The Army claimed to have killed 14 militants in shootouts in the Sinai, and to have destroyed 13 more tunnels into Gaza, bringing the total to 1,639 reportedly destroyed by Egypt’s military. A rocket fired by suspected Islamist militants in al-Gorah landed in Rafah, killing four children and wounding five other people yesterday. Security forces […]
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In Benghazi, Islamist fighters from Ansar al Sharia and the February 17 Battalion continued to clash with the forces of Operation Dignity and allied government forces; at least 36 people were killed and 65 wounded in fighting over the past two days. A rocket hit a house in Tripoli, killing 23 Egyptian workers. A Syrian […]
Suspected Boko Haram militants threw a bomb at a Catholic church in Kano, killing at least five people and wounding eight more. A teenage female suicide bomber detonated near Kano University, killing herself and wounding five police officers. Kano police arrested three suspects in connection with the church attack and two more linked to a […]
Boko Haram militants kidnapped the wife of Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali and her maid from Ali’s home in Kolofata, killing at least three people in the attack. The militants also attacked the home of Kolofata’s religious leader and mayor, Seini Boukar Lamine, and kidnapped him as well. A court yesterday sentenced 14 Boko Haram […]
Norwegian officials said the recent threat of an imminent terrorist attack has been somewhat reduced, backing off from an earlier warning that terrorists from Syria were already on their way to Norway. A former Danish security official criticized Norway’s security agency for being so outspoken about the threat. An ISIS suicide bomber from Norway was […]
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The Islamic State killed 50 regime troops in Raqqah and forced regime forces to abandon Division 17; at least 28 IS fighters have been killed in the clashes. The Islamic State also battled regime forces in Homs and Aleppo. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front clashed with regime forces in Deraa, Reef Dimashq, […]
A judge issued arrest warrants for three Palestinians suspected of membership in the Al Nusrah Front. Hezbollah chief Nasrallah said the group would provide “all means of support” to the Palestinian resistance. Clashes broke out at an Army checkpoint in Arsal, and a Syrian Air Force strike just inside the Lebanese border near Arsal killed […]
Gunmen killed two police brigadier generals in Sheikh Zuwayed in North Sinai yesterday. The military claimed to have killed a senior Ansar Jerusalem leader as well as two other jihadists. Ansar Jerusalem claimed that three of its members were killed when an Israeli drone struck their car in the Sinai. An Egyptian was arrested while […]
Syria becoming home to two competing Islamic states
Security forces arrested Mohamed Anis Chaieb, a wanted leader of the banned terrorist group Ansar al Sharia, in Mahdia yesterday. Warrants of committal were issued for six people in El Kef who had celebrated the recent killing of 15 soldiers in Jebel Chaambi. Eleven Tunisians who were kidnapped in Boukamech, Libya, returned to Tunisia.
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Norwegian officials warned that terrorists intent on attacking Norway, possibly on July 28, have already left Syria. Authorities are increasing security around Norway’s nuclear facilities, the Jewish Museum in Oslo, and other sites. The Islamic State tweeted about a Norwegian suicide bomber who detonated at an Iraqi military checkpoint in Baghdad on June 2.
A car bomb detonated outside a hotel in the tourist town of Betong in Yala, killing at least two people and wounding 36. Islamist insurgents are blamed for the attack, which also damaged the hotel, nearby buildings, and a number of vehicles. Authorities are stepping up security in the southern provinces following the Betong attack […]
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