The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, and the Islamic Front, a coalition of several rebel groups, are using their social media pages to highlight their involvement in the rebels’ assault on the Quneitra border crossing.
US Identifies Citizens Joining Rebels in Syria, Including ISIS
A little more than one week after the Islamic State released a video featuring the beheading of an American photojournalist, Ansar Jerusalem has released a video online showing four Egyptian civilians being executed in the same manner. The video marks an escalation in the tactics Ansar Jerusalem is willing to broadcast in its propaganda.
Although 124 United Nations peacekeepers in the Golan Heights have recently fallen under the control of “armed elements of the [Syrian] opposition,” the UN wouldn’t say which group it is.
Pew poll: More Americans support more active involvement overseas
President Obama said the US does not yet have a strategy for defeating the Islamic State, but said the US focus for now is on protecting American personnel in Iraq. Sources said James Foley and at least three other captives were waterboarded and tortured by the Islamic State in Syria. Ahmad Ibrahim Al Ahmad, a […]
Thirty-six Taliban fighters and nine policemen are reported to have been killed in fighting in Ghor. The military claimed it retook control of the Doab district in Nuristan. The Taliban killed three Afghan soldiers in IED attacks. The military said it captured 27 Pakistanis in Paktika.
Islamic State fighters are said to have torched three wellheads as they withdrew from the Ain Zalah oilfield. The military claimed it killed 34 Islamic State fighters in Bayji, 12 in Babil, seven in Ninewa, and seven more in Haditha. The US launched five airstrikes near the Mosul Dam.
Saudi Top Cleric Warns Youth to Beware ‘Jihad Calls’
The Islamic State battled regime forces in Aleppo, where it used US cannons seized in Iraq; and in Deir Izzour, where regime aircraft struck a meeting of IS leaders, killing a number of foreign fighters at the house of “the military commander of the Operation Chamber of the Airbase of Deir Ezzor which is affiliated […]
Mali rebel factions agree to end hostilities ahead of Sept talks
Fear grips towns bordering Arsal
Arrest warrants were issued for Islamic State commander Imad Jomaa, who was detained in Arsal on Aug. 2, and Ahmad Jomaa, another militant; authorities are continuing to interrogate 18 other suspects who were arrested during the Arsal clashes. Imad Jomaa is charged with crimes including attempting to set up an Islamic emirate in Arsal. Military […]
Egypt said it would carry out military strikes in Libya if so requested by the Libyan parliament. The Sinai-based terrorist group Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) released a video showing the beheading of four Egyptian men it accused of spying for Israel. Egyptian intelligence said the group has contacts with Libyan jihadists who are […]
Gunmen killed a policeman in Benghazi. Four Egyptian Christians were abducted at a checkpoint near Sirte by gunmen who asked about their religious beliefs. After a report by Libyan envoy Ibrahim Dabbashi that his country was close to civil war, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution yesterday authorizing sanctions on individuals or groups that […]
US air strikes on Syria would face formidable obstacles
United Kingdom: Cameron dismisses Johnson’s ‘presumption of guilt’ terror plan
Islamic State: Arab leaders reluctant to heed US call for ‘allies against Isis’
Indian Muslim Said to Have Joined ISIS Is Reported Dead
US National Security Council aware of reports that second American killed in Syria
Somali and African Union forces have taken over the town of Tiyeglow from Shabaab militants, who withdrew into nearby forests on Aug. 25, giving the government control of the Bakool region. AMISOM has announced a “second phase” of the campaign against Shabaab, which will focus on militant bases in central and southern Somalia.
President Kenyatta urged police chiefs from 13 African countries to share intelligence on terrorism, and to crack down on the illicit trade in wildlife products that helps to fund terrorism. The Special Police unit shot and killed three “thugs” in Nairobi’s Gigiri neighborhood, a short distance from the US Embassy and UN complex, after trailing […]
In wake of James Foley’s murder, does Britain have a jihadi problem?
Raid on ISIS suspect in the French Riviera
Authorities refused to comment on a Norwegian media report that the July 24 terror alert was triggered by warnings that four Islamic State operatives were on their way to Norway via Greece to commit a major attack. Authorities reportedly said that two Norwegians answer directly to IS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi; one is Bastian […]
Australia: Terrifying legacy emerges from success of Operation Pendennis
Boko Haram is seeking to hold territory in northeastern Nigeria. In a recent video, Boko Haram’s leader declared that his jihadists rule over the town of Gwoza as a “state among the Islamic states.” This was widely interpreted to mean an Islamic caliphate, but that does not appear to be the case.
Intelligence chief David Irvine said that about 60 Australians are fighting in Syria or Iraq for the Islamic State or the Al Nusrah Front, and that 15 of them have died fighting there, two as suicide bombers. Irvine also warned that “dozens” have already returned home, and that another 100 Australians are known to be […]
Military Skill and Terrorist Technique Fuel Success of ISIS
Mother of American reporter held hostage in Syria begs for his life