Unidentified “gunmen” killed 52 prisoners and eight policemen during an ambush on a prison convoy in Taji. The military claimed it killed 28 Islamic State fighters in Dhuluiyah. Parliament elected Fouad Massoum, a Kurdish politician, to serve as president.
The Islamic State clashed with regime forces in Hasakah, where it used NDF fighters and three suicide bombers to storm a Ba’ath headquarters in Hasakah city, killing at least 14 soldiers; arrested people in western Deir Izzour; battled the Islamic Front and Jabhat al-Akrad in Ikhtren, and fought the Kurdish YPG near Jarabalus in Aleppo; […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters gunned down an Army major in Lahj. Five soldiers and two tribesmen were killed during clashes in Marib. On July 21, the US Embassy issued a travel warning and urged Americans to leave the country “due to terrorist activities and civil unrest.”
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released a series of tweets today eulogizing a Saudi fighter killed during clashes in Sa’adah.
In Benghazi, eight people were killed and 19 injured, some critically, in ongoing clashes between Ansar al Sharia and the forces of Operation Dignity, which have been bolstered by Ibrahrim Jadhran’s militia as well as the Al-Ahdaf Al-Hayawiya from Tobruk and Beida. Turkey urged its citizens to leave Libya. The Central Bank has been trying […]
As Boko Haram continues its offensive across northeastern Nigeria, the Nigerian government and other players are taking steps to combat the group.
Pakistani officials have said there was a “mix-up” and an al Qaeda explosives expert, and not Rasheed, was captured during a raid two weeks ago in South Waziristan.
A suspected Boko Haram bombing at a bus park in a largely Christian area of the predominantly Muslim city of Kano killed “scores” of passengers. In Borno state, Boko Haram militants killed the district head and 11 others in Garubula, killed two vigilante youth in Gamboru Ngala near the Cameroon border, shot dead five people […]
The security police warned of a “credible” threat of a terrorist attack within the next few days against targets in Norway by people connected with Islamic extremists in Syria. The attack was reportedly planned in Europe. Security measures have been stepped up, and both the City Hall and the Royal Palace in Oslo were closed […]
UN: Islamic State ‘orders female genital mutilation’ for women in Mosul
The Islamic State’s media office in Homs province released a report earlier this week detailing the terror group’s takeover of a large gas facility in central Syria.
The public prosecutor is investigating Abu Bilal Ismail, a Danish imam from the Grimhøj mosque in Aarhus, after he recently told worshipers at the Al Nusrah mosque in Berlin that they should kill Jews “to the very last one” and “[m]ake them suffer terribly.” Ismail has also encouraged Danes to travel to Syria for jihad. […]
Ban voices “outrage” at placement of rockets in UN-administered school in Gaza
Syrian government forces launch offensive in key Damascus suburb
Israel pummels Gaza; Kerry steps up diplomatic push
Losses for Syrian regime rise sharply
Civilians as Human Shields? Gaza War Intensifies Debate
Lawmakers questioned State and Defense department officials over the US’ policy in Iraq; they were told there is no military solution to Iraq’s conflict but asked why Iraqi requests for US strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham camps since August 2013 were dismissed. A top State official said the US is now […]
British Columbia resident Hasibullah Yusufzai, 25, became the first Canadian charged with traveling abroad for the purpose of terrorist training; he allegedly traveled to Syria in January to join an Islamist group and has not returned. At least 130 Canadians are said to be engaged in extremist activity abroad. Last week Misbahuddin Ahmed, 34, a […]
The military claimed it killed 20 “militants,” including foreign fighters, during airstrikes in Shawal in North Waziristan. A senior Pakistani military claimed that the government is targeting all Taliban groups, “irrespective of their nationality, ethnicity or group affiliation”.
Five Taliban fighters and three policemen were killed in clashes in Badakhshan. Security forces killed four Taliban fighters in Nangarhar and five more in Badakhshan. The Taliban executed a cleric in Helmand for having links to the government. A suicide bomber killed a policeman in Kunduz.
The Islamic State took control of a state-run pharmaceutical company north of Mosul. Parliament has postponed a decision to announce Iraq’s new president. Eight people were killed during fighting outside of Ramadi. The government said it would arm the tribes in Ninewa, Salahadin, and Anbar to fight the Islamic State.
The Islamic State clashed with regime forces in Raqqah and Hama; battled YPG forces and the Islamic Front in Aleppo; and opened fire on anti-IS protesters in Deir Izzour. The Al Nusrah Front issued a statement denouncing the “spoilers” who exploit the conflict situation by depriving Muslims of food and other necessities, as well as […]
The Al Nusrah Front posted video of a Lebanese soldier who defected to join the terror group. A Palestinian who was kidnapped in Baalbek was released after a $100,000 ransom was paid. Four rockets launched from the Syrian border area landed in Bekaa Valley towns.
Why Islamic State is no al Qaeda clone
Seleka to sign ceasefire, drops call for Central African Republic split
In a Syrian City, ISIS Puts Its Vision Into Practice
Two explosions that targeted religious and political leaders in Kaduna, Nigeria have killed at least 82 people.
The Islamic Front, a coalition of several leading insurgent groups in Syria, has issued a statement rejecting any attempt by its fellow insurgency groups to unilaterally create a new government.
Shabaab gunmen in Mogadishu assassinated Saado Ali Warsame, a former folksinger in her 70s who was one of Somalia’s few female lawmakers; her driver was also killed. Somali women had recently protested the lack of women in Parliament. Shabaab fighters attacked army troops in Mogadishu last night, and a number of Shabaab fighters are said […]