Algeria
Tensions spike in northern Mali
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Libya
A missile hit a building in Benghazi, injuring 21 Egyptians. The government demanded that the Libya Central Shield, Qaaqaa brigade, and Sawaiq brigade all leave Tripoli. Hundreds of demonstrators turned out in Tripoli and Benghazi in support of General Haftar’s “Dignity” operation. Libya’s Grand Mufti issued a statement calling Haftar’s campaign against Ansar al Sharia […]
Libya
Libyans fight back against Ansar al Sharia
Tunisia
Two soldiers were killed and four more injured by a land mine on Mount Chaambi. The incident occurred as a convoy was traveling in a closed military zone where security forces have been hunting members of Ansar al Sharia and allied terrorist groups for months.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Geo News becomes latest target in blasphemy accusation trend
Boko Haram
US ‘only’ country helping to find Nigerian schoolgirls, claims John Kerry
Nigeria
The UN added Boko Haram (a.k.a. Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad) to its list of al Qaeda-linked terrorist groups, stating that it is an affiliate of both al Qaeda and its north African offshoot, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The designation noted that Boko Haram is also associated with Ansaru (a.k.a. Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina […]
Egypt
A Cairo court labeled Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) as a terrorist group, and blamed it for a number of attacks on security officials, including one at Cairo University in April. Security officials claimed that Shadi el Manei, a top leader of the Sinai-based terror group Ansar Bayt al Maqdis, was killed along with three […]
Kenya
Senior Shabaab commander Fuad Mohamed Khalaf, who has a $5 million US reward out for his capture, warned that the terror group is moving its war to Kenya and would soon be sending more trained fighters into the county for attacks. Shabaab claimed the deadly May 19 ambush of an army patrol in Mandera. Two […]
Kenya
Kenya vulnerable to Shabaab
China
Russia, China veto UN bid to refer Syria to international court
China
Suspected Islamist terrorists drove two offroad vehicles into a busy market in Urumqi in Xinjiang province, throwing explosives and detonating the vehicles, killing 31 people and injuring 94. President Xi Jinping beefed up security and vowed severe punishment for the attack, the biggest in the region in years. Xi Jinping and Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain […]
Egypt
Khalifa Haftar: My forces will reach Tripoli soon
Algeria
Algeria considers Egypt alliance to confront Libyan terror threat
Algeria
Algeria shuts Libya border
Morocco
Over 1,000 Moroccan jihadists in Syria
United States
President Obama said 80 US troops have been deployed to Chad to aid in the search for over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram. About 50 US security experts already in Nigeria have been also helping with the hunt.
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama; Deraa; Reef Dimashq; and Aleppo, where they were joined by Al Muhajireen wal Ansar. Regime forces advanced closer to Aleppo’s central prison. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham in Deir Izzour, where […]
Tunisia
The Interior Ministry announced the arrest of eight Islamist extremists from Libya who were planning to assassinate security officials and attack government institutions; the suspects had received explosives and weapons training in Libya. The Defense Ministry denied reports that US troops would be deployed in the desert near the Libyan border; yesterday the ministry said […]
Mali
The separatist Tuareg MNLA beat back an attempt by the Malian army to recapture Kidal, and claimed to have taken the town of Menaka as well. Members of Islamist groups are also said to have participated in the fighting, in which two MNLA fighters and at least a dozen Malian soldiers are said to have […]
Afghanistan
Al Qaeda ‘not defeated’ in Afghanistan
Fatah
Legacy of Hamas-Fatah Killings Complicates Palestinian Unity Efforts
Egypt
Interior Minister Ibrahim announced that security services had foiled terrorist plans to target the president, the defense and interior ministers, police force leaders, and other officials. Authorities have closed the border with Libya for security reasons. A criminal court convicted former president Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement, sentencing him to three years in prison; his sons […]
Libya
Ansar al Sharia vowed to defend “our city [Benghazi] and our land,” claiming that the assault by General Haftar’s forces was “a war against … Islam orchestrated by the United States and its Arab allies.” Libya’s Interior Ministry and the country’s UN ambassador added their backing to Haftar’s forces. Four large explosions were heard as […]
Nigeria
Boko Haram militants attacked three villages in Borno state, killing at least 48 people, the day after bombings in Jos killed over 100. The Army is stepping up recruiting efforts following a recent mutiny in Borno.
China
US military’s reduced readiness seen as emboldening China, Russia
United States
The Justice Department chose not to appeal against disclosure of a redacted version of a legal memo justifying the use of drone strikes to kill US citizens suspected of terrorism overseas. A Marine crisis response team has been sent to Sicily for possible deployment in evacuating US officials from Libya. Over 6,000 US troops will […]
France
Hollande issues warning on chemical strikes
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front objected to the “revolutionary covenant” announced by the Islamic Front and four other groups. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Deraa; Hama; Reef Dimashq; and Aleppo, where they were joined by Fajer Al Sham, Al Jabha Al Islamiyya, and Jaysh Al Mujahideen. The body of […]
Algeria
Algeria repatriates state oil workers from Libya over security fears