Israel
Israel steps up Gaza offensive and prepares for possible ground invasion
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Australia
Australia is planning to build a new ground station near Geraldton to help the US direct unmanned drone attacks on terrorists and allow Australian and American forces to respond more quickly to crises. Lawmakers are considering giving police the authority to conduct surveillance and collect evidence in war zones such as Syria and Iraq. Foreign […]
Hamas
Gaza Militants Unleash Heavy Rocket Fire on Israel
Canada
Europe employs outreach program to rehabilitate Islamist extremists
Syria
US team begins destroying Syrian chemical arsenal at sea
Syria
Regime forces are beginning to close in on Aleppo, and the Islamic State is moving into the countryside north of Aleppo. The IS targeted the town of Ikhtren in north Aleppo, and the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Al Zahra, Khan Toman, Al-Brej, Kafar Segher, and near Aleppo central […]
Egypt
The Muslim Brotherhood in London
Djibouti
US military Africa chief: Chaos in Libya is destabilizing the region
Lebanon
Western help, boosted cooperation behind security successes
Iraq
Jihadists demolish Sunni and Shiite mosques and shrines in Mosul
Lebanon
An Al Nusrah Front official in Qalamoun, Syria released a speech claiming that the terror group has penetrated security and has “thousands” of mujahideen inside Lebanon ready to begin battle against Shiite villages; he also promised speedy relief to inmates in Roumieh and other prisons. The military prosecutor charged 28 suspects with membership in the […]
Saudi Arabia
A court sentenced four al Qaeda supporters, one in absentia, to jail terms ranging from two to five-and-a-half years. The suspects had tried to travel to Iraq, and had also helped others travel “to fight in troubled nations.”
Israel
Hamas vowed to avenge the deaths of eight militants killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza; five were reportedly killed in a strike on a smuggling tunnel in Rafah. The Israeli military claimed it had targeted “terror sites and concealed rocket launchers” and that strikes had hit at least 14 locations in response to the firing […]
Bahrain
Two Bahrainis were accused of injuring two police officers with a remotely detonated bomb in Demistan in December. A police officer was killed by a bombing in Eker in July 5. Prime Minister Khalifa urged a resolute stand against terrorism.
Egypt
The trial of former president Mohamed Morsi and 130 others, including Muslim Brotherhood leaders Mohamed Badie and Khairat al-Shater, as well as members of Hamas and Hezbollah, most of whom are at large, was postponed to July 13. Four suspected Islamists were killed while making bombs on July 4 at a Fayoum farm owned by […]
France
Abderazak Cherif, a Frenchman of Tunisian origin from Nice, told news media that his 17-year-old son left the Al Nusrah Front in Syria and crossed the Turkish border to rejoin his father; Cherif’s older son is still in Syria fighting with rebels. The 17-year-old was arrested on his return for belonging to a terrorist group […]
United States
The Transportation Security Agency began requiring that electronic devices brought on board US-bound flights will power up, due to fears they may have been turned into bombs. Khairullozhon Matanov, a friend of Boston Marathan bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was accused of lying to the FBI and deleting files on his computer relating to the Tsarnaevs. Recently […]
Islamic State
Europe’s fear: Turkey’s porous border serves as gateway for ISIS’s spread
Egypt
Egypt’s president says al-Jazeera journalists should never have been tried
Boko Haram
More than 60 Nigerian schoolgirls escape Boko Haram abductors
Al Nusrah Front
NGO: ISIS expels thousands in east Syria
Al Nusrah Front
Who controls Syria’s oil?
Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade
ISIS preparing attacks in Lebanon: report
Kenya
Shabaab claimed yesterday’s attacks in the coastal towns of Gamba and Hindi, where at least 29 people were killed by gunmen. The Shabaab militants also broke into the Gamba jail during the attack, freeing a number of inmates, including suspects in the recent attacks in nearby Mpeketoni. The attackers also burned buildings, including a church, […]
Uganda
Just days after the US Embassy warned of a “specific” terror threat to Entebbe Airport, gunmen allegedly from a local militia attacked three police stations and a military barracks in western Uganda near the Congo border, killing over 60 people, including several policemen as well as some 40 civilians. Security forces claimed to have killed […]
Syria
The Islamic State has taken control of all of Syria’s main oil and gas fields. In Deir Izzour, the Eben Al Qayyem Brigade and Al Hamza battalion clashed with the IS in Abo Hamam; protesters in Granij called for jihad against the IS; and tribal leaders in Abo Hamam, Granji, and Al Keshkeyyi negotiated with […]
Lebanon
An Omani member of Fatah was sentenced to life in prison. Police searched for a car bomb in Beirut. The Iranian ambassador said his country is willing to help Lebanon fight terrorism. Authorities are seeking to prosecute the operators of an alleged Twitter account of the Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade, which recently threatened attacks […]
Egypt
A court sentenced 10 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death (eight in absentia) for murder and other crimes; and issued life sentences to 37 others, including supreme guide Mohamed Badie. Sheikh Yusef al Qaradawi, a Qatar-based spiritual leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, said the Islamic State’s recent declaration of a caliphate violates sharia law.
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front weakened in Syria by ISIS Islamic State: Analysts
Islamic State
Story of former militant reveals young Turks attracted by ISIS