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Mali
A spokesman for the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) claimed that the group is holding five Red Cross workers kidnapped two days ago on the road between Kidal and Gao. A group of armed MUJAO members stormed into the town of Djebock near Gao yesterday looking for a Tuareg leader, but […]
Libya
Two more congressmen resigned; some GNC members reportedly have received death threats telling them to resign. Reports that explosives were found at the GNC yesterday were denied. Men in military uniforms abducted a newspaper editor in Tripoli. Two people were killed and another two were injured in a house explosion in Benghazi yesterday, and an […]
Algeria
A senior intelligence officer was accused of forming a criminal gang, arms trafficking, and committing grave security lapses that led to the In Amenas terrorist attack in 2013. An Algerian military transport plane crashed in the mountains in Oum El Bouaghi, killing 103 passengers; the crash is being blamed on bad weather. Prime Minister Sellal […]
Al Qaeda
Obama administration mulls lethal strike on American in Pakistan
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda’s expulsion of Islamist group in Syria prompts high-level US debate
United States
The CIA is said to be considering a drone strike on an American member of al Qaeda in an unnamed foreign country who is plotting attacks against US citizens overseas. President Obama and President Hollande of France jointly announced new strategic cooperation between their countries on combating terrorism as well as other endeavors. The Pentagon […]
Iran
As part of seven promised “confidence-building” measures on its nuclear program due for completion by May 15, Iran agreed to provide information to the IAEA on its detonators. A top IAEA official said progress at the Feb. 8-9 talks was good but much work remains to be done to examine possible military aspects of Iran’s […]
Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham is said to have withdrawn from Deir Izzour after the Al Nusrah Front and 10 other brigades joined forces against it in the province. ISIS had issued a statement in Deir Izzour proclaiming its innocence and accusing Al Nusrah and Islamic battalions such as Ahrar al Sham […]
Lebanon
Authorities dismissed reports that Hezbollah dismantled an alleged Saudi-backed Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham terrorist cell in southern Beirut. Radwan Ayyoush, a defected Syrian army officer who now leads the Free Syrian Army’s Al-Assi Brigades, was arrested over the weekend with another Syrian after entering Lebanon illegally from Syria near Arsal.
Russia
Sochi drone shooting Olympic TV, not terrorists s
France
Obama and Hollande: France and the US enjoy a renewed alliance
Syria
In Homs, Syria, some decry UN aid effort as benefiting ‘terrorists’
France
Imagery of the Week: Drone Aprons at Niamey
Mali
The interior security minister said the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa was responsible for the killing of 31 Tuaregs on Feb. 7 in an incident initially reported by the UN mission as a clash between Peul and Tebu tribesmen. President Keita recently rejected allegations that the Malian government has used al Qaeda-linked […]
Guyana
Caribbean Airlines warns of Guyana flights threat
Russia
Tengiz Guketlov, a Caucasus Emirate leader in Kabardino-Balkaria, issued a statement yesterday claiming that six killings in Stavropol in January were in retaliation for the killing of 35 allegedly innocent local Muslims by security forces. He denied that the six deaths were connected to the Islamist terror group’s threat to disrupt the Olympics in Sochi. […]
Pakistan
Becoming Bad News: Taliban Threats to Pakistani Journalists
Pakistan
Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan finalizes 15-point draft for talks
Australia
Australian officials admitted to a “fairly major breakdown” in border security following reports that convicted terrorist Khaled Sharrouf has fled the country. He is thought to be now in Syria. Up to 200 Australians are estimated to have traveled to Syria to fight with the rebels, and about half are said to have joined al […]
Russia
Ukraine places anti-terrorist forces on alert
Syria
Islamist fighters took over the Alawite village of Maan in Hama, and an Al Nusrah Front suicide bomber detonated at a regime checkpoint in the province. Regime forces clashed with Islamic battalions in Homs, and 611 civilians were evacuated from besieged areas. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham prepared for an attack by […]
Lebanon
Hezbollah’s second in command said the group intends to keep fighting in Syria. He said suicide bombers are targeting both Hezbollah and the Lebanese Army, and that jihadists have been present in Lebanon since before Hezbollah entered the conflict. A Lebanese businessman was released by his captors, who had demanded a $3 million ransom.
Tunisia
The Interior Ministry said four “very dangerous” terrorists were arrested last night in Borj Luzir in Ariana governorate. During the raid targeting suspects in the murders of Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi, one terrorist and two security force members were injured. Those arrested were: Ahmed Melki a.k.a. “the Somali,” Bilel Amdouni, Mounir Jemaii, and Ameur […]
Libya
Former Attorney General Abdulaziz Al-Hassadi was murdered in Derna yesterday, and a judge in the city escaped an attempted assassination. The local council office in Adjadbiya was torched by a petrol bomb attack. Two bombs in Benghazi destroyed a restaurant and eight cars; one explosion took place near a congressman’s house. A Salafist imam said […]
Pakistan
Eying Taliban, Pakistan military moves into strategic Swat Valley
United States
Sniper fire on Silicon Valley power grid spurs ex-regulator’s crusade
Afghanistan
Afghan soldiers desperate for pact with US, criticize President Karzai for delay
National Coordination Council
Syria: Opposition mulls expanding Geneva II delegation
Iran
The commander of the Northern Navy Fleet said Iran is sending several warships on a three-month mission in the Atlantic Ocean that will take Iranian ships close to US maritime borders for the first time. In a meeting in Tehran with a top official of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the secretary of the Supreme National Security […]