Gunmen killed a policeman in Benghazi. Four Egyptian Christians were abducted at a checkpoint near Sirte by gunmen who asked about their religious beliefs. After a report by Libyan envoy Ibrahim Dabbashi that his country was close to civil war, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution yesterday authorizing sanctions on individuals or groups that […]
US air strikes on Syria would face formidable obstacles
United Kingdom: Cameron dismisses Johnson’s ‘presumption of guilt’ terror plan
Islamic State: Arab leaders reluctant to heed US call for ‘allies against Isis’
Indian Muslim Said to Have Joined ISIS Is Reported Dead
US National Security Council aware of reports that second American killed in Syria
Somali and African Union forces have taken over the town of Tiyeglow from Shabaab militants, who withdrew into nearby forests on Aug. 25, giving the government control of the Bakool region. AMISOM has announced a “second phase” of the campaign against Shabaab, which will focus on militant bases in central and southern Somalia.
President Kenyatta urged police chiefs from 13 African countries to share intelligence on terrorism, and to crack down on the illicit trade in wildlife products that helps to fund terrorism. The Special Police unit shot and killed three “thugs” in Nairobi’s Gigiri neighborhood, a short distance from the US Embassy and UN complex, after trailing […]
In wake of James Foley’s murder, does Britain have a jihadi problem?
Raid on ISIS suspect in the French Riviera
Authorities refused to comment on a Norwegian media report that the July 24 terror alert was triggered by warnings that four Islamic State operatives were on their way to Norway via Greece to commit a major attack. Authorities reportedly said that two Norwegians answer directly to IS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi; one is Bastian […]
Australia: Terrifying legacy emerges from success of Operation Pendennis
Intelligence chief David Irvine said that about 60 Australians are fighting in Syria or Iraq for the Islamic State or the Al Nusrah Front, and that 15 of them have died fighting there, two as suicide bombers. Irvine also warned that “dozens” have already returned home, and that another 100 Australians are known to be […]
Military Skill and Terrorist Technique Fuel Success of ISIS
Mother of American reporter held hostage in Syria begs for his life
The Islamic State battled regime forces in Hama; Deir Izzour, where Shaitaat tribal officials begged forgiveness and mercy from the IS, and regime airstrikes targeted an IS training camp in the Tal Tabus area of al Shmeteyyi; and Raqqah, where the IS captured 20 soldiers and four civilians, including three women, and has executed other […]
New ISIS Twitter campaign spurs hashtag war
Locked up: Finsbury Park Mosque detains journalist after tricky questions
Dragged into Syrian conflict, Druze seek unity
US considering new relief mission in Iraq
US seeks coalition against Islamic State, but military partners no sure bet
Security forces intercepted a vehicle loaded with RPGs in Hermel and detained the driver and a passenger; and arrested 32 Syrians in refugee camps in north and east Lebanon who did not have proper identification. Syrian airstrikes targeted border areas near Al-Rawhe outside Arsal. The Arab Tawhid Party announced it was closing its offices in […]
Recent Libya fighting ‘unprecedented in gravity,’ warns outgoing UN envoy
Syria’s brutal war threatens international peace and security, says UN rights panel
Jordanian authorities arrested over 40 people suspected of membership in the Islamic State or the Al Nusrah Front, as “precautionary measures” to deter others from joining the terrorist groups. A lawyer for Jordan’s Salafist movement said that over the past week 46 members of the movement had been arrested for pledging alliegiance to the Islamic […]
After Tabaqa airport, what is IS’ next target?
French authorities arrested ISIS operative Fayez Boushran, who holds dual French and Moroccan citizenship, on his return to France, after prompting by Lebanese security officials. Boushan had confessed to arriving in Beirut in June for an ISIS bomb plot in Lebanon along with another would-be suicide bomber who was originally from the Comoros Islands.
The head of Scotland Yard warned that about 250 militarized UK jihadists have returned home after fighting in Iraq and Syria, and said most of the estimated 600 who have traveled to those conflict zones were from London. He called for tougher counterterrorism measures, including revocation of citizenship for jihadist fighters and the reintroduction of […]
Muslims react with outrage at UK sex abuse report
Michel Coulombe, head of Canada’s spy agency CSIS, recently stated that “well over 100 Canadians have left Canada to support or train with terrorist movements,” and that some are women, and some are Canadian born. He said Canadians should not assume that a mass-casualty attack could not happen in Canada. Last month Hasibullah Yusufzai, 25, […]