Police arrested four Syrians in Wadi Hamyed near the border and confiscated two vehicles as well as a hand grenade, knives, and communications equipment. Security forces also arrested six Syrians belonging to “an extremist organization” in an ambush near Beit Layha.
Boko Haram: How insurgency wrecked the North
Editorial: UK school plot thickens
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video claiming the April 14 attack in the capital city of Abuja that killed over 75 people; he did not mention the 85 missing schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram earlier this week. President Jonathan sharply denounced Adamawa state governor Murtala Nyak for declaring to other northern governors that […]
The US has begun supplying advanced antitank weapons to supposedly moderate Syrian rebel groups such as the Harakat Hazm, which works with the Syrian Revolutionaries’ Front, whose leader has admitted to sharing weapons with al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front. Defense Secretary Hagel said the US military will keep an enhanced presence in Poland through the […]
A senior police official said that Daoud Farhat and Youssef Ayad, two members of Hezbollah arrested in Bangkok earlier this week, were planning bomb attacks against Israeli tourists and other Israeli groups on Khao San Road during Passover. A third suspect, Bilal Bahsoun, may be still at large. The bodies of wanted militant Muktar Ali-mama […]
From martyrs to victims: Counting Syria’s dead
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama; in Aleppo, where they were joined by the al Mujahideen army; in Reef Dimashq; and in Latakia, where they were joined by the Junoud al Sham, Ahrar al Sham, Sham al Islam, and Ansar al Sham. Turkish border guards opened fire on […]
From dawa to hesba: the strange evolution of Ansar al Sharia
Mohamed Suleiman Tajouri, a Benghazi member of Ansar al Sharia, was shot dead in Derna by gunmen who targeted a car in which he was riding with Hani Al Hawari and another man. Al Hawari, a member of the Army of the Islamic State of Libya, was injured slightly. Four armed men broke into the […]
Pakistan library named ‘Bin Laden’ in Islamic school
One soldier was killed and another injured when their vehicle hit a landmine in the Mount Chaambi area, shortly after security forces clashed with terrorists there. Additional areas around Mount Chaambi were declared closed military zones two days ago. Foreign Affairs Minister Hamdi said the kidnappers of a Tunisian diplomat abducted yesterday in Libya are […]
A court is investigating Ismail I., 24, a Lebanese national suspected of fighting last year in Syria for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, and two of his accomplices; he was allegedly sent back to Germany by ISIS to procure money and supplies for the group. A court sentenced a Somali pirate chief […]
A French court questioned and released Souad Merah, the sister of al Qaeda-linked Toulouse shooter Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people in 2012. She had spoken approvingly of Merah’s actions and of Osama bin Laden. So far three people have been charged in the investigation, including Merah’s brother Abdelkader; 30 people have been detained and […]
In Raqqah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham conducted raids and arrests. In Aleppo, the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and the Abu A’mara battalion attacked a large regime barracks by first blowing up tunnels under it, and were joined by the al Mujahideen army and rebels in other areas; the ISIS […]
European jihadists form ISIS brigades in Syria
Yemen FM calls for donor money to fight security threats
During a raid near Arsal, security forces arrested wanted Palestinian terrorist Bilal Kayed, an Abdullah Azzam Brigades operative linked to the 2007 murder of Spanish peacekeepers in south Lebanon as well as other murders, bombings, and weapons crimes. A military judge called for the death penalty for six Palestinian gang members from the Ain al-Hilweh […]
Abu Hamza used ‘cover of religion’ to recruit terrorists, court hears
Armed mob under guise of peaceful protest attacks UN in South Sudan
Fears in Cameroon of Boko Haram recruitment
In a military operation today, French troops freed five aid workers in Timbuktu who were kidnapped in February in the north by al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants affiliated with the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO). The five, all Malian nationals, are said to be in good health.
Man’s two-year ordeal under Shabaab gang
Mogadishu Security Declines As Armed Forces Stretched Outside Capital
Two days after seizing Taleh district, Somali forces pulled out; Shabaab fighters were reportedly in the region, which is claimed by Puntland. In a suspected Shabaab attack, a bomb attached to a solar lamp post in Mogadishu killed at least one civilian and injured five on April 15. Uganda sent 400 troops to guard UN […]
Police said 225 people, including 91 Somalis this week alone, have been deported in the ongoing security crackdown. The Mombasa county education director said there are pockets of radicalization in some schools. Former Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim denied having links to Shabaab.
Syria submits more ‘detailed’ list of chemical weapons
A female US embassy employee who was kidnapped and injured by gunfire managed to escape her captors. A Tunisian diplomat was reportedly kidnapped in Tripoli. Ansar al Sharia member Mohamed Mahlaz Shawaihdy was killed on April 14 in Benghazi; a large contingent of Ansar al Sharia members visited the hospital where his body was brought. […]
Boko Haram militants killed 20 people in Sabon-Kasuawa in Borno state, allegedly because residents had informed security forces about militant activities. Militant “Fulani herdsmen,” who have recently begun attacking the state and have killed hundreds of people in Kaduna, Plateau, Benue, and Nasarawa states, bombarded Wukari in Taraba state, forcing residents to flee; at least […]
Jordanian jihadis returning from Syria war rattle US-aligned kingdom