Security forces arrested five or six people in Lyon who are suspected of recruiting fighters for extremist groups in Syria and Iraq. Two of the suspects are minors, and one of the suspects is female and the sister of another suspect. The suspects allegedly focused on recruiting females for jihad. Another suspect is connected to […]
US airstrikes boost Islamic State, more hostages possible: FBI
The government is said to be giving serious consideration to joining the military airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq. As part of an ongoing investigation, counterterrorism police raided a house in Cardiff and seized materials from it.
US Army Chief Says Ground Troops Will Be Needed Against ISIS
Dempsey: Half of Iraqi army not OK as US partners
Exclusive: Syria reveals more chemical weapons facilities to watchdog – sources
Gen. Martin Dempsey, head of the Joint Chiefs, said the US troops in Iraq are working in a “combat advisory role” now but that if circumstances evolved he might recommend that they “provide close combat advising” or accompany particular missions. Lawmakers are considering measures for providing arms and training to Syrian rebels. Senior US officials […]
A ‘fundamental fallacy’ in Obama’s plan to arm Syrian rebels?
Europe needs to coordinate its anti-jihadist measures
For James Foley’s Family, US Policy Offered No Hope
Pakistani Islamists use floods to turn opinion against India
Syria’s UN envoy said the Al Nusrah Front has seized all of the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, and that Al Nusrah militants are using UN vehicles, weapons, uniforms, and fighting positions against civilians as well as Syrian forces; he accused Qatar, Israel, and Jordan of allowing Al Nusrah to use the safe zone […]
The Islamic State gearing up for the “War of the Cross”
Lebanon likely to play defense role in ISIS fight
The Army killed “dozens” of Al Nusrah Front militants who were fleeing clashes with Syrian forces near the border in Qalamoun. Security forces arrested three Syrians accused of membership in an armed terrorist group in Baalbek. Army intelligence recently detained a Saudi commander of a 100-fighter Islamic State group after he arrived in Beirut from […]
Islamic State goes underground in Syrian stronghold
Algeria siege inquest: ‘Bloodshed threat’ before attack
Six policemen were killed and two more were wounded when their convoy hit a roadside bomb on the way from Rafah to el Arish. A court sentenced 17 Muslim Brotherhood members to prison terms of up to five years for rioting, but acquitted five students, including the nephew of former president Mohamed Morsi.
Kerry Says US Is Open to Talking to Iran, Even as Ayatollah Is Dismissive
Kerry in Paris: US now open to talks with Iran on Islamic State
ISIS Draws a Steady Stream of Recruits From Turkey
Kurds in Europe Take up Arms Against IS Group
Shaaban Hadia Al-Zawi a.k.a. Abu Obeida, head of the Islamist militia Libyan Revolutionaries Operation Room, was captured by Warshefana forces near Tripoli during clashes that injured him and killed two of his commanders. Two young relatives of Libya’s ambassador to the UK were kidnapped from their Tripoli home. Operation Dignity threatened to bomb any ship […]
A source claimed that Father Paolo dall’Oglio, a priest who disappeared in Syria last year, is being held by the Islamic State along with two female Italian aid workers who were kidnapped in Aleppo on Aug. 1. Interior Minister Alfano said last week that 48 Italians are known to be fighting with the Islamic State, […]
After rumors on social media led the Interior Ministry to inform the parents of two teenage Austrian girls that they might have been killed in Syria, one of the girls apparently posted a message indicating they are both alive. The two sisters traveled to Syria in April, and are said to have married Chechen fighters. […]
The Army said it killed seven members of Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) during a shootout in the Sinai. A policeman was killed and several conscripts were injured in a clash with gunmen near a checkpoint on the Cairo-Suez road on Sept. 12. Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 14 others were sentenced to […]
Police have arrested 19 suspected Shabaab members, said to be foreigners, who were planning imminent attacks in Kampala and other towns. The suspects were seized during raids over the past two days that also netted quantities of explosives. Although the operation is ongoing, authorities said the recent US Embassy warning of an imminent attack “has […]
Islamic State advertises for fighters from Turkey
Integration: Islamism has long been in Germany
Islamic State crisis: World leaders pledge Iraq support