Al Nusrah Front
Yabroud town – a strategic prize for Syria government
Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist
Algeria
Thousands join rare Algeria rally
Libya
The US sailors who escorted the renegade oil tanker Morning Glory back to Libya have handed it over to the Libyan navy. Hours earlier, 16 people were killed in clashes between Libyan troops and separatist rebels in Ajdabiya, the hometown of Ibrahim Jathran, whose forces are blockading eastern oil terminals. The Tunisian ambassador denied reports […]
Mali
A fire destroyed Bamako’s main market, burning down 2,000 shops yesterday. On March 20, the French military claimed to have killed about 40 Islamist militants, including some senior commanders, in Mali in recent weeks.
Belgium
Belgium raised its terror alert level to “high” as a result of the planned visit of US President Barack Obama and visits by other dignitaries between March 20 and April 3 for the European Union’s summit on Africa. A Belgian security official said no threats have been perceived and that the heightened alert is “the […]
Lebanon
Syria’s Lebanese Ghost Prisoners
Al Nusrah Front
ISIS enforces strict religious law in Raqqa
Syria
In Latakia, the Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham, and the Islamic Front battled regime forces around Kasab on the Turkish border; an Al Nusrah emir was killed. Fighters from the Al Nusrah Front and the Free Syrian Army are said to be seeking to take Raqqah from the Islamic State of Iraq and the […]
Lebanon
Some 300 Islamist fighters from the Jund al Sham are thought to have fled to Lebanon after Syrian forces captured the Krak des Chevaliers in Homs. As many as 1,000 Lebanese Jund al Sham fighters and their families are said to have survived an ambush near the Bqaiaa crossing in the Wadi Khaled area. Among […]
Al Nusrah Front
Fears as Islamist fighters flock to Lebanon
Al Nusrah Front
Foreign jihadists recruit Maghreb youth
Iran
Iranian Ship, in Plain View but Shrouded in Mystery, Looks Very Familiar to US
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Video: British jihadi in Syria encourages others to join war in recruitment video
Libya
The airport in Tripoli has reopened after a missile attack that was later reported to be a small bomb. A tanker loaded with illicit oil is being escorted back to Libya by 25 US sailors, who have taken custody of three Libyans who had commandeered the ship from its crew. Japan donated $5 million for […]
United Kingdom
Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee said the UK needs to do more to combat extremism in the Sahel-Sahara region, where jihadists have “put down roots,” and that there is no sign yet that African countries are capable of dealing with the increasing threat on their own. A video was released showing British jihadists with the Islamic […]
Uruguay
President Mujica indicated his willingness to resettle Guantanamo detainees, saying, “If the inmates of Guantanamo want to make their nests in Uruguay, they can do it,” but cautioned he “would not be their jailer.” He said he had agreed to President Obama’s request that five inmates be transferred to Uruguay.
Free Syrian Army
Topple Ahmad Jarba? Not so fast …
Syria
Regime forces captured the historic Krak des Chevaliers citadel in Homs from rebel forces, killing at least 11 and wounding over 45; the Islamic Front and the Jund al Sham continued to clash with regime forces in the area, however. In Raqqah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham forced 600 Kurdish civilians to […]
Al Qaeda
Tunisia’s fake jihadist and the war in Syria
Ahrar al Sham
Defying allies, Qatar unlikely to abandon Syria rebels
Lebanon
After the Syrian army’s capture of the Krak des Chevaliers in Homs, a number of rebels have fled into Lebanon, including at least 45 wounded who reached Wadi Khaled and were taken by the Lebanese Red Cross to hospitals in Akkar. Security sources said many of the fleeing fighters were from the Al Nusrah Front. […]
Central African Republic
UN official says ‘terrifying’ level of hatred in Central African Republic
Saudi Arabia
A court sentenced 13 men to prison terms of up to 14 years for supporting terrorism, training at al Qaeda bases, and recruiting for jihad abroad. Among the nine Saudis, two Jordanians, an Egyptian, and a Syrian, some had financed terrorism in Iraq. Saudi officials decided to stop issuing tourist visas, in order to keep […]
Al Qaeda
Transnational threat of foreign fighters requires global response, INTERPOL Chief tells Baghdad conference
Free Syrian Army
Syrian opposition leader denies being a war profiteer
Afghanistan
At Trial, Son-in-Law Recalls a Cave Meeting With Bin Laden on 9/11
Kenya
Terror suspects Abdiaziz Abdullah Abdi and Isaak Noor Ibrahim were arraigned on charges relating to a Shabaab plot to bomb buildings in Mombasa. Two other suspects, Mohammed Daayo, a Somali national, and Shadrack Nicholas, a Kenyan, were arrested in Mombasa on March 18. The alleged mastermind of the plot, said to have been arrested on […]
Tunisia
Terrorists and National Guard officers exchanged gunfire at a customs facility in Kef. Security forces killed three terrorists and arrested six more during a March 17 raid on a house in Jendouba; two soldiers were wounded during the raid, and weapons and an explosive belt were found. Two soldiers were wounded in a clash with […]
Algeria
Security forces killed three suspected terrorists in the mountainous Kabylie region yesterday, and seven others were reportedly killed over the weekend after they entered the country from Tunisia. An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander was killed recently in Tizi Ouzou. Seven people have died in clashes between Arabs and Berbers in the historic […]
Australia
Assistant Defense Minister Stuart Robert said that Caner Temel, who died in Syria in January while fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, was an Australian soldier who had gone AWOL in 2010. He was among six fighters allegedly recruited for al Qaeda-linked groups by Hamdi Alqudsi, 39, a disability pensioner in […]