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Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist
Iraq
UK Army chiefs tell Government: stop Gulf states funding terrorism
Mali
Niger to Stay in Mali Despite Killing of Peacekeepers
Somalia
Shabaab forces are reported to be pulling out of Barawe as African Union and Somali troops are advancing on it. Kenyan fighter jets attacked Shabaab forces in Middle Jubba on Oct. 2. Some 50 US special forces are said to have participated in an offensive against Shabaab in Galgala on Oct. 2. The Somali government […]
Libya
The Shoura Council of Islamic Youth, a Derna-based Islamist group, declared its support for the Islamic State and its allegiance to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi as caliph. In fighting over the past two days, 14 soldiers from Operation Dignity were killed and over 50 wounded trying to repel the advance of Ansar al Sharia on […]
Islamic State
US air strikes hit Islamic State near Syrian border town as fighting intensifies
Iraq
Islamic State reportedly on Baghdad’s outskirts after week of victories
United States
US Army Chief of Staff: Days of ‘one big fight’ are over
Boko Haram
Nigeria: Grisly Claim by Boko Haram
Free Syrian Army
A Chronicler of Syria’s Conflict Returns to the Spotlight, Minus a Disguise
Iraq
The US acted to save Iraq’s Kurds. Why not Syria’s?
Iraq
Obama envoy sees long road ahead in war with Islamic State
France
French troops edge closer to Libya border to cut off Islamists
Jordan
Authorities have arrested 100 Islamic State members suspected of plotting attacks on “critical facilities,” and security is being stepped up along the border with Syria. Abdul Shehadeh Tahawi, the leader of Jordan’s Salafi jihadists who is currently imprisoned in Zarqa, called the international coalition against the Islamic State a “satanic” invasion against Muslim “civilians, women […]
Libya
Libya Islamists reject dialogue
Mali
Jihadists ambushed a MINUSMA convoy between Ansongo and Menaka in northern Mali, killing nine Nigerien UN peacekeepers and wounding several others. French forces reportedly arrested four jihadists affiliated with Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s group Al Mourabitoun near Gao several days ago. Terrorists are said to be regrouping in northern Mali.
Algeria
The military killed five “criminals” and injured four others in an ambush near the border with Niger yesterday; all of the “criminals” were foreigners, and one was a Libyan. On Sept. 30, troops searching for the body of slain French tourist Herve Gourdel clashed with a terrorist group outside Aït Oualbane, between Tizi Ouzou et […]
Germany
Authorities are seeking to send Erhan A., 22, a Turkish Salafist from Kempten, back to Turkey after arresting him recently. Erhan has fought in Iraq or Syria, and has links to Islamic State fighters as well as an Islamic State recruiting network in Germany.
Indonesia
Police arrested 20 members of the hardline Islam Defenders Front (FPI) after more than 10 police officers were wounded during a violent FPI protest in Jakarta. Among those arrested was Irwan, an FPI member who organized the event, which protested against an incoming deputy governor because he is Christian and Chinese. A rights group called […]
Islamic State
PKK leader Ocalan threatens to end peace talks with Turkey if Islamic State massacres Kurds
Iraq
In war on Islamic State, what would victory look like?
Islamic State
Iraqi Kurds fight ISIS with aged weapons
Syria
A suicide bomber killed at least 53 people, including 47 young children, in an attack on a school in an Alawite neighborhood in Homs city. Clashes been the Kurdish YPG and the Islamic state continued around Kobane in Aleppo. Over 300,000 Kurds have been displaced by the Islamic State from Kobane and its environs, and […]
Egypt
US envoy Allen arrives in Iraq, to visit Jordan, Egypt, Turkey
Iraq
Pope Convenes Mideast Envoys Amid Islamic State Threat
Iraq
Pamphlet argues Baghdadi’s legitimacy as head of caliphate
Lebanon
The Al Nusrah Front denied reports that it had promised not to execute captive Lebanese troops, and said it has withdrawn from negotiations for their release and will execute captives for any measures taken against Sunnis. The head of the Lebanese Army said the military is pursuing a terrorist cell in Tripoli and expects more […]
Guantanamo
Uruguay more wary of Guantanamo prisoner transfer
Al Qaeda
Bombing in Pakistan and a Wave of Attempts Point to a New Drive by Militants
Australia
Tony Abbott ready for Australia to join fight against Islamic State despite measured response