Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist

Malaysia

Police arrested nine Malaysian militants in Kuala Lumpur and Kedah state. The national police chief said the suspects had links to foreign terrorist cells and belonged to a militant group that planned terror attacks at home and abroad.



Syria

Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Iraqi helicopters attacked an eight-truck convoy in eastern Syria that was heading for Anbar to supply fuel to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham; it is the first time Iraq has claimed a strike inside Syria since the civil war began. Fighters from the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic […]


Lebanon

Omar al-Hajj Youssef a.k.a. Omar Hakim was arrested in Tripoli after he tossed a grenade at a military unit, injuring seven soldiers and six civilians. Islamists in the Ain al Hilweh refugee camp took military and security measures “to send a message” to rivals in the camp. Former Security Chief Jamil al-Sayyed talked with President […]


The shadowy flow of US weapons into Syria

Amid reports that the US is stepping up efforts to supply aid, including weapons, to rebels in Syria, questions must be asked as to where the aid is ultimately going, and what the end result is likely to be.


Libya

The Foreign Ministry denied reports that convicted terrorist Mohamed Dersi had arrived in Libya from Jordan. A bank security van was hijacked in Tripoli and robbed of LD 6 million by 10 masked gunmen who also abducted two security guards. In Benghazi, gunmen tried to kill a special forces investigator, a car bomb destroyed several […]


United Kingdom

The Ministry of Defence stated that five British troops died when their helicopter crashed, probably due to technical failure, in Afghanistan yesterday. Top UK spy chiefs warned that Internet giants such as Facebook and Google have begun withdrawing their cooperation with intelligence agencies’ requests for assistance in tracking terrorists and other significant criminals. A media […]


United States

The US and the Philippines agreed to sign a 10-year pact giving US forces temporary access to certain military camps, including perhaps Subic Bay, and also the ability to preposition ships and fighter jets. The Pentagon is reportedly devising three alternative budget plans for US forces in Afghanistan in 2015: for zero troops; for 5,000 […]


China

China – President Xi vows intense pressure on terrorism



OPCW

Syria Making Good Progress in Chemical Weapons Removal



Egypt

Egypt’s Minya province flashpoint for Muslim-Christian violence


Syria

The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front fought against regime forces in Reef Dimashq; and in Aleppo, where they were joined by the Muhajireen wal Ansar Army. In Deraa, 88 fighters have been killed in the past two days in clashes between regime forces and rebels led by the Al Nusrah Front and the […]


Lebanon

Assailants threw grenades at soldiers in Tripoli; eight soldiers were wounded as well as two civilians. The Army deployed in southern Beirut after clashes between families in which several people were wounded, an apartment was set on fire, and at least one RPG was used.


Jordan

Security forces are looking for 19 suspects in Maan, where clashes with security forces have been ongoing since a man was killed during an attack on police last week. Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood dismissed three of its members for taking part in the national “Zamzam” initiative, which seeks to promote national unity through dialogue.


Russia

Special operations forces killed up to five militants during a raid on two homes in the coastal city of Derbent in Dagestan; two officers were wounded. Authorities said the members of a “southern” terrorist group were planning attacks in Dagestan during May holidays.


Al Qaeda

Syria’s bloodshed spills into Iraq as al Qaeda bombs Shia militant rally


Al Qaeda

British and Australian navies seize largest ever heroin haul at sea



Mali

The UN’s Special Representative for Mali, who heads the MINUSMA peacekeeping force, warned that the “window of opportunity” for peace in Mali may close, given the resumption of terrorist activities in the north, and MINUSMA’s low level of force generation and lack of military transport helicopters. A security source said that the Movement for Oneness […]


Nigeria

Some 40 Boko Haram militants were killed when soldiers repelled the militants’ attack on a base in the Damboa area of Borno state during six hours of fighting; four soldiers were also killed and nine were wounded. Three civil servants were killed by Boko Haram in an ambush outside an agricultural college in Gujba in […]




France

The Defense Ministry denied a report that the government paid a ransom of $18 million for the release of four French journalists who were were kidnapped in Syria by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, an al Qaeda offshoot, in June 2013. According to the report, Defense Minister LeDrian took the ransom money […]



CIA

The Big Weapons that the US May Be Secretly Supplying to the Syrian Rebels



Syria

The Ahl al Sham, an umbrella group comprising the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and the Mujahideen Army, announced an interim truce with Kurdish YPG forces in Aleppo and its countryside. In Deraa, the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front fought against regime forces, and 45 of the jihadist fighters were killed. Al […]


Iraq

As Iraq violence grows, US sends more intelligence officers