Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda wing seeks to set up ’emirate’ in east Yemen
Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist
Turkey
The deputy of the opposition CHP party showed news media yesterday copies of official records confirming that Syria-bound trucks stopped in January by unwitting local authorities in Adana were carrying rockets that Turkish intelligence was supplying to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. The military claimed that two soldiers and six Kurdish fighters […]
Libya
In Benghazi, a suicide bombing killed at least four people at an army base, and at least 14 people were killed in fighting between Ansar al Sharia and the forces of Operation Dignity. After clashes between Zintani forces defending Tripoli airport and Islamist forces from Misrata attacking it left 47 people dead, Zintani forces claimed […]
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda group seizes Syrian town on Turkish border
Iraq
Islamic State crushes and coerces on march towards Baghdad
Afghanistan
Medal of Honor recipient: Award is for fallen brothers
Hamas
US airlines suspend Israel flights
Nigeria
An Air Force helicopter crashed near Bama in Borno state yesterday. Boko Haram militants killed 60 residents of Gaidamgari in Bama on July 19, in retaliation for the town’s refusal to allow the terror group to take its teenage boys as fighters. Boko Haram has reportedly taken over half of Borno state, and the group’s […]
Afghanistan
US Mentors Prepare to Let Afghan Forces Go It Alone
Cameroon
In the far north, near towns like Amchide, across the border from Nigeria’s Borno state, Boko Haram militants are stepping up attacks and residents are fleeing. Cameroonian soldiers killed four Boko Haram fighters in Amchide on July 20. Last week Boko Haram fighters kidnapped two teenage sons of an influential Muslim cleric in Limani, and […]
Al Nusrah Front
Gloves come off between Syrian regime, Islamic State
Boko Haram
Nigeria Boko Haram attack causes over 15,000 to flee
Egypt
Gaza crisis: how the game has changed since Egypt’s tabling of ceasefire plan
Iraq
Islamic State jihadists sell Syrian oil to Iraqi businessmen
Libya
Ansar al Sharia forces attacked an army camp in Benghazi but were repelled by Operation Dignity forces with airstrikes; one person was killed and 20 injured in the clash. Fighting in Tripoli between Islamist militants and Zintani militias loyal to the government spread to the suburbs of Janzour and Abu Saleem; some 60 technicals belonging […]
Pakistan
Pakistani elders forbid fleeing women from collecting food aid
Iraq
ISIS gains highlight ‘aggressive’ use of water as weapon of war
Islamic State
More than 700 killed in Syria as ISIS tightens grip on east
Hezbollah
Watchmen guard Ras Baalbek against attacks
Syria
The Islamic State beheaded a man in Raqqah; blew up some houses in Deir Izzour; clashed with the Islamic Front and rebels in Damascus; battled regime special forces around the Sha’er gas field in Homs, where some 60 soldiers were killed; and fought against the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and Kurdish YPG forces […]
IAEA
Iran eliminates sensitive stockpile under interim nuclear deal: IAEA
Lebanon
Al Monzer al Hassan, a terrorist facilitator with dual Swedish-Lebanese nationality who delivered explosives to two Saudi suicide bombers in Beirut last month, was shot dead during a raid in Tripoli as security forces were trying to arrest him; two accomplices were arrested. Security forces in Tripoli also arrested Hussam al Sabbagh, a wanted Lebanese-Australian […]
Israel
In the deadliest day for the Israeli military since 2006, 13 soldiers were killed in Gaza, bringing the number of soldiers killed so far to 18, and another was said to have been kidnapped. Prime Minister Netanyahu accused Hamas of using human shields, and said, “All civilian casualties are unintended by us, but actually intended […]
Iraq
Christian exodus from Mosul sparks outrage
Palestinian Territories
Hamas’ Al Qassam Brigades claimed to have captured an Israeli soldier. Palestinian officials said that 447 people have been killed in Gaza since July 8, and 87 were reported killed today. Thirteen Israeli soldiers were killed in separate attacks in Gaza.
Kenya
Suspected Shabaab gunmen in in the Mombasa suburb of Likoni opened fire on civilians, killing at least four people and injuring more than 10 others. Leaflets distributed by the gunmen claimed the attack was revenge “for our brothers who were killed in Mpeketoni.” Security forces claimed to have destroyed three militant training camps and to […]
Libya
After a two-day relative lull, heavy fighting between the defending Zintani militia and the Islamist Misratan militia flared up around Tripoli airport; houses in the nearby Qasr Ben Ghashir area were shelled and at least four people are said to have been killed, two of whom were civilians. In Benghazi, two Egyptians were killed when […]
Egypt
Palestinians Find Show of Support Lacking From Arab Leaders Amid Offensive
Boko Haram
Nigeria’s free-wheeling media fears crackdown over Boko Haram battle
Boko Haram
Boko Haram kills more than 100 in Nigerian town: activist