State designates leader of Lashkar-e-Jhanghvi as global terrorist
Malik Ishaq leads the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an al Qaeda-linked group that has conducted numerous suicide attacks in Pakistan and has targeted Americans.
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Taliban respond to terrorism designations of 3 Haqqani network leaders
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid sent LWJ the group’s response to the US’ designation of three senior Haqqani Network commanders.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed a senior Taliban commander in Ghazni and three fighters in operations throughout the country. The National Directorate of Security captured two would-be Haqqani Network suicide bombers who were planning to attack presidential candidates in Kabul.
Suqour al Sham, ISIS agree to ceasefire
The Islamic Front brigade signed a ceasefire with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham despite the latter’s recent isolation.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 23 people in four bombings in Baghdad. Two of the attacks used suicide bombers, and both occurred near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A suicide bomber killed seven policemen and three soldiers in Tikrit. The ISIS also killed a soldier in Sharqat and two more soldiers […]
Yemen
Four Yemeni soldiers were killed and seven more were wounded after gunmen attacked a checkpoint outside of the vital Balhaf liquified natural gas facility in Shabwa province. A special forces commander was gunned down in Aden.
US adds 3 senior Haqqani Network leaders to terrorism list
Two of the Haqqani Network leaders have close ties to al Qaeda; one of them has traveled to Saudi Arabia to fundraise as recently as late 2013. The other is a member of the Miramshah Shura and coordinates operations with the Taliban.
Al Nusrah Front
Syria-trained US militants pose threat, officials say
Al Qaeda
U.S. curtails drone strikes in Pakistan as officials there seek peace talks with Taliban
Al Qaeda
How academics got the Muslim Brotherhood wrong
Afghanistan
Old Tensions Resurface in Debate Over U.S. Role in Post-2014 Afghanistan
ISIS confirms death of senior leader in Syria
Abu Bakr al Iraqi, who is also known as Haji Bakr, served as a top lieutenant to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and as the military commander for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham before he was killed in Syria earlier this year.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed four soldiers in two suicide attacks in Mosul, and three civilians in an IED attack in Qayyarah. Security forces killed an ISIS leader near Mosul, and have surrounded Fallujah and Karma.
Yemen
Two people were killed in a bombing that targeted a military bus in Sana’a; 10 soldiers were wounded in the blast. Houthis and Salafists agreed to yet another ceasefire in the north.
Al Qaeda
Congressman: Obama’s drone war rules let terrorists go free
Karzai courts the Taliban
The Afghan president has attempted to negotiate with the Taliban over the past several months.
Abdullah Azzam Brigades announces joint attack with Al Nusrah on Hezbollah
The group announced the joint operation the same day that al Qaeda denounced the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
Iraq
The military claimed that its forces and allied Awakening fighters killed 57 Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters in Anbar, three more in Mosul, and an emir of the group in Baqubah. The ISIS killed 23 Iraqis in a series of car bombings in and around Baghdad.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four policemen in Kandahar and four more in Farah, and two aides of presidential candidate Abdullah in Herat. President Karzai said that the US “worked against me” and that he has not talked to President Obama in seven months.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed three soldiers in Hawijah, two soldiers in Fallujah, and a policeman in Qayyarah. Security forces killed the ISIS’s emir for Sulaiman Pak and four associates, nine ISIS fighters in Thar Thar and Baghdad, and three more in Ramadi.
Yemen
Three bombings near the Ministry of Defense, the central bank, and a home of former President Salih were reported. Gunfire was heard after the blasts. A German citizen was kidnapped and taken to Marib province.
Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai: ‘I saw no good’ with America’s presence in Afghanistan
Al Nusrah Front launches another suicide attack in Lebanon
The Al Nusrah Front, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham continue to target Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Iraq
The military claimed it killed 40 Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters in the Fallujah area; and the ISIS’ deputy military commander for Ramadi, who was a Saudi, and two bodyguards in Albu Faraj. The ISIS killed a soldier in Mosul. The bodies of three men who were tortured and murdered were discovered […]
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed 15 soldiers in an ambush in the town of Shibam in Hadramout province. AQAP fighters also killed two policemen in an attack on a patrol in Al Baydah.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Helmand province. Two Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed in a pair of suicide attacks in Nangarhar. The US has halted funding for polling of the presidential election after the government accused the US of manipulating the results.
Iraq
An Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham suicide assault team killed 17 Iraqis in an attack on the Transportation Ministry in Baghdad; the six suicide bombers were also killed. The ISIS also killed three Awakening fighters in Hawijah. The military killed 27 ISIS fighters in airstrikes in Anbar province.
Yemen
Thirty-eight people were killed during clashes between Houthi rebels and pro-government tribes in Arhab and Omran provinces in northern Yemen. Two soldiers and two members of the southern separatist movement were killed during fighting in Daleh.
ISIS suicide team assaults Iraqi ministry
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham suicide assault team killed 17 people in the Ministry of Transportation before Iraqi security forces killed them.
2 al Qaeda commanders killed in December airstrike in Afghanistan
The Dec. 13 airstrike in Nangarhar killed two al Qaeda commanders who were associated with slain al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri.