Boko Haram
The Nigerian city living in fear of Boko Haram
Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist
Free Syrian Army
Free Syrian Army’s Supreme Military Council ‘sacked’ over corruption claims
France
A French court ordered that Mehdi Nemmouche, a French-Algerian man accused of killing four people in an attack at a Jewish museum in Brussels, be extradited to Belgium. Nemmouche, a jihadist who spent a year fighting in Syria before the attack, is seeking to have the extradition order quashed. Authorities are investigating the disappearance of […]
United Kingdom
Amid reports that 500 Britons are now fighting abroad with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, Sir Peter Fahy, the police lead for the government’s anti-radicalization Prevent program, said parents, not police, are responsible for the actions of young Muslims who turn to extremism. The Home Office is planning to ban the Islamic […]
Afghanistan
Sudden Taliban attack raises concerns about effectiveness of Afghan army
United States
US military advisers opened a joint operations center in Baghdad to assist the Iraqi military repel the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. The State Department said Syrian military action in Iraq would not be helpful, but that Iran “could play a constructive role” in Iraq. The White House called for […]
Afghanistan
US now wrestling with intelligence gaps in Iraq
Lebanon
The military prosecutor charged 15 terror suspects, including the head of the Lebanese branch of al Qaeda, Toufik Tah; Abdullah Azzam Brigades’ religious guide Sirajeddine Zuraiqat; and Raed Taleb. The suspects are accused of membership in the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, taking terror training in Syria and in the Ain al Hilweh camp, working with Jund […]
Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham took over the strategic border town of Albu Kamal in Deir Izzour after the local Al Nusrah Front faction pledged allegiance to ISIS in order to avoid bloodshed. ISIS clashed with Al Nusrah near Kou’ al-Atal and al-Tekehy in Deir Izzour, and shelled the town of Estrin […]
Boko Haram
Living in ‘total fear’ of Boko Haram in Cameroon’s north
Palestinian Territories
Abbas says he backs Syria’s ‘war against terrorism’
Iraq
Jihadist returnees stir concern in the Maghreb
Ansar al Sharia
Islamist attacks mar Libya vote
Saudi Arabia
Saudi king orders ‘all’ measures to protect nation
US shifts in the wind, again, on arming Syrian rebels
An administration lacking a coherent policy on Syria as well as Iraq now seeks to throw more money at the problem.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
ISIS Jihadists Step Up Recruitment Drive
Boko Haram
Nigerian Violence Spawns Homemade Responses
Jordan
Iraq asked Jordan to support the Maliki government’s fight against Sunni insurgents; Jordan expressed concern but said it does not interfere in Iraq’s affairs. Al Qaeda-linked cleric Abu Qatada was acquitted of a charge of conspiracy to commit terrorism; he faces another trial in September for allegedly planning terrorist acts in Jordan in 2000. The […]
Libya
Suspected Islamist gunmen broke into the Benghazi home of prominent rights activist and lawyer Salwa Bughaigis yesterday and murdered her, kidnapped her husband, and shot a gardener. A large car bomb exploded in Beida near the headquarters of the Constitutional Assembly, injuring several people. Two Tunisian diplomats abducted this spring have been freed; their kidnappers, […]
Boko Haram
Snakes and bees ‘flush out’ Boko Haram fighters
Russia
Six Russian citizens belonging to the banned Islamist group Hizb ut Tahrir were arrested in St. Petersburg on June 24. Police killed two suspected Islamist militants in Dagestan; alleged Caucasus Emirate “warlord” Makhach Taimudarov was killed in Makhachkala, and another man was killed in Derbent. Prosecutors are seeking a 13-year sentence for a former Makhachkala […]
China
China publicly sentenced nine people to prison for terrorism crimes, and arrested 14 people in Qapqal near the Kazakhstan border on suspicion of calling for holy war and attending terror training camps abroad. Last month authorities arrested 380 people for violence in Xinjiang. An open letter purporting to come from 200 Uighur writers, poets, and […]
Iraq
Iraqi oil infrastructure “sabotaged” before ISIS attack–industry source
Al Nusrah Front
Jordan shaken by threats from ISIS, Iraq, Syria
Egypt
Tribal sources in Sinai said that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham is supporting the operations of the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Bayt al Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem), local jihadists have been trained in Syria, and the ISIS flag has been seen in militant operations near Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah. Security forces killed at least […]
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian Qaeda wing pledges loyalty to ISIS in border town
Nigeria
A suspected Boko Haram bombing at a shopping center in an upscale part of Abuja killed at least 21 people and injured 17 more. The blast set the center ablaze and more victims are feared trapped inside. Authorities said the attackers arrived by motorbike; soldiers reportedly shot and killed one of the bombers and arrested […]
Cameroon
In its biggest-yet single day operation, the military raided the Central Market in Maroua and arrested 40 suspected Boko Haram fighters. Security forces closed off the market, where Boko Haram is said to be hiding weapons for use in Nigeria. Authorities are stepping up security measures to counter the terror group’s expansion in Cameroon.
Germany
Authorities charged Kreshnik B., a German citizen from Frankfurt am Main, with membership in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. Following his return from Syria, he was arrested on suspicion of planning attacks. Authorities are investigating the German Brigade of Millatu Ibrahim, whose leader, Denis Cuspert a.k.a. Deso Dogg a.k.a. Abu Talha al-Almani, […]
United Kingdom
Home Secretary May said “many hundreds” of Britons have traveled to fight in the ranks of Syrian rebels and “some will represent a real danger to us.” Ensuring that security forces have stronger Internet surveillance powers is now “a question of life and death, a matter of national security,” she said. The father of Ali […]