US officials say al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan, Farouq al-Qahtani al-Qatari, has several hundred fighters and could plan attacks on the US; officials are concerned that the “zero option” will remove US capability to launch strikes against al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan. The US Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, retired after three years in the […]
Officials: Al Qaeda plots comeback in Afghanistan
Tens of thousands under siege in Yarmouk ‘slowly dying’
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with Kurdish YPG fighters as well as with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in Hasakah. Al Nusrah and Islamic fighters battled regime forces in Hama, and in Deir Izzour, where the two Islamist groups also clashed with ISIS. In Reef Dimashq near Yabroud, […]
Generations on, Christians fleeing Syria return to Turkey
Slow death of Derna, Libya
Seven rockets fired from Syria hit the Hezbollah-dominated town of Bital; the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham claimed to have fired three of them. Syrian military rockets hit near Arsal, killing a boy and a young woman and wounding five others. Salafist leaders in Tripoli are fearing a crackdown by Lebanese authorities after […]
Shaken Kenya Aims to Rebuild Mall and Its Confidence
Somalia’s al Shabab: Striking like mosquitoes
UK leaves its Helmand project – like its roads, clinics and bridges – unfinished
A state of alert was declared in Benghazi after the storming of the Defence Ministry building in the city two nights ago and protests over deteriorating security. The head of the Benghazi local council threatened to withhold city revenues unless the federal government addresses security concerns. A Misratan militia plans to impose a curfew in […]
Doctors Without Borders expelled from Myanmar
No Iran Report With New Bomb Research Information-IAEA
US Militant, Hidden, Spurs Drone Debate
The army intercepted a shipment of 40 missiles, including Katyusha rockets and a number of surface-to-air Strela missiles, that was traveling from Libya toward Illizi. The weapons, which were being shipped by the “Southerners Movement for Justice” terrorist group headed by Abdul Salam Tarmone, were destroyed along with two vehicles.
Regime forces are preparing to launch a ground assault on Yabroud. In Hasakah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with Kurdish YPG forces, kidnapped 15 civilians, and destroyed a Sufi shrine. In Aleppo, ISIS withdrew from Mayer, Jamal, Kafen, and Meneg airport, but kept fighters in Meneg city and Azaz. The Al […]
Alleged terror financier detained in Lebanon
Maghreb to tighten noose on Syria-bound jihadists
A Shabaab suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed car into a restaurant near an intelligence headquarters in Mogadishu, killing at least 12 people, including intelligence officers, and injuring eight others. Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, military spokesman for the al Qaeda-linked group, said the attack was part of Shabaab’s operations in the capital and that such operations […]
UN nuclear agency opted against sensitive Iran report – sources
US general: Grim Afghan future if no security pact
Interior Minister Jeddou said some 400 Tunisian fighters have returned from Syria, and claimed that the government has prevented 8,000 Tunisians from going there. An estimated 5,000 Tunisians are said to be fighting in Syria. President Marzouki’s office is reportedly considering an integration and amnesty policy for returning fighters. Vandals damaged the Sidi Bakai mausoleum […]
Police have identified several members of the Grimhøjvej 7 Aarhus mosque who are suspected of recruiting fighters for jihad in Syria; authorities are attempting to resolve the issue through dialogue. The mosque has previously hosted radical Islamists, including Imam Abu Ahmad, who instructed persons convicted of terrorism in Denmark, and Imam Abu Ubaydillah, a member […]
Defense Secretary Hagel urged Russia to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty. Secretary of State Kerry said yesterday that the US has an obligation to pursue diplomatic and other options to force Iran to give up its nuclear weapons program. Following the Obama administration’s announcement that it has ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for a full withdrawal […]
ISIS rules in Raqqa
State media claimed that regime and Hezbollah forces killed over 170 fighters, including Saudis, Qataris, and Chechens, from the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in an ambush outside Damascus. In the Damascus region, Islamist fighting groups, including the Islamic Front and the Suqour al Sham, are rejecting local truces. The Islamic State of […]
Family of first female terror suspect in Lebanon stunned
Hezbollah reshaping battle strategy
Security forces in Arsal arrested a senior Al Nusrah Front commander, Syrian national Nidal Sweidan, who is linked to terrorist attacks in east Lebanon. Security forces also arrested a man suspected of funding Naim Abbas, a Palestinian accused of involvement in bombings in southern Beirut and membership in both the Al Nusrah Front in Lebanon […]
A US report said illicit trafficking in weapons, migrants, drugs, and smuggled goods now binds Libya’s regions together more effectively than government does. Gunmen shot and killed a Benghazi policeman yesterday and injured another. Staff at a Benghazi hospital protested against growing insecurity. Violence in the south has caused the closure of a number of […]