Algeria
Hours after tourist killed, France says does not rule out Syria strikes
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Iraq
The US launched 11 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Irbil, Kirkuk, and Baghdad provinces. France also conducted airstrikes in Iraq. Prime Minister Abidi said the Islamic State is plotting attacks in Paris and New York City. The military claimed it killed 18 Islamic State fighters in Jurf al Sakhar. Five people were killed in […]
Syria
International coalition airstrikes targeted Islamic State headquarters and facilities in Deir Izzour, including oil wells under IS control; as well as oil refineries in Hasakah. Assad regime airstrikes in Deir Ezzor, Raqqah, Hasaka, Homs, Aleppo, and Idlib have declined over the past two days since coalition airstrikes began. Kurdish YPG forces clashed with the IS […]
Yemen
US drones killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Shabwa. AQAP claimed credit for the Sept. 22 attacks in Shabwa and Sana’a. The government freed two Iranian Qods Force officers and two Hezbollah operatives.
Nigeria
The Nigerian military claimed it killed Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau’s ‘impersonator.’ The military also claimed that 223 Boko Haram fighters surrendered in Biu and Yadi, and another 45 were captured in Mubi. Boko Haram killed 20 people, including a pastor, in an attack on the villages of Shaffa and Shindiffu in Borno.
Al Qaeda
The “Khurasan Group”: A misleading name in the politics of war
Treasury designations target al Qaeda’s international fundraising and facilitation network
The Treasury Department targeted six al Qaeda financiers and facilitators yesterday. Their work spans the globe, covering more than 10 nations from the Middle East to Southeast Asia.
Nigerian military claims killing of Boko Haram leader’s ‘impersonator’
The Nigerian military reported that an impersonator of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been killed. It remains to be seen what this means for the group.
US launches 2nd drone strike in Shabwa in 2 weeks
US drones targeted AQAP fighters in Yemen’s southern Shabwa province for the second time in since Sept. 11.
US drone strike in North Waziristan kills Uzbeks, ‘foreign nationals’
“There is no need for such strikes,” Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, condemning the attack “as a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Afghanistan
Khorasan Group: A Terror Cell That Avoided the Spotlight
Australia
Police said that Abdul Numan Haider, 18, an Islamic State supporter who was shot dead at a Melbourne police station after stabbing two policemen, may not have acted alone. Haider had been investigating the travel plans of Prime Minister Abbott. Islamic State recruiter Mohammad Ali Baryalei reportedly was influenced by the speeches of al Qaeda […]
Libya
Sources: Libya asks chemical weapons watchdog to remove stockpile
Belgium
Belgium, Netherlands to offer fighter jets for ISIS strikes
Islamic State
Islamist fighters advance in Syria despite US strikes
Abdullah Azzam Brigades
Worrying reports emerge of ISIS plans to wreak havoc in Lebanon
Islamic State overruns Iraqi military base in Anbar
The Islamic State organized and successfully executed the large-scale assault despite six weeks of continuous US air operations in Iraq.
Senior Islamic State military commander, ’emir of suicide bombers’ among Treasury’s terrorism designations
Islamic State military leader Omar al Shishani and ’emir of suicide bombers’ Tariq Bin Al Tahar Bin Al Falih Al ‘Awni Al Harzi were among five members of the group added to the terrorism list today.
Abu Sayyaf Group threatens to kill German hostages
The Filipino jihadist group is throwing itself in the global jihad by threatening to kill German hostages if airstrikes in Syria and Iraq continue.
Senior al Qaeda strategist part of so-called ‘Khorasan group’
An al Qaeda leader known as Sanafi al Nasr is a part of the so-called “Khorasan group,” which was dispatched to Syria by Ayman al Zawahiri. Like another member of the group, Nasr was once the head of al Qaeda’s Iran-based network.
AQAP claims attacks in Sa’adah and Sana’a
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released statements on Twitter claiming credit for attacks in Sa’adah and Sana’ah on Sept. 22 that targeted Shi’ite Houthi rebels.
AQAP calls Sunnis to arms
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s latest statement is a sectarian diatribe intended to galvanize the Sunni community to action in light of recent Houthi actions in Sana’a.
Islamic State, Shabaab leaders added to US terrorism list
State added three Islamic State commanders and a Shabaab leader to its terrorism list.
State Department designations target al Qaeda’s international network
Four of the al Qaeda operatives designated by the State Department have supported the jihad in Syria. One of them may be tied to a key leader in the so-called “Khorasan Group,” which was planning attacks in the West. A fifth al Qaeda veteran designated today was sent to Libya by Ayman al Zawahiri in 2011.
State Department adds Chechen, Moroccan-led jihadist groups to terrorist list
The US added the Chechen-led Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar and the Moroccan-led Harakat Sham al Islam, as well as Murad Margoshvilli, the leader of the Junud al Sham, to the list of Specially Designated Global terrorists. The Margoshvilli and the two terror groups are closely tied to al Qaeda in Syria.
Al Qaeda
Obama asks UN to help ‘dismantle this network of death’ in Iraq and Syria
Abu Sayyaf
Islamists in Philippines threaten to kill German hostages
Al Qaeda
Abu Qatada cleared of terror charges by Jordan court and released from jail
Al Qaeda
France blames Turkey for ‘jihadi’ arrest fiasco
Lebanon
Sirajuddine Zureiqat, a spokesman for the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, is said to be now involved in the hostage situation involving at least 21 Lebanese troops kidnapped by the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front. Unnamed militants opened fire on three Army checkpoints in Tripoli, wounding a soldier.