Explosions at Nigerian bus station kill 23, wound scores more
Boko Haram is suspected of bombing a crowded bus station in Gombe in northeastern Nigeria.
Yearly Archives: 2014
Iraq
Sunni Tribesmen Say ISIS Exacts Brutal Revenge
1 French commando and 20 militants killed in Mali, 9 Nigerien troops killed in Niger
The firefights in both Mali and Niger represent a sharp increase in violence since the beginning of this year.
Pakistan condemns drone strike that targeted ‘good Taliban’
If the “good Taliban” is targeted, you can be sure the Pakistani government will denounce the US.
United States
Gen. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said US advisers should be deployed to Iraq’s Anbar province, where Iraqi troops are battling the advance of the Islamic State. US officials said that the rate of foreign fighters flowing into Syria, about 1,000 per month, is remaining constant; this appears to be the case […]
Syria
Iraqi Peshmerga forces have begun to arrive in Kobane to reinforce Syrian Kurds; about 50 free Syrian Fighters have also joined the fight against the Islamic State. Ten of 12 US airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday were dropped near Kobane. Twenty to 30 former Guantanamo Bay detainees are suspected to have joined jihadist groups in […]
Egypt
The Egyptian Army began demolishing homes to create a buffer zone against militants in the Sinai; the Army is also preparing for an operation to target “Sinai extremists.” The Egyptian government banned a pro-Morsi political group. The US embassy has warned Americans in Egypt of potential attacks by al Qaeda-affiliated groups after a recent threat […]
Libya
Ten people were killed when rockets struck a residential neighborhood in Benghazi as fighting continued between Islamist militias and the pro-government forces. Amnesty International states that rival factions have committed war crimes via indiscriminate shelling. A car bomb exploded in front of the security headquarters in Tobruk on Tuesday, killing one person.
Syria
UN envoy proposes ‘freeze zones’ to ease Syria fighting
Israel
Israel reopens Al-Aqsa mosque compound: police
Islamic Jihad
Jerusalem holy site closure ‘declaration of war’ – Abbas
China
UK government can be sued over rendition claims, judges rule
Arab, Haqqani Network commanders reported killed in latest drone strike in South Waziristan
Reports surfaced that an al Qaeda commander known as “Adil” was killed in the eighth recorded drone strike in Pakistan this year.
AQAP eulogizes fighter killed in attack on Saudi border crossing
Mousa al Shihri, who came from a family with close links to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was recently eulogized by a Twitter account affiliated with the terrorist group.
Islamic State releases photos showing fighting in Amiriyat al Fallujah
Pictures released by the Islamic State show fierce fighting with the Iraqi Army in a key town just south of Fallujah in Anbar Province.
Al Nusrah Front
Islamic State controls half of Kobane, says rebel leader
Ennahda
Tunisia’s Islamists down but not out after election defeat
Somalia
Somali government forces killed four members of Shabaab in the Hiran region in south-central Somalia. A Shabaab leader killed in a US airstrike on Sept. 1 reportedly “had established new ties with” the Islamic State. The first wave of 2,700 additional Ugandan troops deployed to the country has arrived at Mogadishu International Airport.
Tunisia
The final tally in Tunisia’s election shows a total of 85 (of 217) seats for the secular Nidaa Tunis party vs. 69 for the Islamist Ennhahda party.
Mali
French forces and an AQIM-affiliated group clashed in the Tigharghar valley near the Algerian border. One French paratrooper and about 20 of an estimated 30 militants were killed, according to the French defense minister.
Nigeria
Boko Haram attacked the town of Mubi, again violating the recent ceasefire with the government as negotiations are ongoing in Chad. The group ransacked the local emir’s palace, freed jailed militants, burned houses, and killed “several people.” The Nigerian air force launched airstrikes in retaliation.
France
The state-owned utility EDF said complaints have been filed against the unnamed persons who have flown drones over seven of France’s nuclear plants between Oct. 5 and Oct. 20. Interior Minister Cazeneuve said an investigation has been launched and measures are being taken to neutralize the drones. Foreign Minister Le Drian said a French paratrooper […]
Iraq
For Turkey and US, at odds over Syria, a 60-year alliance shows signs of crumbling
Denmark
Dane in Lebanon arrested for being alleged IS fighter
Europe
European women convert, join IS
Libya
Militants target civil activists in Libya
Turkey
Turkish authorities claimed that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was responsible for the murder of three Turkish soldiers in Hakkari on Oct. 25, but the PKK denied responsibility. A Turkish officer was shot by masked men in Diyarbakır. An estimated 50 to 150 Free Syrian Army soldiers crossed over from Turkey into Syria to assist […]
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda still offering olive branch to renegade ISIL group
Belgium
Security was heightened during the trial of 46 members of the terrorist group Sharia4Belgium in Antwerp on Oct. 27 after reports surfaced that defendant Fouad Belcakem was planning to escape. The trial against the terrorist group, which is suspected of sending fighters to Syria, began on Sept. 29. Only eight defendants were present; the other […]
United Kingdom
Antiterrorism police arrested a man in east London who is suspected of Syria-related terrorism offenses. Police are questioning a man who doused himself with gasoline and tried to set himself on fire outside the Woolwich barracks, close to the spot where British soldier Lee Rigby was murdered by Islamist extremists in May 2013.