Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist

Morocco

| July 29, 2014

The Interior Ministry said Moroccan police arrested a veteran al Qaeda operative in the port of Tangier on July 26 on suspicion of fundraising and recruiting for the Al Nusrah Front in Syria. The suspect, a Frenchman of Algerian origin, had arrived in Morocco on July 21 after traveling through Tunisia and Libya.

Belgium

| July 29, 2014

Mehdi Nemmouche, a Frenchman accused of killing four people in an attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on May 24, has been extradited from France to Belgium. The French-Algerian suspect had fought in Syria and lived in Molenbeek before the attack. The mayor of Antwerp said that at least 4,000 to 5,000 people from […]

China

| July 29, 2014

Police in Shache county shot “dozens” of terrorists armed with axes and knives who had killed “dozens” of Uighur and Han civilians and attacked government buildings and a police station in Xinjiang’s Elixku township and then moved on to Huangdi township. The attack took place yesterday morning but was not reported until today.

Lebanon

| July 28, 2014

UNIFIL Says Lebanon Situation ‘Very Critical,’ Assures Calm Is ‘Guaranteed’

Iraq

| July 28, 2014

Islamic State urges Turkish businessmen to return to Iraq

France

| July 28, 2014

Gaza Conflict Seen as Providing Cover for Anti-Semitic Attacks in France

Hamas

| July 28, 2014

Israel warns of long Gaza war as Palestinian fighters cross border

Libya

| July 28, 2014

Huge blaze out of control in Tripoli battle as Libya slides into chaos

Libya

| July 28, 2014

Islamist fighters fired rockets into a second fuel tank near Tripoli airport, setting it on fire, ignoring calls for a ceasefire from the government as well as international envoys. The government called for international help to extinguish the massive blaze, which is out of control in the capital. Many embassies have closed in Tripoli due […]

Boko Haram strikes across northeastern Nigeria and in Cameroon

| July 28, 2014

Suspected Boko Haram fighters launched attacks across Nigeria’s north and east and ventured into neighboring Cameroon, kidnapping the deputy minister’s wife and a local religious leader. In separate attacks over the past two days, three female suicide bombers detonated in the capital of Kano state.

Philippines

| July 28, 2014

A group of Abu Sayyaf fighters led by Idang Susukan and Sibih Pisih ambushed two buses in Talipao in Sulu that were carrying 50 people celebrating Eid al-Fitr, killing at least 16, most of them women. The Western Mindanao counterterrorism force said the 10 policemen escorting the civilians were probably the real targets of the […]

Thailand

| July 28, 2014

A roadside bomb detonated near a mosque in Pattani as soldiers were patrolling nearby; the explosion killed a child and wounded two more children, two soldiers, and three other people. In Narathiwat, one soldier and three militants were killed in a shootout after the militants opened fire on a policeman.

Hamas

| July 28, 2014

Israel Says Its Forces Did Not Kill Palestinians Sheltering at UN School

Iraq

| July 27, 2014

Mosul inhabitants forming anti-ISIS groups: governor

Syria

| July 27, 2014

The Islamic State arrested and flogged people in Deir Izzour, where it also ambushed Islamic Front fighters and exiled a member of the Al Nusrah Front’s former sharia council. The Islamic State clashed with regime forces in Hasakah and took over the Melabeyyi Regiment; lost control of the Sha’er gas field in Homs to regime […]

Fatah

| July 27, 2014

Islamic Jihad: No ceasefire until Gaza blockade is lifted

Iraq

| July 27, 2014

Mosul counts economic, cultural cost of insurgent rule

Hamas

| July 27, 2014

Qatar’s Purchase Of Billions Of US Weaponry — And Support For Hamas — Shows How Awkward Foreign Policy Can Be

Lebanon

| July 27, 2014

The Al Nusrah Front and Hezbollah clashed for the past two days on the Lebanese border near Arsal, where some 4,000 Syrian rebel fighters are said to be holed up. The Army arrested a Syrian man in Brital and confiscated military equipment, ammunition, and six cars, two of which were stolen. The Free Sunnis of […]