Suspected Boko Haram gunmen in military uniforms attacked a hotel in Bauchi’s red light district last night, killing 14 people and injuring 28 more; one suspect was arrested. Police discovered 13 IEDs in a car parked in front of a mosque in Kano. President Jonathan admitted that the Boko Haram insurgency has curtailed his travels […]
The military said the Taliban commander is known as “Commander Umer” but did not name the al Qaeda explosives expert.
The White House’s proposal to invest $500 million in training and equipping “vetted” and “moderate” Syrian rebel forces rests on the feeble premise that such forces, if they indeed exist, will be able to operate independently of the al Qaeda-linked groups that dominate the battlefield.
Armed US aircraft now flying over Iraq: defense officials
A video surfaced showing Tunisian jihadist Abu Hamza al-Mouhamadi participating in the mass execution of Iraqi troops by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. Interior Minister Jeddou recently said that some 2,400 Tunisian jihadists are fighting in Syria, most of them in ISIS or in al Qaeda’s Syrian branch, the Al Nusrah Front. […]
The Nigerian city living in fear of Boko Haram
Free Syrian Army’s Supreme Military Council ‘sacked’ over corruption claims
A French court ordered that Mehdi Nemmouche, a French-Algerian man accused of killing four people in an attack at a Jewish museum in Brussels, be extradited to Belgium. Nemmouche, a jihadist who spent a year fighting in Syria before the attack, is seeking to have the extradition order quashed. Authorities are investigating the disappearance of […]
At least one helicopter was shot down after commandos landed at Tikrit University. The outcome of the operation is uncertain.
Amid reports that 500 Britons are now fighting abroad with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, Sir Peter Fahy, the police lead for the government’s anti-radicalization Prevent program, said parents, not police, are responsible for the actions of young Muslims who turn to extremism. The Home Office is planning to ban the Islamic […]
Sudden Taliban attack raises concerns about effectiveness of Afghan army
US military advisers opened a joint operations center in Baghdad to assist the Iraqi military repel the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. The State Department said Syrian military action in Iraq would not be helpful, but that Iran “could play a constructive role” in Iraq. The White House called for […]
US now wrestling with intelligence gaps in Iraq
Nearly 1,000 Taliban fighters launched a coordinated attack on police checkpoints in the Sangin district in Helmand province. At least 35 civilians and 35 Afghan soldiers, as well as scores of Taliban fighters were killed. The fighting has spread to Kajaki, Musa Qala, and Now Zad. A US Marine was also killed in fighting in […]
The military prosecutor charged 15 terror suspects, including the head of the Lebanese branch of al Qaeda, Toufik Tah; Abdullah Azzam Brigades’ religious guide Sirajeddine Zuraiqat; and Raed Taleb. The suspects are accused of membership in the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, taking terror training in Syria and in the Ain al Hilweh camp, working with Jund […]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham took over the strategic border town of Albu Kamal in Deir Izzour after the local Al Nusrah Front faction pledged allegiance to ISIS in order to avoid bloodshed. ISIS clashed with Al Nusrah near Kou’ al-Atal and al-Tekehy in Deir Izzour, and shelled the town of Estrin […]
Living in ‘total fear’ of Boko Haram in Cameroon’s north
Abbas says he backs Syria’s ‘war against terrorism’
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham took control of the town of Mansouriyat al-Jabal and a nearby oil field. A suicide bomber killed 19 people in Baghdad. The military claimed it killed 32 ISIS fighters in airstrikes in Tikrit and in Anbar.
Jihadist returnees stir concern in the Maghreb
Islamist attacks mar Libya vote
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula took control of the airport in Seiyun in Hadramout province before being repelled by security forces. Three soldiers and six gunmen were killed in the fighting. A suicide bomber also killed six soldiers and three civilians in a separate attack. Thirteen civilians were killed as soldiers clashed with Houthi […]
Saudi king orders ‘all’ measures to protect nation
An administration lacking a coherent policy on Syria as well as Iraq now seeks to throw more money at the problem.
ISIS Jihadists Step Up Recruitment Drive
Nigerian Violence Spawns Homemade Responses
The Mansuriyah and Ajeel oil fields in Iraq, and the Al Omar facility in Syria, are said to be in ISIS hands. ISIS will want the infrastructure for the operations of its Islamic state.
Iraq asked Jordan to support the Maliki government’s fight against Sunni insurgents; Jordan expressed concern but said it does not interfere in Iraq’s affairs. Al Qaeda-linked cleric Abu Qatada was acquitted of a charge of conspiracy to commit terrorism; he faces another trial in September for allegedly planning terrorist acts in Jordan in 2000. The […]
Suspected Islamist gunmen broke into the Benghazi home of prominent rights activist and lawyer Salwa Bughaigis yesterday and murdered her, kidnapped her husband, and shot a gardener. A large car bomb exploded in Beida near the headquarters of the Constitutional Assembly, injuring several people. Two Tunisian diplomats abducted this spring have been freed; their kidnappers, […]
Snakes and bees ‘flush out’ Boko Haram fighters