Iraq
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Indonesia
Indonesian authorities denied media reports that 350 members of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group are being released from prison, and said in any event there are only about 274 terrorist inmates. Malaysia’s counterterrorism police chief said the releases will take place over the next two years. A human rights group warned that the […]
Al Nusrah Front
Jabhat al-Nusra eyes Idlib for Islamic emirate
Iraq
Can Islamic State keep control of Mosul?
Afghanistan
Opium harvest in Afghanistan reaches record levels after troop withdrawal
US Military
Pentagon says billions needed for neglected US nuclear force
Indonesia
World Leaders at Asian Meetings Warn on Middle East Extremism
United States
CENTCOM said the US and its coalition partners have conducted 20 strikes in Syria since Nov. 12, including one strike west of Aleppo against al Qaeda’s “Khorasan” network; 19 of the strikes targeted the Islamic State in three provinces. US and coalition forces have also targeted the Islamic State in Iraq since Nov. 12, carrying […]
Canada
IS ‘Changing Tactics’ In Iraq, Making Militants Harder To Strike
Islamic State
What IS Militants Fantasize About: Fighter Jets, White Horses, And Destroying Big Ben
Islamic State
Tajikistan’s ‘Jihadist’ Village On The Defensive
Iraq
Islamic State: Diary of life in Mosul
Islamic State
UN says Islamic State imposing rule of terror in Syria
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Militants Attack Coalition Convoy
Europe
Samantha Power, US Ambassador, Issues Warning on Anti-Semitism in Europe
France
A court sentenced French citizen Flavien Moreau, 27, a Muslim convert with a prior criminal record, to seven years in prison for joining Islamist militants in Syria. Interior Minister Cazeneuve has said that authorities have been monitoring about 350 possible jihadists, including some 80 minors and 150 women, and have prevented at least 70 people […]
Philippines
Government soldiers clashed with Abu Sayyaf militants in the mountains on Sulu during a raid on a camp in Talipao where some 300 militants were reportedly based. At least 14 Abu Sayyaf fighters and five soldiers were killed, and 26 soldiers were wounded in the hours-long gun battle. A group of 50 Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom […]
Islamic State
Hagel: Taking out Assad ‘won’t put ISIL back in the box’
United States
Joint Chiefs chair Gen. Dempsey said the US is considering sending a small number of US combat troops to fight alongside Iraqi forces against the Islamic State. Dempsey also said some 15,000 Syrian rebels will be needed to pressure Islamic State forces in northern and eastern Syria. Defense Secretary Hagel claimed that the coalition air […]
Chechnya
Chechen IS Militants In Kobani Vow To Save Kurds From Communism
France
The Lost Children: France Takes Stock of Growing Jihadist Problem
Germany
Bonn: former capital now a hive of Salafist activity
Libya
Turkey’s role in Libya adds to pro-Islamist perception
Boko Haram
Is Nigeria’s Boko Haram moving toward governing?
Turkey
Authorities today released 12 members of the Turkish Youth Union (TGB) who were arrested for assaulting three US sailors yesterday in Istanbul. The US Navy, Turkish national police, and the US Embassy are working together to investigate the incident. Authorities have arrested 386 people in connection with protests in early October against the Islamic State’s […]
Bosnia-Herzegovina
State police arrested 11 people in raids in five towns, including Sarajevo; the suspects are thought to be involved in financing and recruitment of terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria. Several of the suspects are thought to have fought with jihadist groups in Iraq and Syria, and some had weapons and explosives.
Germany
Four men who belonged al Qaeda’s “Dusseldorf cell” and had planned to detonate two cluster bombs amid a large crowd in Germany were sentenced to jail terms ranging from four to nine years. The plans for the attack were found on the hard drive of one of Osama bin Laden’s computers. Antiterrorism police in Cologne […]
Netherlands
The national antiterrorism coordinator said 12 suspected Islamist militants were arrested in the Hague yesterday, and added that authorities are conducting 30 investigations involving some 60 people suspected of recruiting fighters for extremist groups in the Middle East. The mayor of the Hague said municipalities need government help in monitoring returning jihadists; about 30 of […]
Canada
Iraq’s Kurds appeal for new US arms to combat Islamic State
United States
Drone sightings up dramatically in US