Two Londoners, Abu Abdullah al Habashi and Abu Dharda, are reported to have been killed while fighting for the Islamic State in Syria. West Midlands counterterrorism police arrested a suspected terrorist from Coventry at Heathrow Airport on Nov. 20 upon his arrival from Jordan. A powerful explosion shook a central London hotel last night, injuring […]
In a Shift, Obama Extends US Role in Afghan Combat
CENTCOM said US and partner nations have carried out seven airstrikes in Syria and 23 in Iraq against the Islamic State since Nov. 19. Vice-President Biden met with Turkey’s prime minister in Ankara about the campaign against the Islamic State.
Who represents Iraqi Sunnis?
The Edmonton police chief asked for counterterrorism training for his frontline officers. The newly released annual report of Canada’s Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre indicated that 234 of 1,143 intelligence disclosures to police and security agencies this past year involved terrorist financing or threats to Canadian security.
A judge ordered that extremist cleric Anjem Choudary and six other Islamist associates be allowed to preach publicly while out on bail. Ofsted found that six Muslim schools in east London are putting their students at risk of Islamic radicalization, and threatened to close the schools if changes are not implemented; the four secondary and […]
Tunisians Are Shaken as Young Women Turn to Extremism
5 Guantánamo Inmates Are Sent to Eastern Europe
In Mali’s desert French troops hunt al Qaeda well by well
Canadian military mum on CF-18 inflicted casualties
French arms shipments set to arrive in Lebanon
Muslim ‘apostates’ come out of hiding in Europe
Islamic State has enough weapons to carry on fighting for 2 years, UN warns
US authorities released three Guantanamo Bay detainees to Georgia, including Abdel Ghaib Ahmad Hakim, a Yemeni; the other two are Salah Mohammed Salih Al-Dhabi and Abdul Khaled Al-Baydani. The US also released two detainees to Slovakia, Hashim Bin Ali Bin Amor Sliti and Husayn Salim Muhammad Al-Mutari Yafai. Seventy-four inmates remain at Guantanamo awaiting resettlement. […]
CIA considers overhaul that could be largest in agency’s history
Key UN peacekeeping review will be done from afar
Nadir Ali Sayed, Yousaf Shah Syed, and Haseeb Hamayoon, who were arrested three days before Remembrance Sunday, were charged with being “jointly engaged” in preparing terrorist acts. A fourth suspect was released on Nov. 15. The three men reportedly planned to behead a member of the public in the UK. An Ofsted report accused an […]
CENTCOM said that between Nov. 17 and Nov. 19, US and partner nations carried out 24 airstrikes in Iraq against the Islamic State and six airstrikes against the group in Syria; the US also conducted one airstrike near Haram in northwest Syria against al Qaeda’s “Khorasan Group.” US military records show that the US Air […]
Europe, facing multiple threats, still isn’t spending on defense
Defence Minister Nicholson said two Canadian fighter jets dropped four bombs yesterday on an Islamic State position outside Kirkuk, Iraq. Nicholson claimed that the strike, which is Canada’s fourth so far in the air campaign against the terror group, helped to extend the buffer area between Iraqi and Islamic State forces.
Somali-American who helped Mogadishu govt killed
From IS Militant to Iraq Informant
Iranian Kurdish female fighters battle to fight IS group
Monique, a Dutch woman, has retrieved her teenage daughter Aicha from the Islamic State-held city of Raqqah, Syria after the girl, who had married Dutch-Turkish jihadist Omar Yilmaz, asked for help. Aicha was arrested on her return. Authorities are investigating a breach of confidential police files, including cases involving suspected jihadists traveling to Syria. A […]
The Defense Ministry said two French fighter jets along with other coalition aircraft struck Islamic State trenches around the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, creating a breach in the terror group’s frontlines. Foreign Minister Le Drian said France will send six Rafaele fighter jets to be based in Jordan, bolstering the French air forces that already […]
Arab World Is Called Upon to Denounce Islamic State
President Obama condemned the terrorist attack on worshipers at a Jerusalem synagogue that left three US citizens, a Briton, and an Israeli policeman dead and several others seriously wounded. A spokesman for the National Security Council said Obama has directed relevant departments and agencies to review the government’s policies for addressing the kidnapping of US […]
Push in UN to Intercept Jihadists’ Oil
Global terror attack deaths rose sharply in 2013, says report
The Defense Ministry said Germany will keep 850 troops in Afghanistan next year, slightly more than anticipated, and noted that German forces will continue responsibility for the Coalition mission in northern Afghanistan. Development Minister Müller pledged to continue Germany’s development support to Afghanistan so long as the Afghan government carries out needed reforms. Cem Özdemir, […]