Iran
Iran’s Oil Exports Surge After Nuclear Deal
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Libya
US SEALs Take Control of Diverted Libyan Oil Tanker
Al Qaeda
9/11 Architect Says Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law Had No Role in Qaeda Military Operations
Nigeria
Over 100 civilians were killed when some 40 gunmen attacked three villages on March 14, killing men, women, and children and burning houses to the ground, in central Kaduna state; the attack is being blamed on Fulani herdsmen but Boko Haram is also suspected. Security forces killed eight terrorists in an ambush in Yobe state.
Navy SEALs intercept tanker with Libyan oil
US commandos seized a renegade tanker off the coast of Cyprus that was loaded with stolen oil and are sailing it back to Libya. Ansar al Sharia Libya criticized the rebels’ takeover of Libyan oil ports as inviting foreign intervention.
Libya
GNC head “Islamist” hostage, Libyans beware of Islamists at next election- Zeidan
Afghanistan
Taliban Splinter Groups Add To Election Fears In Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Last Line Of Defense Against The Taliban
Syria
The strategic town of Yabroud has fallen to regime forces backed by Hezbollah, after weeks of fighting against rebel forces including the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. In Aleppo, Al Nusrah and Islamic fighters battled regime forces, and ISIS detained eight members of a family […]
Lebanon
A suicide car bomb killed two Hezbollah members and two other people in the Bekaa valley; the attack was claimed by the Al Nusrah Front and The Brigade of Free Sunnis in Baalbek. Syrian military airstrikes targeting rebel fighters in Arsal killed two fighters and wounded 11. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham […]
Afghanistan
Concerns Raised Over Attacks on Afghan Presidential Campaigns
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian Forces Seize Key Town From Rebels
Boko Haram
As Nigerians Flee Northeast, Insurgents Gain Ground
United States
The US has delivered 100 Hellfire missiles, as well as assault rifles and ammunition, to Iraq this month to support its fight against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham; the US is promising to send more weapons in the coming weeks. The Pentagon denied reports that an American drone had been […]
Malaysia
A Malaysian official said that MA flight MH370, which crashed into the ocean on March 8 with 239 people on board, was hijacked and that its communications systems had been deliberately turned off hours before it disappeared. A criminal investigation has been opened.
Al Nusrah Front
Syria conflict has third anniversary amid offensive
Syria
Pro-regime Sunni fighters in Aleppo defy sectarian narrative
Turkey
Yemen faces increasing weapons, drugs smuggling problem
Syria
Regime forces conducted 15 air raids on Yabroud and entered eastern parts of the strategic city; some of the rebels have fled south to Rankos, but others, including the Al Nusrah Front, have remained in the city. Abu Azzam al-Kuwaiti, the Al Nusrah deputy for Qalamoun, was killed yesterday on the outskirts of Yabroud; he […]
Lebanon
In Tripoli, 10 people have been killed and 50 wounded in clashes between supporters and opponents of the Assad regime. The army seized bombs and ammunition from a car at a checkpoint in the northern town of Shadra. Rockets fired from Syria hit the towns of Nabi Uthman and Labweh in Hezbollah-dominated areas of east […]
Al Qaeda
Pakistani tribunal upholds conviction of doctor who tracked Osama
Afghanistan
Ex-Afghan intelligence chief Asadullah Khalid returns to Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
Malaysia Airline MH370: 9/11-style terror allegations resurface in case of lost plane
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syrian forces enter last rebel bastion near Lebanese border
Libya
In Derna, gunmen fatally shot four Islamists, and would-be robbers murdered two Derna bank employees. In Benghazi, two security officials were killed over the past two days, and a health official was murdered on March 13. Former prime minister Ali Zeidan called his ouster by the GNC invalid. Saudi authorities said Libyan Brotherhood members will […]
Nigeria
The military claimed to have killed 207 Boko Haram fighters after the terror group attacked a detention center at a military base in Maiduguri and freed “dozens” of militants. Sources claimed that security forces managed to capture at least 50 escaping Boko Haram militants, including Arabs, Malians, and Chadians. At least four civilians, as well […]
Spain
In a joint operation, Spanish and Moroccan authorities targeting an al Qaeda recruiting network arrested four suspected members in Spain and three in Morocco. The network, whose activities extend to Morocco, Belgium, France, Tunisia, Turkey, Libya, Mali, Indonesia, and Syria, is headed by Melilla resident Mustafa Maya Amaya, who funneled recruits to the Islamic State […]
Hezbollah
Iran official: Hezbollah Syria move ‘logical’
Syria
The Syrian army backed by Hezbollah advanced closer to Yabroud, taking the hill of Aqaba, 2 km from the city, battling the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, and the Islamic Front. The ISIS has withdrawn from Idlib and Latakia, and has retreated to eastern Reef Aleppo and Raqqah; the […]
Lebanon
The Israeli army hit a Hezbollah position on the Lebanese border, in retaliation for a bomb attack targeting Israeli soldiers inside occupied territory at the border. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham claimed the attack, however, saying it was against the “Zionist army unit,” in its first claim for attacks against Israel. Hezbollah […]