Algeria
Three soldiers and four municipal guards were killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in the western province of Sidi Bel Abbes yesterday. Al Qaeda-linked militants are suspected in the attack.
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Nigeria
Police announced the discovery of a Boko Haram plot to bomb motor parks in Abuja, the capital city. Boko Haram issued a video taking credit for recent bombings in Lagos that the government had blamed on gas leaks, mocking attempts to rescue the kidnapped schoolgirls, and stating support for the leaders of the Islamic State, […]
Islamic State routs Iraqi armored column in Anbar
Several M1A1 tanks and M113 armored personnel carriers were destroyed. The ambush highlights the deteriorating state of the Iraqi security forces.
Iraq
In Baghdad, middle-class Sunnis say they prefer militants to Maliki
Iraq
US and Iraqis Try to Fragment Extremist Group
Al Qaeda
From Twitter to Terrorist
Iran
ISIS in control of 60 percent of Syrian oil: sources
Islamic State
British Imams warn against ‘cowboy’ ISIS
Algeria
Salafists oppose Algiers synagogue reopening
Malaysia
In Malaysia, Islam’s legal advance divides families and nation
Afghanistan
Fifteen Taliban fighters and seven security personnel were killed in fighting in Laghman. Ten Taliban and seven policemen were killed in clashes in Ghor. The Taliban killed eight civilians in an IED attack in Kandahar and two Afghan soldiers in a bombing in Nangarhar.
Iraq
The government is sending 4,000 Shia militiamen to serve in Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar. Human Rights Watch said the Iraqi military executed 255 prisoners to retaliate for Islamic State murders. Secretary of Defense Hagel said the US is not coordinating military operations in Iraq with Iran or Russia.
Syria
The Islamic State now controls about 60% of Syria’s oil, having taken over most of the oilfields in Raqqah and Deir Izzour, and is advancing on the Kurdish-held oilfields in Hasakah. Responding to rumors that it had announced the creation of an Islamic emirate, the Al Nusrah Front said that while it seeks to establish […]
Lebanon
The head of Hamas’ International Relations Department claimed that Hamas and Hezbollah have “constant field cooperation and coordination.” Hezbollah has reportedly sent reinforcements to aid Assad regime troops in Damascus. Lebanese forces arrested a member of Jemaah Islamiyah in the Bekaa Valley who allegedly fired rockets at Israel yesterday; three more rockets were launched towards […]
Jordan
Jordan is reluctant to host an expanded US program to train and equip Syrian rebels. On July 9, Jordanian soldiers fired at and wounded three Islamic State gunmen who were trying to cross into Jordan from Syria for medical treatment; jihadist sources say about 2,200 Jordanians are fighting in the ranks of Islamist rebels in […]
Leaked audio features Al Nusrah Front emir discussing creation of an Islamic emirate
An alleged audio recording featuring Al Nusrah Front emir Abu Muhammad al Julani was leaked online. Julani discusses the creation of an Islamic emirate, or state, in Syria as a counterweight to the Islamic State and other actors.
Morocco
Interior Minister Hassad said security has been heightened due to a “serious terrorist threat” from extremists affiliated with terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria. Authorities say over 1,000 Moroccans are fighting in Syria.
Kenya
Shabaab joins illicit sugar trade
Germany
Guiding Germany’s Young Muslims Off the Road to Jihad
Iraq
Inside the leadership of Islamic State: how the new ‘caliphate’ is run
Iraq
Revealed: the Islamic State ‘cabinet’, from finance minister to suicide bomb deployer
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian officials claimed that the death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza has passed 100, with some 700 people wounded. Hamas said it was prepared for a battle of “many long weeks” and vowed to keep fighting. The UN Secretary General called for a ceasefire, warning that the conflict could spread to the entire region, […]
Israel
Prime Minister Netanyahu said he would not give in to international pressure to halt Israel’s offensive against militants in Gaza, and refused to rule out the possibility of a ground operation. He claimed that Israeli forces have attacked over 1,000 targets, many of them linked to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, in the four-day offensive and […]
Kenya
A group of 60 armed men raided the village of Pandanguo in Lamu, torching a school and several houses, harassing women and children, and stealing valuables, before disappearing into the forest. Residents are fleeing Lamu county and schools have been closed due to security fears following recent attacks that killed at least 80 people. National […]
Tunisia
Police and Salafists clashed in Kef. Following the Hizb ut-Tahrir party’s June conference on “Establishment of the Caliphate and Removal of Colonialism,” Prime Minister Jomaa accused the group of calling for violence and failing to respect the values of the republic. Citizens had demanded action against Hizb ut-Tahrir after its leader branded a leading Tunisian […]
Libya
In Benghazi, gunmen kidnapped Mahmoud Obeidi, a son of Major General Suleiman Obeidi, who has been linked to Operation Dignity; another of Obeidi’s sons was kidnapped last year and is still missing. A civilian who tried to rescue girls from a hijacking was killed in Benghazi on July 9, as was a soldier. In Derna, […]
Egypt
Two people were killed and three were wounded in clashes between residents and Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Cairo’s Matariya district. Hundreds of pro-Brotherhood supporters of former president Morsi also clashed with police in Alexandria and Giza. Authorities briefly opened the Rafah border crossing yesterday to allow in Palestinians injured by Israeli airstrikes to enter Egypt […]
Singapore
Singapore Islamic group launches centre to help counter extremist ideologies
Nigeria
Recent attacks on more than seven villages in Kaduna state by suspected “Fulani herdsmen” have killed at least 160 people and displaced over 24,000. The military claimed that during “mopping up operations” in Balmo forest it has discovered underground Boko Haram armories containing weapons, explosives, and military uniforms.
Philippines
Australian extremist cleric Musa Cerantonio was arrested in Cebu with a female companion, several days after he had boasted that he had arrived in Syria to support the Islamic State. The Philippines military said it is checking to see if the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters is receiving financial support from the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah.