The US killed Shawki Ali Ahmed al Badani, a wanted al Qaeda operative involved in the US embassies plot in 2013, and Nabil al Dhahab, AQAP’s emir for Baydah, in a drone strike on Nov. 4. Tribesmen in Marib province bombed the main oil export pipeline.
The US widened airstrikes to target Ahrar al Sham and the Al Nusrah Front in Syria; highly-sought French bomb maker David Drugeon is reported to have been killed by a drone attack. Jihadists are using cruise lines to get to Syria. Iran is working to organize Shiite militias fighting in Syria. The Islamic State remains […]
Four people were killed, including two policemen, and nine others were injured in a bomb attack by suspected jihadists on a train near Cairo. A bomb blast near the presidential palace wounded one person. Israel granted an Egyptian request to deploy two additional infantry battalions and attack helicopters to combat Islamist militants in the demilitarized […]
In a new video released by the Islamic State titled “The Resolve of the Defiant,” the group attempts to justify the battle for Kobane.
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has tweeted a series of photos purportedly showing the aftermath of the US-led coalition’s airstrikes in Idlib. Prior to today, the coalition had not announced any airstrikes against Al Nusrah since the first day of the bombing campaign in Syria.
Over 2,000 prisoners have escaped jails in the country over the past five years, primarily as a result of jailbreaks conducted by Boko Haram. The jihadist group has renamed the recently captured town of Mubi as Madinatul Islam (City of Islam). Boko Haram raided a cement plant in northeastern Nigeria and stole truckloads of dynamite.
The National Security and Intelligence Agency detained 82 terrorism suspects and seized a cache of weapons in Mogadishu on Nov. 5. Twenty-two of the suspects are believed to be members of Shabaab, according to a government spokesman.
Almost 400 people have been killed in the past three weeks of fighting in Benghazi, in Kikla near Tripoli and in southern Libya. New fighting between Islamists and pro-government forces in Benghazi killed 30 in the past three days. The El Sharara oil field was seized by an armed group. The Libyan supreme court declared […]
Suspected jihadist gunmen attacked a minibus ferrying Tunisian soldiers and their families near the northwest border with Algeria, killing four and wounding 11. Despite successful democratic elections, the country has a “problem with homegrown jihadism.”
Touareg rebel groups formed a joint military command in northern Mali. A spokesman stated that the aim is “to help secure Azawad against the various criminal, smuggling and terrorism gangs which destabilise the region.”
After the PST warned of an increased likelihood of terrorist attacks on police and military forces as well as political figures in Norway, security was stepped up. The PST said the Islamic State’s call for attacks on coalition countries must be viewed “in the context of changes to the modus operandi of extreme Islamist terror […]
Kenyan Muslim cleric Salim Bakari Mwarangi shot dead in Mombasa
Prime Minister Key said New Zealand will not send combat troops to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State, but that his country may send military trainers. New Zealand authorities are monitoring 30 to 40 extremists, of whom some have fought in Syria, some have been involved in terrorist financing, and some have had […]
Iranian general is said to mastermind Iraq ground war
Nigeria reveals wave of jailbreaks
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs objected to a DoD report that notes the country remains a sanctuary for jihadist groups, some which are used as “proxy forces” against India and Afghanistan. But the report was soft on Pakistan.
Fawzi al Odah, 37, a Kuwaiti man held at Guantanamo for nearly 13 years on suspicion of links to al Qaeda leaders, was released to Kuwait. Following the Republican Party’s taking control of the Senate as well as the House in yesterday’s election, President Obama said he will work with Congress to develop a new […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula confirmed that Shawki Ali Ahmed al Badani and Nabil al Dhahab were killed in yesterday’s drone strike in central Yemen. Badani was wanted by the US for plotting to attack US embassies.
Mortar rounds crashed into a school in the rebel-held town of Qaboun, killing at least 11 children. Some ethnic Kurds are aiding the Islamic State near Kobane, according to Kurdish officials. Islamic State fighters have vowed to continue fighting in Kobane, as the outcome of the battle remains uncertain. US strategy in Syria is in […]
The Defence Ministry said UK military trainers will be deployed to Iraq to help Iraqi forces in the battle against the Islamic State. A passenger bus caught fire and exploded in south London; the cause has not been established. A Bangladeshi man arrested yesterday in Cornwall on suspicion of terrorism was released on bail.
The Iraqi military said it killed 33 Islamic State fighters near Tikrit, Mosul, and Latafiyah. Iraqi intelligence captured an Islamic State judge and three aides in Ninewa. The Islamic State is reported to be advancing on the town of Kuwayr just south of Irbil.
The US killed 20 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a drone strike in Radaa in Baydah province. The strike took place as AQAP is battling Iranian-supported Shia Houthi rebels. The US may place sanctions on former President Saleh and two Houthi leaders for fomenting unrest in Yemen.
Al Qaeda Ally’s Advance Imperils Moderate Syrian Rebels
Representatives of the US, Britain, and France have asked the United Nations to add Ansar al Sharia in Libya to the global terrorist sanctions list. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said no further troop reductions in Europe are on the horizon. Irek Hamidullin, a Taliban commander who was captured in Afghanistan in 2009 […]
Major US army division ends operations in Afghanistan 13 years after it arrived
Rights group: Child captives suffered ‘torture and abuse’ by Islamic State
Life in Raqqah under Islamic State
Afghan Interior Ministry denies reports of Afghan Local Police selling weapons to Taliban
Pakistan mob kills Christian couple over alleged ‘blasphemy’
Overview of French nuclear sites by drones raises questions