Eighteen people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his car packed with explosives outside of the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Jalawla. The suicide bomber then entered the building and detonated his vest. Security forces launched an operation to clear ISIS fighters from western Mosul.
The Taliban killed seven civilians and five security personnel in yesterday’s suicide attack and bombing that targeted presidential candidate Abdullah’s car. Security forces killed four Taliban commanders in Helmand. Four Afghan soldiers and 27 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes throughout the country.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 18 security personnel during a massed assault on Mosul; the military said it killed 105 AQAP fighters in a counterattack. ISIS fighters briefly seized control of Anbar University in Ramadi and killed three policemen before retreating.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed a Yemeni soldier in an attack at a checkpoint in Qotn in Hadramout province. The United Nations reported that more than 20,000 Yemenis have been displaced due to fighting between the government and AQAP in the southern provinces.
The ISIS killed 18 security personnel during a massed assault on the northern Iraqi city. ISIS fighters also briefly seized control of Anbar University in Ramadi.
Over the past decade, Pakistani tribal leaders in North and South Waziristan have promised to expel foreign fighters, but failed to follow through.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham continues to highlight the deaths of foreign jihadists in both Iraq and Syria.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed eight soldiers and six tribesmen in an attack on a checkpoint in Bayhan in Shabwa province. The US killed three AQAP fighters, including a commander, in a drone strike in Marib. The government and the Houthis agreed to yet another ceasefire in Amran.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham took partial control of Samarra after more than 150 fighters stormed the city.
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The Taliban recorded the release of captured soldier Bowe Bergdahl. Throughout the exchange, Bergdahl is frisked by a special forces operator clearly looking for a possible suicide bomb.
The attack killed Mohammed Khamis Abu Risha, a senior official in the Anbar Awakening who was the nephew of Ahmed Abu Risha.
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The Imam Bukhari Jamaat, which fights alongside the Al Nusrah Front and Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar, touted its training camp, which is thought to be located near Aleppo.
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The ISIS has identified two French suicide bombers who executed attacks in Iraq in the past month.
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The US will maintain 9,800 troops for training and counterterrorism missions until the end of 2015, halve that number by the beginning of 2016, and then pull out all troops by the end of that year.
The al Qaeda branch has officially opened a new front in the Horn of Africa.
Two Somalis, a man and a woman, detonated their bombs at a restaurant in Djibouti known to be frequented by Western troops.