Iraq
Almost 1,400 Iraqis killed in January violence
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Islamic State beheads second Japanese hostage
The Islamic State has released a video purporting to have beheaded freelance journalist Kenji Goto Jogo after negotiations with Japan reportedly became “deadlocked.”
US drones kill 4 AQAP fighters in southern Yemen
The strike is the second this week, and is an indication that the US counterterrorism program in Yemen will continue despite the Houthi takeover of the capital.
Coalition kills Islamic State ‘chemical weapons engineer’
Abu Malik was associated with al Qaeda in Iraq and then the Islamic State for a decade before he was killed.
Al Qaeda
Hagel: Gitmo transfers caused friction with some at White House
Al Qaeda
Hagel: Gitmo transfers caused friction with some at White House
Iraq
Islamic State seizes oil facility in northern Iraq, 15 workers missing
Egypt
Egypt court rules Hamas armed wing ‘terror group’
European Union
EU countries could hire PR firms to beat back Islamic State
Al Nusrah Front battles Western-backed rebels outside Aleppo
The Al Nusrah Front has taken the fight to the Hazm Movement in the areas surrounding Aleppo. Hazm is one of the few rebel groups to receive Western aid and arms in the Syrian war.
Afghanistan
White House declines to call Afghan Taliban ‘terrorists’
Jundallah
At least 55 killed in blast at Shikarpur imambargah (Pakistan)
Al Qaeda
US drone strategy in trouble as Yemeni al Qaeda gathers support
Islamic State admits its forces withdrew from Kobane
Two fighters featured in an Islamic State video credited the air campaign by the US-led Coalition with forcing their retreat.
Islamic State’s Sinai ‘province’ claims simultaneous attacks on Egyptian military, police
The group’s attacks are likely its deadliest since it swore allegiance to the Islamic State last November.
Al Qaeda sharia officials address Caucasus defectors in joint statement
Sharia officials from both Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Al Nusrah Front, two official branches of al Qaeda, have signed a statement saying that the Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’ is invalid. The statement is addressed to the Caucasus jihadists who announced their allegiance to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi in December.
Taliban claim insider attack at Kabul Airport that killed 3 US contractors
The commander of police at the airport confirmed that a guard killed the three contractors. The green-on-blue or insider attack is the first of its kind recorded so far this year.
Iraq
Beyond front lines in Iraq, a forgotten force faces Islamic State
Afghanistan
1 of the Taliban 5 back in the game
Afghanistan
Officials: Detainee swapped for Bergdahl suspected of militant activities
Tunisia
The Interior Ministry announced that security forces broke up a terrorist plot to “attack vital sites in the southern and eastern parts of Tunisia;” 15 people were arrested. The new government will be announced on Feb. 2.
Algeria
An Algerian court has issued a letter of request for Moroccan judicial authorities to provide the identity of an Algerian arrested as a suspect in the jihadist murder of French hiker Hervé Gourdel. People’s National Army forces arrested three smugglers in the areas of Bordj Badji Mokhtar and In Guezam. The Algerian parliament passed a […]
Nigeria
Chadian forces crossed into Nigerian territory and took the town of Malam Fatori in Borno state from Boko Haram; the Nigerian air force also conducted airstrikes on the town. An mob angry about the rise of Boko Haram stoned the convoy of President Goodluck Jonathan in Jalingo; a recent poll indicates that the upcoming presidential […]
Iran
Survivors say Iraqi forces watched as Shi’ite militias executed 72 Sunnis
Hezbollah
Israel, Hezbollah signal their flare-up is over
Iraq
Islamic State purportedly sets new deadline for hostage swap
Syria
A UN official said the organization’s aid effort is having trouble delivering supplies to 40% of the population in need. Talks between various opposition factions and the regime began in Moscow on Jan. 25. The US State Department denied assertions it has abandoned moderate rebels. Journalists entering Kobane have said the city is “a mass […]
Somalia
Victims of Shabaab’s sharia courts are petitioning the government for support. The jihadist group’s former intelligence chief, Zakariya Ismail Hersi, said he has quit the group and renounced violence; Hersi surrendered to Somali forces in December. Somalia’s president renewed an amnesty offer for Shabaab members who leave the group.
Egypt
Egypt withdrew from an international meeting on Libya, protesting the inclusion of Qatar and Turkey, “countries outside the African Union.” A grenade attack targeting a bus injured three in Port Said.
Libya
At least 10 people, including a former US Marine, were killed when gunmen went on a shooting rampage in the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli on Jan. 27. The Libyan Buraq Airlines has suspended all flights for two days after one of its air crews was killed in the attack. Libya’s Health Minister said medical supplies […]