Islamist fighters fired rockets into a second fuel tank near Tripoli airport, setting it on fire, ignoring calls for a ceasefire from the government as well as international envoys. The government called for international help to extinguish the massive blaze, which is out of control in the capital. Many embassies have closed in Tripoli due […]
Islamic State jihadists open ‘marriage bureau’
Mullah Omar discusses the Taliban’s governance efforts at length in a message commemorating the end of Ramadan.
Suspected Boko Haram fighters launched attacks across Nigeria’s north and east and ventured into neighboring Cameroon, kidnapping the deputy minister’s wife and a local religious leader. In separate attacks over the past two days, three female suicide bombers detonated in the capital of Kano state.
A group of Abu Sayyaf fighters led by Idang Susukan and Sibih Pisih ambushed two buses in Talipao in Sulu that were carrying 50 people celebrating Eid al-Fitr, killing at least 16, most of them women. The Western Mindanao counterterrorism force said the 10 policemen escorting the civilians were probably the real targets of the […]
A roadside bomb detonated near a mosque in Pattani as soldiers were patrolling nearby; the explosion killed a child and wounded two more children, two soldiers, and three other people. In Narathiwat, one soldier and three militants were killed in a shootout after the militants opened fire on a policeman.
Israel Says Its Forces Did Not Kill Palestinians Sheltering at UN School
After Losing Province in 2010, Afghan Taliban Strike Back
Mosul inhabitants forming anti-ISIS groups: governor
The Islamic State arrested and flogged people in Deir Izzour, where it also ambushed Islamic Front fighters and exiled a member of the Al Nusrah Front’s former sharia council. The Islamic State clashed with regime forces in Hasakah and took over the Melabeyyi Regiment; lost control of the Sha’er gas field in Homs to regime […]
Islamic Jihad: No ceasefire until Gaza blockade is lifted
Libya violence ramps up as foreigners instructed to flee
Mosul counts economic, cultural cost of insurgent rule
Saudi King: Don’t misuse Islam for terrorism
Pope urges Mideast warring parties to end violence
Qatar’s Purchase Of Billions Of US Weaponry — And Support For Hamas — Shows How Awkward Foreign Policy Can Be
The Al Nusrah Front and Hezbollah clashed for the past two days on the Lebanese border near Arsal, where some 4,000 Syrian rebel fighters are said to be holed up. The Army arrested a Syrian man in Brital and confiscated military equipment, ammunition, and six cars, two of which were stolen. The Free Sunnis of […]
Jihadists make fresh Syria advance: activists
Israel army on alert on Syria, Lebanon border
Fighting in Gaza abates, but truce hopes look fragile
The Army claimed to have killed 14 militants in shootouts in the Sinai, and to have destroyed 13 more tunnels into Gaza, bringing the total to 1,639 reportedly destroyed by Egypt’s military. A rocket fired by suspected Islamist militants in al-Gorah landed in Rafah, killing four children and wounding five other people yesterday. Security forces […]
Destroy Hamas? Something worse would follow: Pentagon intel chief
In Benghazi, Islamist fighters from Ansar al Sharia and the February 17 Battalion continued to clash with the forces of Operation Dignity and allied government forces; at least 36 people were killed and 65 wounded in fighting over the past two days. A rocket hit a house in Tripoli, killing 23 Egyptian workers. A Syrian […]
Suspected Boko Haram militants threw a bomb at a Catholic church in Kano, killing at least five people and wounding eight more. A teenage female suicide bomber detonated near Kano University, killing herself and wounding five police officers. Kano police arrested three suspects in connection with the church attack and two more linked to a […]
Boko Haram militants kidnapped the wife of Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali and her maid from Ali’s home in Kolofata, killing at least three people in the attack. The militants also attacked the home of Kolofata’s religious leader and mayor, Seini Boukar Lamine, and kidnapped him as well. A court yesterday sentenced 14 Boko Haram […]
Norwegian officials said the recent threat of an imminent terrorist attack has been somewhat reduced, backing off from an earlier warning that terrorists from Syria were already on their way to Norway. A former Danish security official criticized Norway’s security agency for being so outspoken about the threat. An ISIS suicide bomber from Norway was […]
Anti-Semitism on the march: Europe braces for violence
Hamas and North Korea in secret arms deal
Islamic State destroys sacred shrine in Mosul
Taliban Making Military Gains in Afghanistan