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Al Qaeda

Chérif and Saïd Kouachi’s path to Paris attack at Charlie Hebdo

France

Chérif and Saïd Kouachi’s Path to Paris Attack at Charlie Hebdo

Egypt

Jihadists claimed to have bombed a pipeline in North Sinai that carries oil into Jordan; the claim is unverified. President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said that 208 people who had “taken up arms” against security forces were killed in 2014, and almost 1,000 were arrested. Sisi also argued that freedom of expression and protest rights were secondary […]

Libya

The internationally-recognized government reaffirmed its support of former Khaddafi General Khalifa Haftar, who was officially reinstated to the army recently. Libya’s representative to OPEC has gone missing in Tripoli as of Jan. 15. Over 7000 stranded Pakistanis were airlifted home from Libya and 51 Egyptian fishermen arrived in Rashid Port on Jan. 19 after fleeing […]

Tunisia

Tunisia’s Ambassador to Libya Ridha Boukadi said that two journalists kidnapped by the Islamic State in Libya were alive, despite the jihadist group’s announcement of their execution. National Guard units arrested a “‘dangerous’ terrorist” in an ambush conducted in Sidi Bouzid.

Mali

Guinea will send 500 soldiers to aid the peacekeeping mission in Mali. The UN is overseeing negotiations between Tuareg MNLA separatists and the pro-government Arab Azawad Movement, which clashed in Tabankort over the weekend.

Cameroon

10,000 Cameroonians have fled toward the interior of the country as Boko Haram has begun conducting attacks on the western border. A lack of agreement between Nigeria and Cameroon is frustrating efforts for the two countries to conduct joint operations against the jihadist group. Minister of Communication Issa Tchiroma Bakary has called for international support […]

Nigeria

Hundreds of people hailing from the villages of Kekenu, Budur, Yoyo and Mile near the recently attacked Baga village have fled in the face of threats from Boko Haram. 22 senior Nigerian military officers are to be tried in late January on unspecified charges “related to the counterinsurgency operations in the country’s northeast.”

Iraq

The Islamic State executed 13 soccer fans in Mosul. Canadian special forces engaged in combat against the Islamic State. Coalition aircraft launched 36 airstrikes against the Islamic State inside Iraq since Jan. 16. Kurdish troops killed four Islamic State fighters while repelling an attack in Zumar.

Yemen

A Yemeni military commander said that Shiite Houthi rebels have seized the Presidential Palace in the capital of Sana’a. The Houthis took the palace just one day after inking a cease fire with the government after nine people were killed during clashes in the capital. Houthis also kidnapped President Hadi’s chief of staff.

European Union

After Paris attacks, EU leaders call for more sharing of information, intelligence

Houthis

Militiamen storm Yemen presidential complex

Pakistan

Insult to question Pakistan army’s competence, Army spokesman tells CNN

Belgium

Dutch police search house of 18-year-old Belgian raid suspect

Boko Haram

Mistrust between Nigeria, Cameroon stalls fight against Boko Haram

Syria

Five Hezbollah fighters and one commander were killed by an Israeli airstrike in southern Syria. The Assad regime has started destruction of its chemical weapons facilities. Kurdish forces have captured a key hilltop in the ongoing fight with the Islamic State for Kobane. Kurdish and Syrian regime troops clashed near the city of Hasakeh in […]

Somalia

A blockade by Shabaab on the Bakool town of Waajid of southwest Somalia is causing a food shortage. Two would-be bombers were killed when their explosives prematurely detonated as they were driving a rickshaw in Mogadishu. The the district commissioner of the city of Afgooye and two of his bodyguards were killed when their vehicle […]

Egypt

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi released a statement claiming that free speech rights in Egypt are intact and that there are no political prisoners in the country, while calling for a renewed dialogue on Islam. A traditional Jewish festival that would have taken place on Jan. 10 did not happen as an Alexandria administrative court formally […]

Libya

The Libyan army and an alliance of militias around Tripoli have declared a partial ceasefire. The rival Islamist parliament agreed to partake in UN-sponsored negotiations if the talks are held inside Libya. The UN hailed upcoming talks in Geneva while threatening sanctions against warring parties. A bomb thrown at the Algerian embassy in Tripoli from […]

Algeria

Officials announced a plan to monitor the illicit transit of nuclear material across its borders. Authorities also announced that Moroccan residents will no longer be able to get permanent resident visas due to security concerns, and expressed approval of a Libyan ceasefire.

Cameroon

Boko Haram attacked the village of Mabass in northern Cameroon on Jan. 18, destroying 80 houses and kidnapping between 20 and 80 people. The hostages were subsequently freed as Cameroonian “defence forces pursued the attackers who were heading back to Nigeria.”

Mali

Jihadists attacked the town of Tenenkou in central Mali on Jan. 16, “killing at least three people” before withdrawing after a firefight with soldiers. Another attack on a UN peacekeeping base in northern Mali with car bombs and rockets killed one Chadian soldier and wounded another. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attack. The […]

Nigeria

A car bomb exploded by a bus station in Potiskum in northeast Nigeria, killing four and wounding 35. A doctor’s association in Gombe state has called for an end to a medical workers’ strike, saying that capabilities are overwhelmed by the number of wounded stemming from the Boko Haram insurgency.

Hezbollah commanders killed in suspected Israeli airstrike

Jihad Imad Mughniyah, the son of the notorious founder and military and intelligence commander of Hezbollah up until his assassination in 2008, was among six Hezbollah operatives killed in a suspected airstrike in Quneitra, Syria.

Chad joins Cameroon, Nigeria, in fight against Boko Haram

Chad’s parliament voted 150 to 0 earlier this week to deploy an undisclosed number Chadian security forces to assist Cameroonian and Nigerian soldiers battling Boko Haram. The US and Russia have also pledged military assistance to Cameroon this week.