AQAP claims attacks in Sa’adah and Sana’a
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released statements on Twitter claiming credit for attacks in Sa’adah and Sana’ah on Sept. 22 that targeted Shi’ite Houthi rebels.
Yearly Archives: 2014
AQAP calls Sunnis to arms
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s latest statement is a sectarian diatribe intended to galvanize the Sunni community to action in light of recent Houthi actions in Sana’a.
Islamic State, Shabaab leaders added to US terrorism list
State added three Islamic State commanders and a Shabaab leader to its terrorism list.
State Department designations target al Qaeda’s international network
Four of the al Qaeda operatives designated by the State Department have supported the jihad in Syria. One of them may be tied to a key leader in the so-called “Khorasan Group,” which was planning attacks in the West. A fifth al Qaeda veteran designated today was sent to Libya by Ayman al Zawahiri in 2011.
State Department adds Chechen, Moroccan-led jihadist groups to terrorist list
The US added the Chechen-led Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar and the Moroccan-led Harakat Sham al Islam, as well as Murad Margoshvilli, the leader of the Junud al Sham, to the list of Specially Designated Global terrorists. The Margoshvilli and the two terror groups are closely tied to al Qaeda in Syria.
Al Qaeda
Obama asks UN to help ‘dismantle this network of death’ in Iraq and Syria
Abu Sayyaf
Islamists in Philippines threaten to kill German hostages
Al Qaeda
Abu Qatada cleared of terror charges by Jordan court and released from jail
Al Qaeda
France blames Turkey for ‘jihadi’ arrest fiasco
Lebanon
Sirajuddine Zureiqat, a spokesman for the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, is said to be now involved in the hostage situation involving at least 21 Lebanese troops kidnapped by the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front. Unnamed militants opened fire on three Army checkpoints in Tripoli, wounding a soldier.
Libya
Militants in Benghazi have conducted a number of assassinations over the past few days, killing eight people yesterday alone, and kidnapping a Ukrainian anaesthetist and his wife. Fighting between rival Islamist groups in Derna killed six people. The property of the new Interior Minister was torched in Tripoli and Misrata. The rival government headed by […]
US targets Islamic State in 21 strikes in Syria, Iraq
The most recent attacks did not hit the Khorasan group, al Qaeda’s leadership cadre inside Syria that is plotting to attack the West.
Islamic State
Philippines military investigates Islamic State oath-taking in Marawi City
Europe
‘3,000 European jihadis’ now in Syria, Iraq
Al Nusrah Front posts photos showing aftermath of US bombings
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has posted a series of photos purportedly showing sites struck by the US.
Bahrain
Obama, After Airstrikes in Syria, Says US Will ‘Take the Fight’ to ISIS
Iran
US told Iran of intent to strike Islamic State in Syria
CENTCOM videos show airstrikes on Islamic State facilities in Syria
The strikes against the Islamic State and al Qaeda in Syria were “organized in three waves.”
Houthi rebels sweep Yemeni capital
The stunning Houthi sweep of Sana’a on Monday provides an opportunity for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Pakistan
The military claimed it killed 19 “suspected terrorists” in a series of airstrikes during the ongoing operation in North Waziristan. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed it executed the suicide attack that killed four people in Peshawar. The target of the attack was a brigadier in the paramilitary Frontier Corps.
Iraq
The Islamic State overran an Iraqi military base in Saqlawiya in Anbar province. The extent of Iraqi casualties is unclear; upwards of 800 soldiers are said to have been killed or captured during the opening suicide attack, the storming of the base, and while retreating. An estimated 200 soldiers are said to have escaped. Two […]
Syria
The US launched 14 air and cruise missile strikes against the Islamic State in Raqqah, Hasakah, and Dier al Zour, and eight more strikes against the Al Nusrah Front and the Khorasan Group near Aleppo. An Al Nusrah commander known as Abu Yusuf al Turki is reported to have been killed. More than 70 Islamic […]
Yemen
More than 340 people were killed in the past week as Houthi rebels pushed to take control of the capital of Sana’a. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed it detonated a car bomb that targeted Houthis near the Yemeni-Saudi border. Local Yemenis said that a drone has crashed in Shabwa province. The German foreign […]
Algeria
Jund al Khilifah, a splinter group from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb that joined the Islamic State, kidnapped a Frenchman in Kabylie on Sept. 21. The ministry of defense claimed it killed a “leading terrorist” with ties to al Qaeda during an operation in Kabylie.
US airstrikes target Al Nusrah Front, Islamic State in Syria
Jihadists on Twitter have posted pictures of Al Nusrah Front locations struck in the US bombing campaign in Syria. The strikes are aimed at the so-called Khorasan group, which has been planning attacks against the US and its interests, as well as a number of other targets. Jihadists claim that al Qaeda veterans have been killed in the bombings.
Australia
A man who had threatened Prime Minister Abbott and was being investigated as a suspected Islamic State terrorist was shot and killed after he stabbed two officers at a Melbourne police station, wounding one of them critically. The government has canceled the passports of over 60 Australians to stop them from traveling to the Middle […]
Islamic State
US airstrikes begin in Syria, Pentagon says
Libya
An angry crowd shot and killed an Ansar al Sharia gunman who had assassinated an army colonel in Benghazi. A prominent Benghazi blogger was killed on Sept. 20. The Libyan Judges’ Association denounced the recent spike in Benghazi murders. Libya Dawn forces attacked Zahra Hospital. The rival Hassi government seized the Oil Ministry. A small […]
Iraq
Fears in Lebanon rise over Western plans to defeat IS
Egypt
Egypt’s border with Libya and Sudan ripe for Islamic State expansion