities in their home countries and elsewhere.
ISIS suicide bomber kills Anbar Awakening leader
The attack killed Mohammed Khamis Abu Risha, a senior official in the Anbar Awakening who was the nephew of Ahmed Abu Risha.
Somalia
A Shabaab court in Barawe sentenced three men to death for spying; they were then executed. A few days earlier, Shabaab executed three other alleged spies in Bulo Mare; and amputated the hand one man and flogged another in Barawe. Last week Shabaab forces raided bases near the Ethiopian border in Bakool, killing 28 vigilantes; […]
Kenya
Kenyan police are looking into reports that a woman resembling wanted Shabaab terrorist Samantha Lewthwaite had tried to cross over into Somalia from Lamu county and then vanished after border guards denied her permission. The head of the National Task Force on Community Policing urged the Kenyan media to demonstrate patriotism by avoiding coverage of […]
Afghanistan
WikiLeaks document backs up US soldier’s claim Bowe Bergdahl tried to contact Taliban
Uzbek jihadist group releases footage from Syrian training camp
The Imam Bukhari Jamaat, which fights alongside the Al Nusrah Front and Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar, touted its training camp, which is thought to be located near Aleppo.
‘They can move around freely,’ Gulf official says of 5 freed Taliban commanders
The five dangerous Taliban commanders will have the ability to support the Taliban even if they cannot leave Qatar for the next year.
Jihadists ‘are thinking in terms of generations’
Thomas Joscelyn discusses the Bowe Bergdahl – Taliban prisoner exchange and the five dangerous Taliban leaders who were released, the first American suicide bomber in Syria, and the overall war.
Afghanistan
The truth about Bowe Bergdahl
Afghanistan
How Obama convinced his spies to support the Taliban prisoner release
Afghanistan
Afghan Government Wants Full Freedom for Five Taliban Leaders
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front clashed with regime forces in Aleppo, where the rebel Badr Martyrs’ Battalion was accused of torturing civilians and killing 50 by shelling residential neighborhoods; in Hama; in Homs, where a suicide truck bomb killed at least 10 people in an Alawite town; in Quneitra; and in Reef […]
Iran
Iran’s Khamenei warns supporters of Syrian rebels
Israel
Israel hits back after fire from Gaza, Syria