Hamas
Iran ‘Will Arm Palestinians’ after Israeli Drone Downed
Yearly Archives: 2014
Iraq
UN Rights Chief Accuses IS Jihadists of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
Syria
After the US said it is considering military options against the Islamic State in Syria, the Assad regime requested coordination of any airstrikes but said it welcomes working with the US and the UK in combating the terror organization. The Islamic State is mopping up after its takeover of the Tabqa military airport in Raqqah, […]
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Jails 17 for Up to 33 Years for ‘Terrorism’
Ansar al Sharia
Libya Jihadists Urge Islamist Unity as Lawmakers Fight Back
Lebanon
Imad Jomaa, an Islamist commander captured on Aug. 2 in Arsal, reportedly confessed that he had been tasked with coordinating the takeover of Arsal and other Lebanese towns in the Bekaa Valley and the north so that an Islamic emirate could be established in the area with Abdullah Azzam Brigades spokesman Sirajeddine Zureiqat as its […]
Iraq
US prepares military options in Syria against Islamic State
Libya
The Islamist-dominated former GNC met in Tripoli and elected Omar al Hasi as its leader; the Parliament, meeting in Tobruk, denounced the GNC’s election of a new prime minister as invalid. The Parliament refuted reports that it had ordered the Zintani forces to withdraw from Tripoli; Zintani forces claimed that Misratan militias seized the Tripoli […]
Norway
Some 5,000 people protested in Oslo against the Islamic State, in a demonstration organized by Norwegian Muslim groups. A government minister said Norway is considering legislation that will revoke the citizenship of Norwegians who seriously damage vital government interests or volunteer to serve in foreign military services.
Boko Haram’s new caliphate
In its ongoing offensive, Boko Haram has taken control of parts of northern Nigeria, establishing what its leader Abubakar Shekau calls a “caliphate” in the group’s latest video release.
Hamas
Qatar: Club Med for Terrorists
China
Authorities arrested Aini Aishan, 18, an ethnic Uighur, on suspicion of planning the killing Jume of Tahir, 74, the government-allied imam of China’s largest mosque, in at attack in Xinjiang last month. Security forces from China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan participated in a joint antiterrorism drill. Eight men were recently executed in Xinjiang for […]
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah may resort to force to free Roumieh inmates
Islamic State
Mayor of London: Do nothing, and we invite the tide of terror to our front door
Islamic State goes from ‘junior varsity’ to all pro in 8 months, Admiral Kirby says
Administration and military officials shouldn’t bristle when asked why they failed to properly assess the danger of the Islamic State.
Al Nusrah Front video features captured members of Lebanese security forces
The Al Nusrah Front is using hostages from Lebanon’s security forces in its anti-Hezbollah propaganda. Al Nusrah, an official branch of al Qaeda, is attempting to pressure Hezbollah into withdrawing its forces from Syria.
United States
General Dempsey, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that if and when he finds that the Islamic State is plotting direct attacks on the US homeland or Europe, then he will recommend that the US take military action against the group in Syria. He also said the group should be constrained and defeated […]
Afghanistan
As Coalition troops disappear, Afghan educations could too
Iraq
Iraq Urges Global Help in Fight against Jihadists
Libya
Libya’s Islamist militias claim control of capital
Iran
Iran Says It Downed Israeli Drone over Nuclear Site
Iraq
The Iraqi military claimed it killed 10 Islamic State fighters in an airstrike in northern Babil, and “many” more near the Bayji refinery. The US destroyed an Islamic State vehicle in an airstrike near the Mosul Dam. Iraqi officials claimed that US airstrikes killed eight Islamic State fighters north of Mosul.
Al Nusrah Front
Peter Theo Curtis, Abducted in 2012, Is Released by Nusra Front
Afghanistan
US strikes in Syria against Islamic State would be hindered by intelligence gaps
Chechnya
Russia keeps its eye on the Islamic State
Egypt
When will the US, Europe wake up to the threat of radical Islam?
Syria
The Islamic State took over the military airport in Al Tabaqa, the last regime stronghold in the province, after battles in which 346 IS fighters and 170 regime soldiers have been killed and another 150 regime troops likely taken captive. Warplanes were towed from the base to the Syrian Badeya and to the Deir Ezzor […]
Lebanon
The Muslim Scholars Committee delivered video to the government that shows nine kidnapped Lebanese troops being held captive by Islamists. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front also released lists of names of those held captive. Security forces arrested three Syrians in the Bekaa Valley for posting the logo of an extremist group in […]
Egypt
Egyptian Islamic authority: Extremists no ‘Islamic State’
Libya
Tripoli Airport is reportedly in flames, the day after its capture by Islamist forces after weeks of fighting. Unidentified warplanes again attacked areas of Tripoli today; previous airstrikes in Tripoli have been claimed by the government-allied Operation Dignity. The new parliament issued a statement blaming the Libya Dawn and Ansar al Sharia groups as “terrorists” […]