Ahrar al Sham
Islamists come out on top in new effort to unify Syrian rebel groups
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Iran
Islamic State cell strikes Shiites in Saudi Arabia
Taliban video shows training and planning for Camp Bastion attack
The video is very similar to previous footage that shows a different suicide assault on Camp Bastion in September 2012.
China
Xinjiang violence: 15 reported killed in attack
Jordan
A Jordanian Spins Comic Book Tales to Counter Terrorist Ideologies
Iraq
Syria says US-led strikes have not weakened Islamic State
Taliban assault Camp Bastion, storm foreign guest house in Kabul
The Taliban and Afghan security forces have been fighting inside Camp Bastion for three days. Hostages may have been taken in the attack in Kabul.
Afghanistan
Russia claims Islamic State is supplying half of all Afghan heroin coming to Europe
Ahrar al Sham
Opposition fighters to form joint military command in Aleppo: rebel commander
Iraq
Pentagon aims to train ‘leaner, meaner Iraqi army’
AQAP claims IED attacks on US Embassy in Sanaa
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed that its fighters remotely detonated two IEDs at the northern gate of the US Embassy in Sana’a on the evening of Nov. 27.
Iraq
US advisers stay out of harm’s way in Iraq
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s heavily guarded capital remains vulnerable
United States
CENTCOM said that between Nov. 24 and Nov. 26, US aircraft targeted the Islamic State with 10 airstrikes in Syria, and that US and partner air forces launched seven airstrikes against the group in Iraq. Additional strikes were carried out yesterday in Iraq and Syria. A covert US-led special forces mission that rescued eight hostages […]
Austria
Some 900 police officers conducted raids in Vienna, Graz, and Linz after a two-year investigation into jihadist recruitment networks, arresting 13 people, including Abu Tejma, a Bosnian Serb preacher based in Vienna. The suspects are also thought to be involved in fundraising for the Islamic State. Austria’s interior ministry has said that about 150 people […]
United Kingdom
Alaa Abdullah Esayed, a 22-year-old woman from south London, was charged with disseminating terrorist literature and encouraging terrorism; she was released on bail. Zakariya Ashiq, 19, of Coventry, was charged with terrorism-related crimes following his arrest upon arrival from Jordan on Nov. 20.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Yemen raid: Rescuers missed Western hostages
Egypt
How the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt created an online surge
Islamic State
Pope urges solidarity to stop aggressors in Syria and Iraq
France
Lebanon, France finalize $3B arms deal: report
United Kingdom
Concern about drones as number of near misses surges in recent months
Lebanon
Long-awaited Bekaa Valley security plan implemented
Lebanon
Lebanon – Long-awaited Bekaa Valley security plan implemented
Afghanistan
US Adds Planes to Bolster Drive to Wipe Out ISIS
Jihadists tout training camps for children in Iraq and Syria
The Islamic State, the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and Junud al Sham have been showcasing camps in Iraq and Syria that are used to indoctrinate and train children to wage jihad.
Israel
Shin Bet said that over 30 members of a Hamas cell in the West Bank who were plotting attacks on Jerusalem have been arrested. According to the internal security service, the cell members worked with Hamas officials in Turkey in planning to attack Jerusalem’s Teddy soccer stadium as well as the city’s light rail service, […]
Somalia
Kenya’s military claims it killed 49 members of Shabaab in airstrikes on camps in Somalia; the jihadist group denied the report. Somali National Army and African Union Mission troops arrested at least 10 Shabaab fighters during an operation in the Hiran region.
Egypt
A gunman killed three Egyptian soldiers, including a colonel, in northern Sinai. An Alexandria court sentenced 78 minors between the ages of 13 and 17 to prison sentences ranging from two to five years for taking part in protests organized by the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptian cabinet approved a draft of an antiterrorism law […]
Libya
Human Rights Watch reports that Islamic extremists are “terrorizing” citizens of Derna “through summary executions, public floggings, and other violent abuse.” The UN Security Council expressed “profound concern” for the violence in Libya. Turkey has condemned the Libyan Air Force strikes on Mitiga Airport in Tripoli; a court in the parallel government issued an arrest […]
Algeria
Algeria’s justice minister announced that last month the army killed a man suspected to be involved in the September beheading of French hiker Herve Gourdel. Gourdel was killed by jihadists with Jund al-Khilafa, a group linked to the Islamic State.