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The Syria disconnect in US Iraq policy
The Syria disconnect in US Iraq policy
Over the past week, two rallies in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham were held in Maan, the first such public demonstrations for the group in Jordan. Salafi jihadist leader Mohammad Shalabi a.k.a. Abu Sayyaf reportedly convinced the ISIS demonstrators to tone down their activities. Al Qaeda and other jihadist groups […]
Prime Minister Netanyahu called for international support for Jordan in the face of the Islamic State threat, and also for Kurdish autonomy. The Israeli military conducted airstrikes against 12 locations in the Gaza Strip, targeting rocket launchers, weapons manufacturing sites, and “terror activity” sites, in response to a sharp increase in rocket attacks from Gaza. […]
A spokesman for Khalid Haftar’s “Operation Dignity” forces said the Libya Shield militia, which conducted surveillance of the home of slain activist Salwa Bugaighis prior to her murder, was probably responsible. A gardener injured in the attack has died under mysterious circumstances, apparently after torture. Saiqa Special Forces freed a kidnapped man in Benghazi. The […]
Abandoned KDF war boys return to unleash terror in Kenya
ISIS Declares ‘Islamic Caliphate’, Names al Baghdadi as ‘Caliph’
A Kenyan MP claimed that about 3,000 Kenyan and Somali youth trained under a US-funded program to provide security for a buffer zone along the Somali border have instead become terrorists for hire in Kenya. A police officer investigating “sensitive cases” was shot and killed by three gunmen in Mombasa, where Shabaab sympathizers have murdered […]
Benghazi attack suspect ‘compliant but not cooperative’ in federal custody
Blame The Obama Doctrine For Iraq
Boko Haram militants armed with explosives and guns attacked several churches in Borno state near Chibok, slaughtering “dozens” of men, women, and children, and burning at least three churches to the ground. The governor of Lagos state urged vigilance following a recent car bombing in Apapa. A witness to the June 27 bombing at a […]
Taliban hold territory after Afghan offensive
US intervention in Libya now seen as a cautionary tale
White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite ‘mentored by hate preacher in UK’
Iraq’s Sunni Militants Take to Social Media to Advance Their Cause and Intimidate
Insight: Sectarian genie is out of the bottle from Syria to Iraq
Syrian rebels buckling in face of jihadists
Report: ISIS Selling Oil to Finance Terrorist Operations; Army, Security Forces Main Targets in Lebanon
ISIS fears in Lebanon on the rise
Abu Qatada acquitted of conspiracy in Jordan
A day after the Al Nusrah Front’s emir for Albu Kamal in Deir Izzour issued a statement explaining that he was relinquishing the town to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham to avoid jihadist bloodshed, other Al Nusrah fighters and allied Islamist fighters captured two ISIS positions in the strategic border town. A […]
After interrogating two suspected terrorists arrested in Akkar, security forces raided a cave on the outskirts of Fnaydeq in north Lebanon that was being used as a bomb-making workshop, and also seized weapons and ammunition from a residence in the village. Security forces are still looking for suicide bombers and two explosives-packed vehicles. Shiite organizations […]
Goodluck Jonathan: Nothing is more important than bringing home Nigeria’s missing girls
Saudi king, in Ramadan message, vows to crush terrorists
Syria: Dispute Unsettles Rebel Coalition
Taliban Mount Major Assault in Afghanistan
Obama Administration Deepens US Role in Syria and Iraq
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen in military uniforms attacked a hotel in Bauchi’s red light district last night, killing 14 people and injuring 28 more; one suspect was arrested. Police discovered 13 IEDs in a car parked in front of a mosque in Kano. President Jonathan admitted that the Boko Haram insurgency has curtailed his travels […]
The White House’s proposal to invest $500 million in training and equipping “vetted” and “moderate” Syrian rebel forces rests on the feeble premise that such forces, if they indeed exist, will be able to operate independently of the al Qaeda-linked groups that dominate the battlefield.
Armed US aircraft now flying over Iraq: defense officials
A video surfaced showing Tunisian jihadist Abu Hamza al-Mouhamadi participating in the mass execution of Iraqi troops by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. Interior Minister Jeddou recently said that some 2,400 Tunisian jihadists are fighting in Syria, most of them in ISIS or in al Qaeda’s Syrian branch, the Al Nusrah Front. […]