US targets Shabaab’s leadership in southern Somalia
Shabaab emir Ahmed Abdi Godane and several senior leaders of the group are rumored to have been at a Shabaab camp when it was targeted by a US airstrike.
Yearly Archives: 2014
Al Nusrah Front
Filipino force defied UN commander in Golan crisis
Iraq
Tarnishing a Reputation as Storied Warriors
Iraq
To Beat ISIS, Focus on Syria
Iraq
Iraqi troops and Shia militias, including the Asaib al Haq, broke the Islamic State’s siege of Amerli and also liberated Suliaman Beg. The Iraq military claimed it killed 10 Islamic State fighters in Baghdad. The UN will send a team to investigate atrocities committed by the Islamic State.
Syria
Qatar is said to be mediating between Fiji and the Al Nusrah Front for the release of 44 Fijian UN peacekeeping troops seized by Al Nusrah in Quneitra near the Golan Heights. Al Nusrah has demanded compensation and support as well as the removal of its name from the UN’s terrorist list. The Syrian army […]
Lebanon
A Kuwaiti news outlet claimed that Hezbollah had detained three Al Nusrah Front commanders in Qalamoun who could be exchanged for kidnapped Lebanese security forces; Hezbollah denied knowledge of the report. Another report said Al Nusrah plans to release kidnapped Sunni, Christian, and Druze troops but will hang on to captive Shiites. Al Nusrah released […]
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bombers killed six soldiers in two separate attacks in Shabwa province. AQAP executed three “spies” who were accused of providing information for US drone strikes. Twenty-one people were killed as Houthi rebels and pro-government tribal forces clashed outside Sana’a.
Iraq
US airstrikes help Iraqi forces break Islamic State’s siege
Libya
Islamist militia says it guards US Embassy in Libya
Al Nusrah Front
US gives new priority to foreign fighters in Syria
Iraq
Islamists in Iraq driving large-scale atrocities: UN
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian army, Al Nusrah Front fight on Golan where peacekeepers held
Libya
Prime minister al Thinni announced that most governmental ministries and institutions in Tripoli are out of Parliament’s control; Islamist forces are also said to now control about 80 percent of Benghazi. Islamist forces including Ansar al Sharia and the February 17 Brigade renewed attacks in Benghazi, killing at least 10 Operation Dignity soldiers. The Foreign […]
US Military
US Bataan amphibious ready group extended in Mideast
Afghanistan
The Afghan military claimed that two Taliban leaders were among 28 jihadists, including “foreign militants,” killed in an operation in Nuristan. A Taliban suicide assault team killed four members of the National Directorate of Security and two civilians in an assault on an NDS headquarters in Nangarhar. The Taliban also executed 11 civilians in Farah.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 11 Iraqis in Baghdad. The Iraqi military said it killed 11 Islamic State fighters in Jurf as Sakhar and three more in Bayji. The US military launched three airstrikes in support of Iraq forces in Amerli and five more airstrikes against the Islamic State near the Mosul Dam.
Syria
In Deir Izzour, the Islamic State continued preparations for an assault on the military airbase, and also executed five men on various charges, including “apostasy.” Regime airstrikes targeted the IS in Raqqah. The Al Nusrah Front flogged a man for “insulting the divine” in Idlib. Kurdish YPG fighters battled IS in Hasakah. Al Nusrah, the […]
Iraq
Anti-jihadist fight forges Kurdish unity
Germany
Germany to send rifles, tank busters to aid Kurds
Qatar
Gulf meeting ends without clear end to Qatar spat
France
Syria Slams France for Not Cooperating over Jihadists
Israel
Israel shoots down drone from Syria over Golan
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front warns Lebanon’s Christians against following Aoun
Lebanon
The Islamic State posted video of a captive Lebanese soldier pleading for the release of Islamist inmates from Roumieh Prison. The Al Nusrah Front threatened to kill captive Lebanese soldiers if Hezbollah does not withdraw from fighting in Qalamoun in Syria. A Hezbollah official warned that the Islamic State intends to take over Lebanon as […]
Al Nusrah Front
Fiji seeks release of UN peacekeepers abducted on Syrian side of Golan Heights, as Philippines soldiers escape
Australia
Australian planes to deliver weapons for Kurds fighting Islamic State
Iran
As Islamic State fighters begin to blend in, defeating them no easy matter
Central African Republic
Rebels in Central African Republic expel government ministers
Libya
The Islamist coalition Libya Dawn announced that its forces have “secured” the US Embassy compound in Tripoli; the US State Department initially refused to comment, then said that only part of the compound had been breached. Another report said only the residential complex had been taken over. Tunisian authorities said several Ansar al Sharia members […]