Al Qaeda
Yemen blames Al Qaeda for deadly police academy attack
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Al Nusrah Front
MI5 chief warns that al Qaeda is plotting attack on Britain
United States
The US and partner nations have conducted seven airstrikes in Iraq and six in Syria against the Islamic State since Dec. 6. The Pentagon announced plans to cease operations at 15 of its bases in Europe, including at Mildenhall airbase in the UK, in a cost-cutting move. A US intelligence official said that Said and […]
France
A manhunt continued for two brothers, Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said, 34, who are key suspects in yesterday’s terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris. Last night, Said Mouref, 18, said to be a relative of the Kouachi brothers, surrendered to police in a village near the Belgian border. Security forces have detained nine […]
Germany
Federal prosecutors charged a 36-year-old German man and a 27-year-old Turkish citizen with belonging to Junud al Sham, a foreign terror group in Syria. The two had traveled to Syria in 2013, trained with the group, and fought there. Justice Minister Heiko Maas called the terrorist attack against a magazine in Paris “an attack against […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Car bomb kills 35 people outside Yemen police college
Islamic State
Islamic State crisis: Religious police ‘kidnapped’ in Syria
Caucasus Emirate
Chechen Leader Kadyrov Doesn’t Consider IS A Threat To Russia
United States
The Pentagon said US-led coalition airstrikes on the Islamic State have hit 3,222 targets in Iraq and Syria since August, and that the total number of airstrikes since Aug. 8 is 1,676. President Obama condemned the terrorist attack on a satirical magazine in Paris and offered US assistance to French authorities.
Islamic State
UN: ISIS depriving 670,000 Syrian children of education
Iraq
Iraqi PM pledges to liberate Iraq as ISIS launch major Anbar assault
Afghanistan
Terror Expert Louise Shelley: ‘Islamic State Is a Diversified Criminal Operation’
France
Authorities are on high alert and security has been stepped up after a terrorist attack by Islamist gunmen on the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine, that left at least 12 people dead, including two policemen; some 20 others were wounded. The attackers escaped, and officials are reportedly looking for three gunmen. A […]
Belgium
Police arrested eight people suspected of throwing petrol bombs last night at a police station in the Laken area of Brussels. Prime Minister Michel ordered a security review in the wake of today’s terrorist attack in Paris. A hospital in Antwerp province is purchasing bulletproof vests for its ambulance staff to protect them from “an […]
Spain
Authorities raised the security threat level to three on a scale of four after suspicious packages were delivered to the offices of several Spanish media organizations. Offices were evacuated and the packages were examined before workers were allowed back into the buildings. The US is seeking to station an elite Marine group permanently at an […]
Denmark
While several Muslim organizations in Denmark condemned today’s terrorist attack in Paris, Abu Ubaydillah, the head of Kaldat til Islam, expressed approval of the attack. Prime Minister Thorning-Schmidt said “all options” must be considered in response to extremism. A Danish newspaper that was previously attacked by Islamists adopted heightened security measures.
Sweden
Lars Viks, a Swedish cartoonist who has been targeted for death by Islamist extremists, including al Qaeda, urged the media to avoid succumbing to self-censorship, which he said has led to the current situation “in which satirical pictures with motifs related to Islam are already censored in most media.” Swedish citizen and nightclub owner Paul […]
Norway
Al Qaeda-linked cleric Mullah Krekar is slated for release from prison on Jan. 25, after serving time for issuing death threats against Prime Minister Solberg and several other people. Norwegian intelligence has sought to expel him, considering his Ansar al Islam group a threat to Norway, but he cannot be extradited to Iraq as he […]
United Kingdom
Counterterrorism police in east Sussex arrested a 40-year-old man in Crawley on suspicion of involvement in terrorism overseas. Police said the man did not present an immediate threat to the UK and that the arrest was part of an ongoing investigation.
Al Nusrah Front
ISIS, Al Nusrah militants number 3,000 on Lebanon-Syria border: report
Iraq
World losing capacity to prevent conflict: UN refugee chief
Christians
Islamic State book burnings target minorities
Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
Gaza Salafist leader: ‘We are following Islamic State ideology’
Afghanistan
Remnants of Bagram Airfield
Hezbollah
Hezbollah admits ‘major infiltrations’ by foreign spy agencies
Islamic State
Kurdish Fighters Capture Key District of Kobane
Kuwait
Islamists slam Kuwaiti lawmaker for call to allow dancing, alcohol
United States
The US and partner nations have carried out 10 airstrikes in Syria and two in Iraq against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. The Assad regime accused US Senator John McCain of entering Syria illegally in June 2013 and meeting “with terrorist groups, including leaders of the Nusrah Front.” The US promised to give 250 […]
North Korea
US sanctions seen as warning to nations backing cyberattacks
North Korea
South Korea: North Korea has cyber army of 6,000