Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist

United Kingdom

| September 21, 2014

Drones are filling Britain’s skies: Look up now to see what is looking back down at you

Kenya

| September 21, 2014

Kenya to stay course in quest to stabilize Somalia: President Kenyatta

Iraq

| September 20, 2014

US political promises against ground troops clash with military realities

United States

| September 20, 2014

National Security Adviser Rice declined to say when the US would begin launching airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria. The White House said President Obama would not have to approve each and every strike. Army chief of staff General Odierno said the deployment of ground troops remains an option for the planners of the […]

Iraq

| September 20, 2014

Islamic State ihadists, looters threaten ancient sites in Iraq, Syria

Syria

| September 20, 2014

At least 18 Islamic State fighters, including one Chinese, were killed and five armored personnel carriers were destroyed by Kurdish forces in northern Syria, where the IS took over three more Kurdish villages, in addition to the over 60 villages already seized in the area. The IS executed 11 Kurds near Ayn al Arab, including […]

Lebanon

| September 20, 2014

The Army shelled terrorist positions in Arsal and killed a number of militants. The Al Nusrah Front claimed a suicide car bombing on a Hezbollah checkpoint in Khreibeh near the Syrian border that reportedly killed three people and destroyed a cannon. Al Nusrah released a video of its execution of a captive Lebanese soldier, and […]

Turkey

| September 20, 2014

Turkish intelligence warned officials in all 81 provinces about some 22 bomb-laden Islamic State vehicles in the country as well as 30 possible suicide bombers. Police are monitoring IS groups in Ankara and Konya, as well as IS cells in Hatay, Adana, Gaziantep, Kilis, Şanlıurfa, İstanbul, and Mersin. A deputy prime minister said 60,000 Syrian […]

Norway

| September 20, 2014

Authorities said that five Norwegian military officers will be sent to the US to help with the US-led coalition against the Islamic State; the officers will be engaged in planning, most likely for the training of security forces. Noting that Norway has not yet decided the extent of its full contribution to the coalition, Defense […]

Belgium

| September 20, 2014

A Belgian news report said authorities have foiled several terrorist attacks in Belgium and arrested a number of suspects who had returned from fighting with the Islamic State in Syria. While up to 400 Belgians are reported to have gone to Syria to join the IS, the actual number is thought to be higher, and […]

Indonesia

| September 20, 2014

Detachment 88 counterterrorism forces have arrested four ethnic Uighurs in the Poso district of Sulewesi who had entered the country with fake passports and are suspected of links to the Islamic State. The suspects were reportedly trying to meet with Santoso, the head of the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen. Militants in Santoso’s group are thought to […]

Al Qaeda

| September 19, 2014

Judge Questions Plea Deal With Man Tied to Lethal Qaeda Bombings

Germany

| September 19, 2014

A recent report by the Interior Ministry notes that 40 women are among the 348 people known to have left Germany to fight for Islamist groups. The report also states that of the 120 German jihadists who have returned from Syria, only about 24 have agreed to cooperate with authorities. German authorities are currently conducting […]

Iraq

| September 19, 2014

Interview with Ahmad Chalabi on Islamic State, Iraq and Syria

France

| September 19, 2014

Kerry sees role for Iran in ISIS war, France joins air campaign