Al Qaeda
Guantanamo 6 ‘will enjoy complete freedom’ in Uruguay
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Islamic State
Lebanon formally arrests ISIS chief’s ex-wife Dulaimi
6 Guantanamo detainees transferred to Uruguay were part of al Qaeda’s network, files allege
Intelligence cited in leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) threat assessments link the six recently transferred Guantanamo detainees to Abu Zubaydah and al Qaeda.
AQAP claims double suicide attack at military base in Hadramout
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed credit for the double suicide attack today that killed at least five soldiers at the First Military Command base in Hadramout province.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
How Yemen’s Houthis control Sanaa and alarm the West
Iraq
Iraq presses Hagel for more US airstrikes, weapons
Islamic State advances on Deir al Zour airport
The jihadist group is advancing on the Deir al Zour airport, one of the last regime strongholds in the Syrian province.
Tunisia
The interior ministry announced that security services “dismantled a network that recruited young people for foreign jihad.” A Tunisian-born Canadian was arrested in relation to a terrorism plot upon his return to Canada from Tunisia on Dec. 7. Tunisia’s presidential run-off has been set for Dec. 21.
Algeria
An Algerian court acquitted a former inmate of Guantanamo Bay on terrorism charges due to insufficient evidence. The Algerian Director of the African Department at the Foreign Affairs Ministry pledged “to support all the actions and initiatives which can … contribute to definitively defeat this terrible scourge (terrorism)” during the opening of a meeting by […]
Mali
Serge Lazarevic, the last French hostage in Africa, has been freed. Lazarevic was kidnapped along with geologist Philippe Verdon by AQIM on November 24, 2011. Verdon was murdered by the jihadist group in July 2013.
Nigeria
Nigeria has released a seized Russian plane carrying military helicopters after “clarification” from the French government. The Nigerian military arrested a Boko Haram photographer among other jihadists in Adamawa state. The military claimed it has recaptured Mubi, Gombi, Maiha and Hong in Adamawa State from the terrorist group.
United Kingdom
Security forces are taking seriously an “anonymous but credible” tip received of a plot to kidnap and kill a West Midlands police officer. In October, five members of a London gang who had allegedly sworn allegiance to the Islamic State were arrested for plotting to kill members of the city’s police force.
Hamas
Gaza writers receive death threats from IS
Pakistani Taliban confirms death of al Qaeda leader Adnan Shukrijumah
Muhammad Khurasani said that “the impure apostate Pakistani military martyred Sheikh Adnan Shukrijumah” on Dec. 6.
Germany
Germany Reportedly Concerned About Radicalization Of Chechen Diaspora
Afghanistan
US General Has Misgivings as Afghanistan Mission Ends
Al Qaeda
A Sikh Principal, Too English for a Largely Muslim School in Birmingham
Iraq
US General: Islamic State fighters on their heels in Iraq
Afghanistan
Beijing charts unknown territory with counterterrorism law
Jordan
Jordan charges top Brotherhood figure over anti-UAE comments
AQAP claims attacks in Taiz, Ibb, Baydah, and Marib
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed a number of attacks that took place late last week, including the killing of an alleged Houthi collaborator in Taiz and the seizure of five million Yemeni rials from a Yemeni military vehicle in Marib.
Canada
Former Ottawa resident John Maguire a.k.a. Abu Anwar al-Canadi, a Muslim convert, appeared in an Islamic State video yesterday urging Canadian Muslims to conduct lone-wolf attacks in Canada or travel to the Middle East for jihad. Canada shuttered its embassy in Cairo due to security concerns and reportedly asked Egyptian authorities to close down roads […]
Al Qaeda commander reported killed in drone strike in Pakistan
The ongoing targeting of al Qaeda commanders in Pakistan’s tribal areas refutes past claims by US officials that al Qaeda is “decimated” and that only two relevant leaders remain.
Syria
Israel conducted two airstrikes near Damascus on Dec. 7; one took place near Dimas, which houses military facilities, and the other hit near Damascus International Airport. Both the Syrian regime and Iran condemned the attack. UN observers have documented numerous interactions between Israeli forces and Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights. Al Nusrah has reportedly […]
Denmark
An official with Denmark’s NEC agency, which monitors gang activity, warned that radicalism is on the rise among gang members. Mohammad Rafiq, head of the International Institute of Human Rights, said immigrant gangs in several parts of Denmark are forcing people to conform to sharia law. The Defense Ministry announced that Danish soldiers have begun […]
United Kingdom
Muhammed Saleem, Tayyab Al-Riaz, and Valentina Miu, who were arrested on Dec. 6 by counterterrorism police in London, have been charged with fraud offenses; all three remain in custody. The UK closed its embassy in Cairo, Egypt due to security fears. Plans by the UK to open a naval base in Bahrain were met with […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Hostage, Nearly Released on Ransom, Dies During Raid
European Union
EU foreign policy head Mogherini set for key Turkey talks
Al Nusrah Front
Israel accused of carrying out airstrikes near Syrian capital
Islamic State
ISIS support grows in Jordan town