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Islamic State
Lebanon says detained woman was Baghdadi wife for three months
United States
CENTCOM reported that since Dec. 1, the US has carried out 14 airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State, and that the US and partner nations carried out 11 airstrikes against the group in Iraq. Secretary of State Kerry refused to confirm reports that Iranian airstrikes had targeted the Islamic State in Iraq and added […]
Afghanistan
Ambitious and impatient, Afghan leader eyes aid, peace, reform
United Arab Emirates
Foreign Minister al Nahyan warned that extremism, terrorism, and sectarianism in the region are posing serious threats to “our national security and international security and peace.” An American woman who worked as a schoolteacher was stabbed to death by a person in a black robe in a shopping mall bathroom in Abu Dhabi.
Boko Haram
Faced with Boko Haram, Cameroon weighs death penalty for terrorism
United Kingdom
Mustafa Gray a.k.a. Stephen Gray, and Abdalraouf Abdallah, both of Moss Side in Manchester, were remanded into custody on Syria-related terrorism charges. Kristen Arne Brekke a.k.a. Kaleem, of Cardiff, and Forhad Rahman, of Cirencester, were remanded into custody on suspicion of aiding Cardiff resident Aseel Muthana travel to Syria to fight for an extremist group. […]
Iran
Recent Iran airstrikes in Iraq help drive Islamic State from 2 towns
Afghanistan
NATO launches Afghan training mission Resolute Support
Kenya
Kenya shocked by Shabab terror
Hamas
Turkey’s Hamas ‘bureau’
Turkey
About 110 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters from Iraq will be allowed to transit through Turkey to replace 150 Peshmerga in Kobane, Syria. Military officials denied a report that Islamic State fighters had attacked Kobane from Turkish soil. Long-buried Turkish landmines near the border with Syria are said to have killed and injured a number of Syrian […]
Iran
Iran Bombing Islamic State In Iraq, US Official Confirms
France
A French Town Reels After Teenage Girl Vanishes, Apparently to Join Jihadists
France
A French special forces soldier was killed and two other soldiers were wounded in a helicopter crash during a training mission in Burkina Faso. The National Assembly voted to urge the recognition of Palestine as a state.
Iraq
Iraqi Government and Kurds Reach Deal to Share Oil Revenues
Boko Haram
Boko Haram Attacks With Ease, Causing Death and Mayhem in Nigeria’s Provinces
Al Nusrah Front
British watchtowers dot a Mideast border again – this time with Islamic State
Free Syrian Army
Lebanon may swap FSA commander for captives: General Security
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanon detains wife of Islamic State leader
Norway
An official in the Norwegian intelligence service PST admitted that the agency has underestimated the number of people who have traveled to Syria and Iraq to fight for extremist groups since the autumn of 2012; the number is now said to be as many as 140. Authorities believe that at least 20 of those foreign […]
United States
CENTCOM said there have been 26 airstrikes in Syria and 28 in Iraq against the Islamic State since Nov. 28, and that in addition one airstrike near Aleppo targeted al Qaeda’s Khorasan network in Syria. The FBI and the Homeland Security Department warned that Islamic State operatives are planning to target current and former members […]
India
Indian ISIS recruit goes home after having to clean toilets: reports
United States
The US State Department’s YouTube ‘digital jihad’
Sweden
A bomb damaged a justice center in Malmo last night; the facility was also bombed in February. The head of Sweden’s security service estimated that up to 300 Swedes have left the country to fight for the Islamic State. The national antiterrorism coordinator warned that girls are being trafficked to the Middle East and southern […]
United Kingdom
Police detained five men on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism; three were arrested at Dover and two were arrested in East London. Police also arrested 13 men and one woman at Dover on immigration charges; one of the men was suspected of human trafficking.
Ahrar al Sham
Islamists come out on top in new effort to unify Syrian rebel groups
Iran
Islamic State cell strikes Shiites in Saudi Arabia
China
Xinjiang violence: 15 reported killed in attack
Jordan
A Jordanian Spins Comic Book Tales to Counter Terrorist Ideologies