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Turkey

Two weeks after Zuckerberg said ‘je suis Charlie,’ Facebook begins censoring images of prophet Muhammad


Turkey

Facebook complies with Turkish court order, starts censoring Prophet images


Iraq

Jordan proposes prisoner swap, fate of Japanese Islamic State hostage unclear


Algeria

The People’s National Army arrested a terrorist and captured “a quantity of munitions and a pump-action shotgun” in the commune of Lakhdari 122 km east of Algiers.The Minister of Justice said that “Algeria … must fill counterterrorism loopholes contained in its Legislation.” Algeria and Nigeria jointly called for a political solution to the conflict in […]


Hezbollah

Two Israeli soldiers, UN peacekeeper killed in Israel-Hezbollah violence


Mali

UN forces reportedly killed three protestors and injured others in Gao after using gunfire to disperse a protest over a plan to disarm a pro-government militia; some reports described the protest as a siege. Suicide bombers and gunmen killed about a dozen people during an assault on Tuareg rebel positions near Tabankort town; the attackers […]


Nigeria

Boko Haram released photos of a training camp for children. Residents of Adamawa state say that jihadists are “rampaging through villages … burning and looting.” Upcoming elections are deemed “too close to call.” Sharia police arrested 12 men for planning to wed; gay marriages and relationships were banned by the government in January 2014. The […]




Islamic State is forced from Kobane

After months of fighting for control of the Syrian border town, the Islamic State has withdrawn from Kobane in the face of advances by Kurdish forces and Syrian rebels.






Islamic State

Kurdish defenders say Islamic State has retreated from Syrian border town of Kobane


Iraq

Canadian soldiers involved in 2 more firefights in Iraq




US drone strike kills 3 suspected AQAP members

The strike is the first reported in Yemen in more than two and a half months, and takes place just days after reports that US counterterrorism efforts in the country have been “paralyzed.”


Al Qaeda

Freed al Qaeda agent was part of proposed swap for Americans jailed in Qatar



AQAP releases infographics detailing attacks

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released a report including two infographics that detail its attacks over the past three months. The group claims credit for 205 operations, including the massacre at Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris.


Boko Haram

Boko Haram attacks key city of Maiduguri


Iraq

Japan condemns IS execution, demands remaining hostage release


Pakistan

Hafiz Saeed unmoved by talk of ban on Jamaat-ud-Dawa