Islamic State
Jihadists aim to create ‘house of blood’: new UN rights chief
Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist
Libya
The commander of the Benghazi-based Omar Mukhatr Brigade, which has been allied with Ansar al Sharia, February 17 Brigade, and Libya Shield, escaped an assassination attempt with serious injuries. A leading lawyer was kidnapped from a Tripoli courtroom last week. Thirty Libyan Army cadets left their training in the UK after roughing up a British […]
Islamic State
US attempts to combat Islamic State propaganda
Iraq
The Islamic State and the politics of official narratives
Algeria
Tunisia nabs terror cell
Caucasus Emirate
One Year After Leader’s Death, North Caucasus Insurgency Soldiers On
Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters captured the town of Michika in Adamawa state near the Cameroon border. An Adamawa university closed due to fear of Boko Haram attacks. The military claimed to have recaptured Bama in Borno and killed 50 Boko Haram fighters. Over 20 Boko Haram militants were said to have been killed after they attacked […]
Afghanistan
Iran says Afghan, Pakistani Islamic State volunteers arrested
United Kingdom
Authorities evacuated Luton Airport, about 30 miles north of London, after a suspicious item was found in the security search area. Incoming flights were canceled and the airport road was closed. The item was later destroyed in a “controlled explosion.” Sir Peter Wall, the outgoing head of the Army, warned that the UK has little […]
United States
Defense Secretary Hagel, meeting with the Erdogan government in Turkey to discuss strategy against the Islamic State, said the Obama administration will need to consider the ending as well as the beginning of any broader military action against the Islamic State; President Obama has said he will address the topic on Sept. 10. US intelligence […]
Iraq
Destroying ISIS May Take Years, US Officials Say
Al Nusrah Front
Qatar’s Support of Extremists Alienates Allies Near and Far
Germany
Police in Wuppertal arrested 11 members of the “Sharia Police” earlier this week who had been telling people at drinking and gambling establishments to refrain from activity that violates Islam. Police said that local Salafists had been attempting to recruit young people.
Afghanistan
Tribes, ties and a movie: A German’s Afghan life
India
After Syria and Iraq, Islamic State makes inroads in South Asia
Algeria
Libya accuses Khartoum of flying weapons to Islamist rebels in Tripoli
Arab League
Arab League chief: Confront Islamic State group
Iraq
Obama to set out plan to go on offensive against Islamic State
Syria
Regime aircraft carried out airstrikes for a second day on an Islamic State training camp in Raqqah, killing at least six fighters; 31 people, including at least eight civilians, were killed by a strike on a bakery in Raqqah. The Islamic State captured and then released an Al Nusrah Front commander in Deir Izzour. Regime […]
Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
ISIS guides Egyptian militants, expanding its influence
Shabaab
Somalia put on high alert after Shabaab leader confirmed dead
France
Iraq Welcomes US Plan for Coalition against Jihadists
Hezbollah
Iron Dome would not cope with Hezbollah missiles: report
Lebanon
The Al Nusrah Front threatened Sunnis that they will “pay the price” if they support the Lebanese Army in its fight against “your brothers, the mujahideen.” Al Nusrah and the Islamic State are said to have told Qatari mediators that they want $5 million and the release of 400 Islamist inmates from Lebanese jails in […]
Libya
The government expelled Sudan’s military attache after a Sudanese plane landed two days ago in Kufra laden with weapons and ammunition destined for Islamist Libya Dawn fighters in Tripoli. The plane had stopped in Kufra for refueling when it was intercepted.
Nigeria
In the past five days, Boko Haram has seized three towns in Borno state, including Bama, and two in Adamawa, with a combined total population of over 170,000 people. Boko Haram militants stormed the towns, killing residents and burning homes, including that of the acting governor of Adamawa. A Borno senator warned that the terror […]
France
Nicolas Henin, a French reporter who was held hostage by ISIS in Syria after being captured in June 2013, said that Mehdi Nemmouche, a suspect in the murder of four people at a Jewish museum in Brussels in May, was among his captors in Syria and that he was a torturer. Henin was freed along […]
France
Obama: US will ‘take out’ ISIS leaders
Canada
Canada to send military advisers to help Iraq counter ISIS
Iran
US: ‘No plans’ for military coordination with Iran over IS