A shooter identified as Spec. Ivan Lopez opened fire at Fort Hood, Tex., killing three people and wounding 16, and then killed himself; authorities said the incident did not appear to be terrorism-related but were not ruling anything out. The FBI yesterday confirmed it was looking for a recently discharged Army recruit named Booker, a.k.a. […]
The Free Syrian Armies: Failed Reconciliation
The Free Syrian Armies: Institutional Split
In a letter to the UN, Syria has accused “terrorist groups” of planning a gas attack in the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Jobar that would be blamed on the regime. The head of the ‘moderate’ Syrian Revolutionaries Front, a Free Syrian Army offshoot, said the group fights alongside the Al Nusrah Front and has no […]
Security forces warned that large numbers of Al Nusrah Front fighters have moved into Lebanon recently and are plotting with other radical groups, some based in the Ain al Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp. Some extremist fighters currently in Akkar are said to be planning to train with the Free Syrian Army in Syria. Arms are […]
Restoring Its Legacy, Moscow Invests In Future In Afghanistan
Police stepped up patrols in Mombasa after the killing of radical cleric Abubaker Shariff Ahmed a.k.a. Makaburi, who was buried last night and and praised as a “martyr.” Just a week ago, he won a damages from the government for unlawful detention of his property during an antiterrorism raid. In Nairobi’s Eastleigh suburb, police defused […]
State-owned Jumhuriya bank employees went on strike nationwide to protest the killing of a colleague in Sebha. A kidnapped bank manager was freed in Osari after payment of a ransom. Arsonists burned down a local council office in Tripoli and a women’s center.
Justice Minister Nayef al Ajmi and the Kuwaiti Cabinet dismissed US Treasury Undersecretary David Cohen’s accusations that he financed terrorism and promoted jihad in Syria, calling them “baseless and groundless.” On March 4 Cohen charged that al Ajmi had “a history of promoting jihad in Syria” and was linked to fundraising for the Al Nusrah […]
The president of the Syrian National Coalition visited rebel troops in Latakia, where the Al Nusrah Front, Islamic fighters, and Free Syrian Army forces are battling regime troops. Al Nusrah claimed a joint offensive in Latakia with Ahrar al Sham, Ansar al-Sham, and Sham al-Islam; one of the commanders, Abu al Hassan, was said to […]
EU launches Central Africa military operation
Abubakar Shariff Makaburi, a prominent Islamist accused of recruiting and raising funds for Shabaab, as well as advising the Kenyan Islamist group al Hijra, has reportedly been killed in a shooting outside Shimo la Tewa Prison in Shanzu near Mombasa. Police arrested over 627 suspects in Nairobi after six people were killed by bombs in […]
Three Libyans who had hijacked an oil tanker and forced its crew to load illicit oil were released; the Attorney General’s staff denounced the decision and called for the Attorney General to resign. Ibrahim Jadhran and his “Cyrenaica Defence Forces” have moved from Ajdabiya to Ras Lanouf; the Ajdabiya security head escaped an attempted kidnapping. […]
British sniper in Afghanistan kills six Taliban with one bullet
Apocalyptic prophecies drive both sides to Syrian battle for end of time
The leader of the al Qaeda-linked group Ansaru called for attacks on Christians in Nigeria to avenge an alleged insult to Islam at a Catholic school in Katsina; youths torched the school and two churches. Two suspected Boko Haram suicide car bombs targeted a military patrol in Maiduguri, and two other suicide car bombs were […]
Nigerian military authorities said at least 288 rifles, 35 rocket-propelled guns, and 35 homemade IEDs, as well as over 50 Cameroonian passports and a jeep, were confiscated after a clash in Abugasse near the border with Chad. The large cache was seized following the arrest of two suspected Boko Haram arms traffickers. Cameroonian authorities arrested […]
Prime Minister Cameron has commissioned a study of the Muslim Brotherhood; reports have emerged that a number of members of the organization, which has been banned in Egypt, have set up operations in the UK. The head of the Prison Officers’ Association warned that a steep rise in the number of ‘convenience Muslims,’ inmates who […]
Converging Interests May Lead to Cooperation Between Israel and Gulf States
Russia’s foreign minister said Secretary of State Kerry recently confirmed to him personally that the US is still opposed to providing antiaircraft weapons to rebels fighting the Assad regime in Syria. A Senate Intelligence Committee report disputed the CIA’s contention that “enhanced interrogation techniques” provided key information in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood maintains grassroots support
Iraq: Arrests rise as government attempts to block insurgents’ access to Baghdad
Regime forces recaptured a strategic hilltop in Latakia during fighting with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front, and Syria’s information minister accused Turkey of helping foreign fighters enter the province. An observer group claimed that over 1,000 fighters have been killed in Latakia since March 21. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic […]
Turkish border province punishes Erdogan on Syria in polls
Death toll in Boko Haram attacks ‘reaches 1,500’
The army dismantled a car bomb in Wadi Hmayyed near Arsal. Unknown perpetrators blew up a large building under construction in Akkar, reviving sectarian tensions. Warrants were issued for 200 suspects linked to violence and crime in Tripoli; among those sought are militia leaders in both the Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen and the Sunni […]
Leftover US equipment in Afghanistan up for grabs for Pakistan
Afghan Forces Launch Coordinated Assaults Nationwide
Syrian Kurds blame Iran, Turkey for ISIS attacks
Palestinian Was Holding Explosive Device When He Died, Czech Police Say