OPCW
Syria Chemicals near Three-Quarters Destroyed
Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist
Iraq
Kurdish Peshmerga request US arms to battle ISIS: official
Europe
Patriarchs decry Christian exodus, demand UN act
Iraq
Islamic State pulls down church crosses in northern Iraq as 200,000 flee
Africa
No plan to send troops to Nigeria – Obama
Africa
France renews Sahel commitment
Syria
The Islamic State killed over 40 people in three suicide bombings at one of the regime’s last remaining bases in Raqqah; clashed with tribal gunmen in Deir Izzour, where it also executed 18 employees of the sharia council who had been guarding oilfields for the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and rebels; and clashed […]
Lebanon
Al Nusrah Front and Islamic State militants began withdrawing from Arsal, after releasing six kidnapped Lebanese security forces; the militants still hold 17 ISF personnel and 10 soldiers, according to the Committee of Muslim Scholars, which mediated a ceasefire that started yesterday. Al Nusrah said the remaining kidnapped soldiers have a “special status.” Abou Talal, […]
Egypt
The military claimed to have killed three terrorists and arrested six more in the Sinai on Aug. 4; a military source said Sinai operations, including the destruction of smuggling tunnels, are continuing. Mediators in Egypt are working to extend the three-day Gaza truce, which expires tomorrow morning. Egyptian jihadist Islam Yakan has been promoting the […]
Jordan
Hamzah Mansour, head of the Islamic Action Front, and Zaki Bani Rsheid, the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, praised Palestinian gains in Gaza. Islamists marched in support of Hamas at the Islamic University in Amman. A rights group criticized Jordan for reportedly denying entry to Palestinians escaping from Syria. On Aug. 2, Mohammed Shalabi […]
Iraq
Islamic Militants in Iraq Are Widely Loathed, Yet Action to Curb Them Is Elusive
Libya
Demonstrators in Misrata protested against the new government. The commander of Operation Dignity’s air forces confirmed its support of the new government, noting that a number of its jets are based in Tobruk. Prime Minister al Thinni and the head of US Africa Command agreed to try to speed up training of Libyan military forces. […]
Ansar al Sharia
Libya’s Wissam Bin Hamid: From mechanic to warlord
Islamic State
Turkey wakes up to Islamic State threat
Afghanistan
Afghan Officers, Said to Be Working for Taliban, Kill 11 of Their Police Colleagues
Boko Haram
Weighing the War Against Boko Haram After an Attack Leaves 31 Cameroonians Dead or Kidnapped
Kenya
Police announced the recent arrest in Nairobi’s Eastleigh suburb of suspected Shabaab operative Hassan Hanafi Haji, who is accused of killing Somali journalists as well as other attacks. The suspect, who claimed he was not Haji, had come from Somalia to Kenya for medical treament. A large group of attackers threw grenades at government offices […]
Somalia
A Shabaab suicide bomber detonated inside the police compound of the Port City of Bossaso Aug. 4, killing the Bari regional police commander as well as the head of internal revenue and two bodyguards. A former Somali presidential candidate, Faisal Ali Warabe, confirmed that his son appeared in a propaganda video recently released by the […]
Libya
In its first resolution, the House of Representatives ordered an unconditional ceasefire in Tripoli and Benghazi. In Tripoli, a rocket strike killed 18 Sudanese nationals, and firefighters reported progress in getting four fuel tank blazes under control. The Grand Mufti and the former president of the GNC called the new Parliament illegal. About 50,000 Egyptians […]
Afghanistan
Sgt Bowe Bergdahl questioned over capture
United States
US terrorism database has doubled in recent years
Iraq
40,000 Iraqis stranded on Sinjar mountain after Islamic State death threats
Ansar al Sharia
Tunisia Fears Attacks by Citizens Flocking to Jihad
Hamas
Civilian or Not? New Fight in Tallying the Dead From the Gaza Conflict
Iraq
Saddam’s allies moved his corpse, fearful Shi’ite militias would harm it: tribal leader
Nigeria
Boko Haram gunmen burst out of the Sambisa Forest and attacked the town of Gwoza in Borno state yesterday, killing over 100 residents and burning the police station and two churches after taking over the town. Witnesses said that soldiers guarding the town fled in the face of the militants’ superior firepower. The militants also […]
Cameroon
Suspected Boko Haram militants stormed the northern village of Zigague, killing 10 people and kidnapping one more. A report claimed that contrary to rumors, the wife of Vice Prime Minister Ahmadou Ali and other kidnapped members of his family have not been released by Boko Haram.
United Kingdom
Following the sudden resignation yesterday of Foreign Office minister Baroness Warsi, the first Muslim woman to serve in the Cabinet, over the government’s Gaza policies, Baroness Anelay was named to replace her. The Old Bailey court heard that Afsor Ali, who is accused of possessing terrorist literature, appeared in Muslims Against Crusades videos promoting extremism, […]
United States
Defense Secretary Hagel said yesterday’s insider attack in Kabul that killed a US major general and wounded over a dozen Coalition forces will not affect the US’ planned drawdown in Afghanistan. The White House announced plans to spend $110 million a year for the next few years on helping Senegal, Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, and […]
Shabaab
Somalia’s president expects new military push to begin in days