Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Yemeni president vows relentless fight against militants
Yearly Archives: 2014
AQAP claims killing of 50 Yemeni soldiers in Seyoun attack
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed via Twitter that its fighters had killed more than 50 Yemeni soldiers in an attack on the 1st Military District headquarters in Seyoun on Aug. 7.
Central African Republic
Central African Republic crisis: Seleka rebels reject new Muslim PM Kamoun
Indonesia
Does Islamic State ideology threaten Indonesia?
Saudi Arabia
A court sentenced four Saudi men to jail terms ranging from four months to nearly three years for traveling or attempting to travel to Syria to join terrorist groups; at least some of them were also found guilty of facilitating the travel of jihadist fighters to the conflict zones. Saudi officials are planning to develop […]
Mali
French forces dropped up to five bombs in the Essakane region west of Timbuktu yesterday, targeting al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb positions. President Keita said last week that he is committed to preventing the emergence of a caliphate in Mali.
Kosovo
Police carried out some 60 raids across the country in a crackdown on Islamic extremists, arresting 40 men suspected of either fighting for, or supporting, the Islamic State or the Al Nusrah Front. Makeshift mosques were raided and weapons, ammunition, electronic equipment, and explosives were confiscated.
Islamic State
Islamic State beheads, crucifies in push for Syria’s east
China
Authorities arrested a man in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang province, who is accused of spreading “online rumors” about government violence in Yarkant to websites abroad. State media claimed that 18 suspects in the July 28 terror attack in Shache surrendered to authorities, but that few of them were “diehard terrorists.”
Indonesia
The Detachment 88 counterterrorism squad arrested Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid leader Afif Abdul Majid, who was added to the US’ global terrorist list in 2013. Majid, who recently returned from Syria, has pledged support to the Islamic State, along with jailed al Qaeda-linked cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir. Although the government reportedly banned IS ideology within the […]
Australia
Defence Minister David Johnston said Australia is “not ruling out” providing backup military support for the US “as they go in and deal kinetically with this terrorist organisation.” Australia is already providing two Hercules transport planes for airlifting supplies. He said: “Islamic State … is not just a terrorist group, it is a terrorist army. […]
Iraq
US strike aircraft destroyed three Islamic State armored personnel carriers and a technical in four airstrikes in the Sinjar Mountains. The Peshmerga is said to have regained control of Gwair, Makhmour, and Zumar. The military claimed it killed 16 Islamic State fighters in Tikrit.
Iraq
US lawmakers mull ISIS action
Iraq
US removes some staff from consulate in northern Iraq
Iraq
Massive security deployment around Baghdad ‘green zone’: officials
Hamas
Gaza conflict: New three-day ceasefire begins
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed four civilians in an attack that targeted an ISAF convoy in Kabul. ISAF reportedly killed 21 Taliban fighters in an airstrike in Marja in Helmand province. The Pakistani military killed two civilians in a a missile attack in Kunar.
Syria
The Islamic State clashed with regime forces near the military airport of Al Tabaqa in Raqqah; as well as in Homs, Quneitra, and in Deir Izzour, where the IS executed six men, including two who were beheaded. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in the Om Al Sharashih area of […]
Yemen
Yesterday, US drones killed three suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike in the Wadi Abida area of Marib. AQAP launched attacks against government buildings in Lahj; an intelligence official was gunned down in Huta.
US airstrikes against Islamic State continue in northern Iraq
The US launched four airstrikes on Aug. 9 and five more on Aug. 10 against the Islamic State in the Sinjar area, where the Yazidi minority is facing a humanitarian crisis, and near Irbil.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Fighters abandoning al Qaeda affiliates to join Islamic State, US officials say
Iraq
US air support helps Kurdish forces expel Islamic State fighters from two Iraqi towns
Iraq
Exclusive: Iraq says Islamic State killed 500 Yazidis, buried some victims alive
Libya
Chief of Staff Abdulati Al-Obeidi told Parliament that the Libyan Army is close to collapsing and that he cannot control of it. Despite calls from Parliament and the UN for a ceasefire, clashes between Islamist and government-allied militias continued in Tripoli and Benghazi. Several staff members of a Libyan TV station recently taken over by […]
United Kingom
The Prime Minister’s office said the UK would step up its delivery of humanitarian aid to Iraqis threatened by the Islamic State and it wants to increase the number of UK “humanitarian advisers” in Iraq. Portsmouth resident Muhammad Hamidur Rahman, 25, is said to have been killed fighting for the Islamic State in Syria.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
As ISIS Militants Exert Their Control, US Pursues a Military Middle Road
Hamas
Hamas threatens major escalation in rocket strikes on Israel
Syria
The Islamic State carried out a suicide car bombing at a tribal checkpoint, and clashed with tribal gunmen and regime forces in Deir Izzour; and arrested Islamic Front fighters accused of stealing electricity in Aleppo. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama near Morek, and also clashed with regime […]
Iraq
Iraq Kurds say oil production unaffected by ISIL incursion
Al Qassam Brigades
Hamas everywhere but nowhere in Gaza war