Al Nusrah Front
Latakia captives speak out about their ordeal, others still missing
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Al Qaeda
MI5 record explodes Abu Hamza court claims: Close to arresting hate preacher four years before the 9/11 terror attacks
Libya
The Army Chief of Staff ordered the February 17 Brigade to leave its Benghazi headquarters, following clashes in which four people were killed and at least 20 injured. In three separate shootings in Benghazi, four security officials were assassinated, including a top officer, and another was wounded. Vandals destroyed a new telecommunications station near the […]
Al Nusrah Front
Ankara at crossroads on Syria policy
Saudi Arabia
Saudi blogger’s wife says inhumane sentence proves Kingdom’s brutality
Iran
Christians persecuted at alarming rate in Iran, Arab world, US report says
Boko Haram
Boko Haram’s five-year battle to impose caliphate kills thousands
Boko Haram
This is not just Nigeria’s war on terrorists – it’s the world’s fight too
South Sudan
South Sudan ceasefire violated, rebels and government say
Afghanistan
British forces leave their last outpost in Helmand
Iran
Exclusive: Iran’s illicit procurement appears to slow amid nuclear talks – UN experts
Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants blew up a bridge connecting Adamawa and Borno states, killed a number of people, and abducted a woman and her two children; on May 5, militants blew up a bridge that linked Nigeria to Chad. About 50 of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls were reportedly sighted in the Central African Republic last […]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Iraqi army faces death, desertions as it struggles with Anbar offensive
Al Qaeda
Yemen Shooting Opens Window on US Clandestine Operations
Al Qaeda
In Yemen, a Counterterrorism Challenge
Al Qaeda
Rise and fall of Abu Hamza
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Latakia; and in Aleppo, where they were joined by the Jaysh al Muhajireen wal Ansar. Al Nusrah has cut off the water supply to both rebel and regime-held areas of Aleppo for the past week. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front continued to […]
Al Qaeda
Yemen Braces for al Qaeda Reprisals over Army Offensive
Egypt
The chief prosecutor’s office accused 200 members of the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Bayt al Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) of terrorism, conspiracy with al Qaeda and Hamas, fighting and training in Syria, and carrying out 51 attacks including suicide bombings. The group also allegedly cut a deal with former president Mohamed Morsi to refrain from attacks […]
Lebanon
The Army arrested Rabih Abdel-Karim Younes in Hnaider in Akkar, and seized about 6,600 bullets from his van. Police in Arsal arrested an armed Syrian national who was trying to infiltrate into Lebanon. The UN is seeking to establish Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon that are farther from the border.
China
Police in Deadly Confrontation in Restive Chinese Region
Tunisia
The sentence of Imed Dghij, head of the Islamist militia League for the Protection of the Revolution (LPR), was reduced to three months from 14. A group devoted to “saving Tunisians stranded abroad” said at least 1,900 Tunisians have been killed fighting in Syria, where Tunisians make up the largest foreign fighter group, followed by […]
Al Qaeda
Lawyer for doctor in Bin Laden case quits over security
Pakistan
US urges Pakistan to probe lawyer’s killing
Libya
A protest in Benghazi outside the headquarters of the February 17 Brigade, an Islamist militia, turned deadly when three protesters were shot dead and 20 others were injured. Security forces raided a black market “petrol souq” in Ghat.
Israel
Tunisia’s Minister of Tourism Questioned Over Israeli Visitor Policy
Al Nusrah Front
Syria jihadists turn on each other
Chechnya
Kadyrov Denies Chechen Military Involvement in Ukraine Fighting
United States
Memo Revisits Policy on Citing Leaked Material, to Some Confusion
Central African Republic
Seleka rebels have begun regrouping in the north and this week named Gen. Joseph Zindeko, who formerly commanded a rebel base in Bangui, as Seleka’s new leader. On May 6, French forces killed several militiamen when a group of 40 armed fighters attacked a French patrol in the Nanga-Boguila region. On May 2, attackers killed […]