Afghanistan
Islamic State ‘recruiting Afghan fighters’
Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist
China
Police killed six people in Xinjiang yesterday, five of whom had explosives strapped to their bodies, and a sixth who reportedly attacked police with an axe. The Xinjiang legislature plans to begin enforcing a ban on burqas in Urumqi, the regional capital; most of Xinjiang’s 22 million residents are Muslim. Last week the Chinese government […]
France
Jewish schools tense after Paris attacks
Boko Haram
Boko Haram crisis: Why it is hard to know the truth in Nigeria
Haqqani Network
Kerry holds security talks in Pakistan after school massacre
Islamic State
Pope Denounces ‘Deviant Forms of Religion’
IRGC
Iran eclipses US as Iraq’s ally in fight against militants
United States
Hackers purportedly from the Islamic State took over CENTCOM’s Twitter feed and YouTube page for 30 minutes today, posting threats and information about military personnel. The US and partner nations have carried out 16 airstrikes in Iraq and 11 in Syria against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. The White House admitted that a high-level […]
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese inmates get online, but at what cost to security?
Boko Haram
Why did the world ignore Boko Haram’s Baga attacks?
Canada
The RCMP arrested Suliman Mohamed, 21, in the Vanier area in Ottawa; he is charged with participating in terrorist activity and is linked to twins Ashton and Carlos Larmond, 24, who were arrested on Jan. 9 on suspicion of terrorism-related offenses. So far only two people, Carlos Larmond and Hasibullah Yusufzai, 25, of Vancouver, have […]
Lebanon
Security forces raided the notorious Roumieh prison today, searching for suspects linked to the Jan. 9 double suicide attack in Tripoli. Families of Islamist prisoners protested the raid, and the Al Nusrah Front threatened to retaliate for it.
France
Officials are continuing to search for accomplices of the terrorists who attacked Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket in Paris, including Hayat Boumeddiene, 26; Turkish officials said she entered Syria from Turkey on Jan. 8. Officials said up to six members of the eight or 10-person terrorist cell may be at large. Controversial French […]
Belgium
Police arrested a 52-year-old man for threatening to bomb a Belgian newspaper because he did not like its coverage of last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris; he was previously convicted of arson against a right-wing political party. About 20,000 people marched in Brussels yesterday against extremism and attacks on free speech. Authorities are seeking to […]
United Kingdom
Prime Minister Cameron seeks to introduce legislation giving authorities the ability to monitor the content of online communications between suspected terrorists. UK security officials were told to start planning preventive measures to address attacks such as those in Paris last week. A Jewish neighborhood policing group in north London stepped up patrols.
Al Nusrah Front
Tripoli suicide bombers kept low profile
Abdullah Azzam Brigades
Lebanon entered dangerous security stage: reports
Iraq
Iraq may need three years to restructure and rebuild military: PM
Hamas
PLO faces US civil trial over terror attacks in Israel
France
Morocco snubs Paris march due to presence of Prophet cartoons
Al Nusrah Front
Jihadi militants in Lebanon establishing ‘Islamic State of Qalamoun’ near Ersal
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
After attacks, arm-in-arm world leaders join mass Paris march
United States
The US and partner nations have conducted nine airstrikes in Iraq and 10 in Syria against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. Attorney General Holder announced that the White House will host an international security summit on Feb. 18 to “discuss ways in which we can counteract this violent extremism that exists around the world.” […]
Canada
Authorities filed terrorism charges against Ashton Carleton Larmond and Carlos Larmond, 24-year-old twins from Ottawa who planned to travel abroad to engage in terrorist activity. Both men were arrested on Jan. 9; Carlos was at Montreal’s international airport and Ashton was in Ottawa. Officials at five Ottawa mosques denied knowing the two suspects, said to […]
Kenya
Two suspected Shabaab gunmen opened fire at a church in Mombasa, killing the pastor. The attackers escaped.
Germany
Arsonists targeted the offices of a newspaper in Hamburg that had reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed after the terrorist attack on a satirical magazine in Paris; two suspects were arrested. Justice Minister Maas urged organizers of an anti-Islamization rally scheduled for Jan. 12 to cancel the event; a large government-sponsored rally in Dresden yesterday […]
France
Authorities are searching for more information on jihadist plots, after this week’s terrorist attacks in Paris and the disclosure that surveillance had been lifted on two of the attackers just months ago. Over a million people, including a number of world leaders, marched in Paris to protest terrorism and attacks on free speech. A video […]
Muslim Brotherhood
UK to announce findings of Muslim Brotherhood investigation soon: sources
Iraq
Arar border attack carried out by Saudi ISIS members: sources
France
US issues global travel alert after Paris terror attacks