AQAP suicide attacks kill scores in Sana’a and Hadramout
Simultaneous suicide attacks in Sana’a and Hadramout left at least 63 people dead today in Yemen.
Yearly Archives: 2014
Iran
Iran refused to let in US member of UN nuclear team: sources
Islamic State
Syria declares new chemical weapons facilities
Central African Republic
CAR crisis: Gunfire and explosions heard in Bangui
US drones strike al Qaeda hub in Pakistan’s tribal areas
The US has launched five strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas in five days, indicating that the hunt is on for a senior al Qaeda or allied jihadist leader or operative.
Mali
Mali conflict: UN urged to send more troops
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
YPG: The Kurdish Militia Battling IS Jihadists for Syria Town
Iraq
Obama to commanders: US will keep making progress in Iraq, Syria
France
France says $3B Lebanon weapons deal to go ahead
Islamic State
US flip-flops on buffer zone as ISIS advances
Islamic State
Turkish Inaction on ISIS Advance Dismays the US
Iraq
Islamic State fighters executed 15 civilians in Mosul. The Islamic State shot down an Iraqi Army helicopter with a shoulder-fired missile and killed both crewmen near Bayji. The US, UK, and the Netherlands launched five airstrikes against the Islamic State near Fallujah, Ramadi, and Sinjar. Yesterday, the US launched five airstrikes against the Islamic State […]
Syria
The Pentagon said coalition airstrikes have pushed some Islamic State fighters out of Kobane, but that the city, and other towns, may still fall to the terrorist organization, as the US does not yet have a “willing, capable” partner on the ground in Syria. Coalition airstrikes targeted the IS with six airstrikes near Kobane, two […]
Islamic State uses MANPADS to shoot down Iraqi helicopter near Baiji
The Islamic State has released photos showing the downing of one of the two helicopters shot down in Iraq this week.
Lebanon
The US condemned the Hezbollah bomb attack on Oct. 7 that wounded two Israeli soldiers in the Shebaa Farms area near an Israeli outpost. Lebanon accused Israel of shelling with cluster bombs in response to the attack. Hezbollah clashed with the Al Nusrah Front in the Qalamoun area near the Syrian border, reportedly capturing the […]
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula launched attacks against a Special Forces headquarters, a police station, and two military checkpoints in the city of Baydah. At least 10 police officers were reported killed in the fighting. The attack against the Special Forces headquarters was carried out by a suicide bomber.
AQAP conducts offensive against Yemeni military in Baydah
AQAP continues to attack security personnel in central and southern Yemen as the government is weakened by the Houthi rebellion.
Somalia
Ugandan troops took control of the port town of Barawe from Shabaab. Shabaab fighters left the city and reportedly went to Jilib. The Kenyan military claimed it killed 22 Shabaab fighters during an operation that targeted a “logistics base” in Bula Gadud.
Algeria
The Algerian military ambushed a group of Islamist “militants” in Biskra on Oct. 6 and killed three fighters. On Oct. 7, the military captured 20 “criminals,” including 12 Sudanese and eight Chadians, in Tiririne near the borders with Niger.
Tunisia
Six “smugglers” who were arrested in Ben Guerdane are now accused of supporting “terrorist” activities. The six men are accused of recruiting Salafists to wage jihad in Libya and Syria. Their group affiliation has not been disclosed.
Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters beheaded seven people in Ngambu in Borno state. A prominent Catholic priest said that Boko Haram has burned down 185 churches and displaced more than 190,000 people from their homes during their recent campaign in Borno and Adamawa. Niger, Cameroon, and Chad said the countries would create a multinational force to battle […]
Mali
The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) claimed it carried out the Oct. 3 attack in Mali that killed nine Nigerian peacekeepers in Gao. MUJAO’s emir vowed to conduct more attacks against UN peacekeepers in northern Mali.
US-backed Hazm Movement, Muhajireen Army working together in Aleppo
The Hazm Movement, a US-backed opposition group in Syria, has used TOW anti-tank missiles in support of an operation conducted with a US-designated terrorist group.
Pakistani Taliban denies declaring allegiance to Islamic State
In the past, the press has erroneously claimed that other jihadist groups have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State.
AQAP eulogizes fighter killed in attack on Saudi border crossing
On Oct. 6, a Twitter account affiliated with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula offered a eulogy for one of the group’s slain fighters who was killed during the July 4 attack on the Wadia border crossing with Saudi Arabia.
US launches another 2 drone strikes in North Waziristan
The strike in the Shawal Valley is the third attack in the jihadist haven in the past three days.
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanon – Deadly border clashes signal darker days ahead
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah rejects hostage deal as families vow escalation
Iraq
‘Boots in the air’: US helicopters return to combat in Iraq for first time
Islamic State
Turkish military unhappy with parliament’s lack of guidance