Canada
Canada attackers were recent converts to Islam
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Canada
Ottawa shooting suspect taught two young men about Islam while living at homeless shelter, witnesses say
Canada
Prime Minister Harper called yesterday’s shootings in Ottawa at the War Memorial and Parliament Hill a terrorist attack, and vowed to strengthen Canada’s antiterrorism laws. The attacker, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, was shot dead by security officials after he had fatally shot a Canadian soldier and fired shots inside Parliament. It is still unclear whether Zehaf-Bibeau, who […]
Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimated that 553 people have been killed in airstrikes since the start of the US campaign on Sept. 23. The total includes 464 Islamic State fighters, 57 members of the Al Nusrah Front, and 32 civilians. Turkey’s president revealed that a deal has been struck for 200 Iraqi Kurdish […]
Somalia
A new anti-terrorism bill that “would boost the powers of security officials and police” was submitted to Somalia’s Federal Parliament yesterday and is slated for debate.
Egypt
The militant group Ajnad Misr, or Soldiers of Egypt, has claimed responsibility for the bombing at Cairo University on Oct. 22. Six police officers and five civilians were wounded in the attack.
Tunisia
Two shootouts with “suspected militants” just prior to Tunisia’s national election left two people dead, including a policeman and a bystander, and one policeman injured.
Libya
Libyan Army troops and militia forces under retired Major General Khalifa Haftar moved to retake Benghazi for the first time in two months. A special forces brigade and a tank brigade are meeting resistance from Islamist forces in the western portion of the city. The Libya Herald reported that Mohammed Al-Zahawi, leader of Ansar al-Sharia, […]
Nigeria
Despite a reported ceasefire brokered between the Nigerian government and Boko Haram that would include the release of 219 school girls kidnapped in April by the terrorist group, an explosion killed 5 and wounded 12 near a bus station in northern Nigeria today. On Oct. 22, Boko Haram raided Waga Mongor and kidnapped an additional […]
Canada
Attack on Ottawa: What we know so far
Canada
Ottawa shooter has criminal record in Montreal
Afghanistan
Taliban Are Rising Again in Afghanistan’s North
United Kingdom
Prime Minister Cameron met with security chiefs today to implement heightened security measures around Parliament and other British institutions following yesterday’s attack on the Canadian parliament in Ottawa. Lawyers for the Muslim Brotherhood claimed that an unpublished UK government report clears the group of alleged links to terrorism. A woman arrested yesterday for suspected terrorist […]
Canada
Canada prime minister calls shootings at Parliament, war memorial terrorism
Boko Haram
Nigeria Truce Is Shaky, No News of Abducted Girls
Islamic State
Attempted kidnapping in Turkey shows reach of the Islamic State
Canada
Hit-and-Run That Killed Canadian Soldier Is Called Terrorist Attack
Iraq
Iraqi military officials claimed an Afghan was among 135 Islamic State fighters killed in an Iraqi airstrike in Baiji. Officials also claimed 27 Islamic State fighters were killed in Sinjar and 32 more while attacking Amriyat al Fallujah. The US launched 12 airstrikes against the Islamic State near the Mosul Dam.
Somalia
Shabaab stoned an 18-year-old male to death after convicting him of rape in southern Somalia. On Oct. 21, Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers killed seven Shabaab fighters who ambushed their food convoy in the Beledweyne area. Three SNA soldiers were wounded.
Tunisia
In the wake of recent political freedom in Tunisia, the country has “sent more foreign fighters than any other country to Iraq and Syria to join the extremist group that calls itself the Islamic State.” Elections and security in the western city of Kasserine are imperiled by the growth of jihadist groups in the area. […]
Libya
Libyan government forces allied with rebel militia forces under General Khalifa Haftar are mounting an offensive to retake Tripoli from Islamist forces that captured the capital in August. On Oct. 21, Libyan special forces halted an offensive by Islamist militias aiming to take the airport in the city of Benina.
Algeria
The Algerian Army arrested two terrorists last week, including a Mauritanian member of a terror group affiliated with the Islamic State. On Oct. 20, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal rejected the idea that the Islamic State has a presence in Algeria.
Mali
On Oct. 19, French forces captured three men and seized an arms cache in a raid in the town of Kidal in northern Mali. The suspects are believed to be tied to a rocket attack on a UN base there on Oct. 7. The following day, French counterterrorism forces “issued a firm warning to the […]
Taliban controls 3 districts in Afghan provinces of Wardak and Kunduz
One of the districts was the location of the shoot down of a US helicopter that resulted in the deaths of 31 special operations personnel, including 17 US Navy SEALs, in 2011.
Denmark
A court acquitted 10 men who had been jailed for raising funds for a Denmark-based Kurdish TV station that were sent to the Kurdistan Workers Party. Danish military aircraft began targeting the Islamic State in Iraq on Oct. 20. Although more than 100 people have left Denmark to fight in Syria and Iraq, authorities have […]
United Kingdom
Police arrested a woman in Bedfordshire and a man in London, both on suspicion of jihadist activity linked to Syria; the cases were said to be unrelated. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Hogan-Howe said that 500 Britons have traveled to Syria to fight. Police have made over 218 terrorism-related arrests this year; 16 people have been charged […]
Canada
Authorities placed parts of central Ottawa on lockdown after gunfire erupted at the National War Memorial and Parliament Hill; a soldier was shot dead at the War Memorial. One gunman, Michael Joseph Hall a.k.a. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Muslim convert, was killed, and others are being sought. Officials have not yet disclosed the nature of the […]
Iraq
Syria Kurds weather ISIS attack, await backup
Iraq
Islamic State imposes new rules on education in Syria, Iraq
Iraq
United Nations Cites ISIS Genocide Threat