Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist

Syria

| April 16, 2014

Opposition activists accused the Assad regime of a gas attack in Harasta, the fourth such attack claimed by the opposition so far in April. The Al Nusrah Front said it was cutting ties with the Raqqah Rebel Brigade. In Idlib, Al Nusrah clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, after ISIS fighters […]

Lebanon

| April 16, 2014

Two Syrian airstrikes hit near Syrian refugee tents on the outskirts of Arsal in the Bekaa valley. The military prosecutor filed terrorism charges against Mohammed Abdel-Hamid Qassem, who has admitted to rigging car bombs and fundraising for the Al Nusrah Front; similar charges were also filed against others linked to Qassem who are at large.

Pakistan

| April 16, 2014

Pakistan – TTP say they will not extend ceasefire, but will continue talks

Afghanistan

| April 16, 2014

Blunders by British generals allowed Taliban to carry out attack on Camp Bastion while Prince Harry was in Afghanistan

Jordan

| April 16, 2014

Four Jordanian fighter jets hit and destroyed a number of vehicles entering Jordan from Syria that were believed to be carrying Syrian rebel fighters. Syrian state media said the vehicles were not from its army.

Nigeria

| April 16, 2014

Ten of the over 100 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in Borno managed to escape from their captors, bringing the number of those who have fled to 14. About 10 gunmen broke into the house of the Kogi state speaker, kidnapping two of his children. About 20 gunmen in Bauchi state stormed Soro town in […]

United Kingdom

| April 16, 2014

The extradition of Abu Hamza deputy Haroon Aswat to face terror charges in the US was delayed until the UK obtains “the kind of assurances envisaged” by the European Court of Human Rights that he will be treated humanely in the US. Some 200 UK jihadists who have fought in Syria are thought to have […]

Angola

| April 15, 2014

Port dubbed ‘Cathedral of the Mafia’ to host transfer of Syria chemical weapons

United States

| April 15, 2014

Police arrested Kevin Edson, 25, who had left two unattended backpacks, one of which contained a rice cooker, found this evening near the Boston Marathon finish line, exactly a year after bomb attacks at the event killed three people and injured 264. This year’s Marathon will be held on April 21.

Syria

| April 15, 2014

Regime forces launched an offensive on Homs city, parts of which have been besieged for almost two years, and retook one of the last rebel-held villages in Qalamoun. The Al Nusrah Front claimed three car bombings in Homs and said its fighters are eager to detonate more as well as conduct suicide attacks. In Aleppo, […]

Albania

| April 15, 2014

Police arrested a man for recruiting fighters for terrorists in Syria. Last week an Albanian jihadist died in Syria; at least 10 Albanians have died fighting there. In late March, Blerim Demiri, a Kosovan suicide bomber, killed 52 Iraqi soldiers in an attack north of Baghdad. Car bombings are becoming common in Albania, especially in […]

Lebanon

| April 15, 2014

Interior Minister Machnouk said Lebanon plans to restrict the influx of Syrian refugees, who now make up 27% of Lebanon’s population. Four Tripoli militia commanders surrendered to Army intelligence. The remains of a suicide bomber who detonated near the Iranian Embassy last year were returned to his relatives in Sidon. The head of an Islamic […]

Turkey

| April 15, 2014

Syrian rebels and eyewitnesses claimed that Turkey had allowed Islamist rebels to enter Syria for the Kasab offensive; the Erdogan government denied the claim. An Adana prosecutor who in January stopped and searched trucks on suspicion they were carrying weapons into Syria has been removed from his post and reassigned; two officers arrested in the […]

OPCW

| April 15, 2014

After Delays, Syria Completes Another Shipment of Chemical Arms