Boko Haram
Nigerian governors facing Boko Haram request more troops before election
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Turkey
A female suicide bomber detonated at a police station in downtown Istanbul, killing one policeman and wounding another; the attack came less than a week after the DHKP-C (Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front) threw a grenade at police near the prime minister’s office and threatened further attacks. A Dutch journalist was arrested on terrorism charges but […]
United Kingdom
A 32-year-old man was arrested by counterterrorism police in Stratford, east London, after being detained yesterday for possession of an offensive weapon. Scotland Yard warned owners of unarmed drones to avoid flying them in restricted areas, such as around landmarks. The websites of a school and a church in North Yorkshire were hacked by Islamic […]
Afghanistan
Smaller NATO mission has big job to train Afghan army in time
United States
The US and partner nations have carried out 14 airstrikes in Syria and six in Iraq against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. The US military is considering whether to provide protective upgrades for the Iraqi Army’s 140-plus tanks. In response to a recent suggestion by Afghanistan’s president that the timeline for the US military’s […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Report details human cost of Yemen turmoil
Iraq
US troops training Iraqi military at bases in Anbar, Taji
Houthis
Yemen’s oil and gas in danger: Ma’rib governor
Turkey
Turkey’s new legal definitions lead to increase in arrests
Al Qaeda
Saudis Report Deadly Border Clash With Infiltrators From Iraq
US Military
US Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says
Turkey
A senior Foreign Ministry official said that an agreement with the US is expected to be reached this month on the training and equipping of Syrian rebels in Turkey. Negotiations continue over the nature of the rebels to be trained, the use of İncirlik airbase for coalition operations, and the creation of a no-fly zone […]
Belgium
Former Syrian jihadist Jejoen Bontinck, a defendant and witness in an ongoing trial against Sharia4Belgium, was arrested at the airport in Brussels as he was attempting to fly to Turkey with his girlfriend. Interior Minister Jambon said Belgium is planning to launch a deradicalization program to discourage would-be jihadists, after being asked to do so […]
United States
The US and partner nations have carried out six airstrikes in Syria and one in Iraq against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. A US drone strike today on the compound of a Taliban commander in North Waziristan, Pakistan killed at least eight foreign militants, reportedly including a “high-value target.”
Islamic State
Syrian Journalists Say Islamic State Changed The Rules In Aleppo
Caucasus Emirate
Veteran Chechen IS Militant Reported Killed In Kobane
Burundi
At least 100 dead in Burundi attack by rebel group – military source
Israel
The Shin Bet disclosed that in November it had arrested several Palestinian members of an Islamic State-inspired cell in Hebron who planned to attack Israeli interests and kill an Israeli soldier. Security forces said that the men had acted alone.
Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters took over a Nigerian military base in the Borno state town of Baga yesterday, killing a number of people and sending others fleeing into neighboring Chad. The base housed Nigerian, Chadian, and Nigerien troops from a joint task force. Suspected Boko Haram fighters also stormed the town of Babban Gida in Yobe […]
Mali
Mayor of Mali town killed as clashes and abuses spike in north
Iraq
Syrian troops foil IS attack in Deir al-Zour province
European Union
European Union to set up expert cell to fight jihadi propaganda: report
United States
A US appellate court denied requests by the attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to delay the trial and move it out of Boston. Abu Anas al Libi a.k.a. Nazih Abdul Hamed al Ruqai, a senior al Qaeda operative and suspect in the 1998 US embassy bombings, has died in the US less […]
Israel
Palestinians Submit Papers to UN to Join International Criminal Court
Boko Haram
Boko Haram seizes 40 boys, men in northern Nigeria: witnesses
Christians
Libya violence: Militants kidnap Coptic Christians in Sirte
Islamic State
Islamic State seeking bases inside Lebanon: Lebanon security chief
Indonesia
The US Embassy issued a warning about a security threat to US-linked banks and hotels in Surabaya. Indonesia’s Supreme Court reversed its earlier conviction of Saudi citizen Al Khelaiw Ali Abdullah, who had been found guilty of helping finance the twin terrorist attacks in 2010 on the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels in Jakarta. The […]
France
France wants action on Libya, stops short of African calls for intervention
Ahrar al Sham
Vanguard of Syria’s Uprising, Now on the Run From ISIS, Weighs a Bleak Future