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Al Nusrah Front

Jihadi militants in Lebanon establishing ‘Islamic State of Qalamoun’ near Ersal

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

After attacks, arm-in-arm world leaders join mass Paris march

The US and partner nations have conducted nine airstrikes in Iraq and 10 in Syria against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. Attorney General Holder announced that the White House will host an international security summit on Feb. 18 to “discuss ways in which we can counteract this violent extremism that exists around the world.” […]

Canada

Authorities filed terrorism charges against Ashton Carleton Larmond and Carlos Larmond, 24-year-old twins from Ottawa who planned to travel abroad to engage in terrorist activity. Both men were arrested on Jan. 9; Carlos was at Montreal’s international airport and Ashton was in Ottawa. Officials at five Ottawa mosques denied knowing the two suspects, said to […]

Egypt

Two men were found decapitated in a village in North Sinai on Jan. 10; Ansar Beit Al Maqdis jihadists are suspected of the atrocity. One “terrorist element” was killed and one soldier was injured after a car chase in the Al-Wahat area of the Western desert. Unidentified gunmen shot at a police checkpoint in Giza, […]

Kenya

Two suspected Shabaab gunmen opened fire at a church in Mombasa, killing the pastor. The attackers escaped.

Libya

Libya’a rival factions have agreed to attend UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva. The Italian prime minister has stated that his country would be open to a peacekeeping role in Libya. Five pro-government soldiers and eight Mujahideen Shura Council fighters were killed in battles near the port city of Derna.

Algeria

A source in the Algerian security forces said that Sharif and Said Kouachi, the French brothers of Algerian heritage responsible for the Charlie Hebdo massacre, had never visited the country. Other sources said the brothers’ father, who “hailed from Algeria’s eastern province of Souk Ahras,” had not visited the country in 20 years.

Mali

An IED attack wounded seven Senegalese peacekeepers in the city of Kidal in northern Mali on Jan. 9. Mali’s president named a new government after the prime minister was replaced three days ago.

Nigeria

Boko Haram massacred about 2,000 people in the town of Baga along the border with Chad. Amnesty International said that most of the victims were women, children, and the elderly who could not escape the town during the Boko Haram’s assault, and described the scene as the “deadliest massacre” perpetrated by the jihadist group. Fourteen […]

Germany

Arsonists targeted the offices of a newspaper in Hamburg that had reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed after the terrorist attack on a satirical magazine in Paris; two suspects were arrested. Justice Minister Maas urged organizers of an anti-Islamization rally scheduled for Jan. 12 to cancel the event; a large government-sponsored rally in Dresden yesterday […]

Video shows terrorist responsible for Paris market attack pledging allegiance to Islamic State

A newly released video shows Amedy Coulibaly, who killed a French policewoman and attacked a kosher market in Paris, swearing allegiance to the Islamic State. Coulibaly says he worked in concert with the Kouachi brothers, who attacked Charlie Hebdo’s offices and claimed allegiance to al Qaeda.

France

Authorities are searching for more information on jihadist plots, after this week’s terrorist attacks in Paris and the disclosure that surveillance had been lifted on two of the attackers just months ago. Over a million people, including a number of world leaders, marched in Paris to protest terrorism and attacks on free speech. A video […]

Muslim Brotherhood

UK to announce findings of Muslim Brotherhood investigation soon: sources

Iraq

Arar border attack carried out by Saudi ISIS members: sources

France

US issues global travel alert after Paris terror attacks

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

After Paris attacks, questions about intelligence failures

Lebanon

A suicide bombing at a cafe in the northern city of Tripoli killed nine people and wounded 30 others. A second suicide bomber detonated outside the cafe. The attack was claimed by the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s Syrian branch.

Al Nusrah Front suicide bombers strike in Lebanon, kill at least 7

Al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria launched a double suicide attack in a predominately Alawite neighborhood of Tripoli.

France

French weapons will not be delivered to Lebanon before March: report

Islamic State

Libya’s ISIS branch claims execution of 2 Tunisian journalists

Algeria

Libya conflict threatens entire Maghreb

CIA

Reaching Outside CIA, Obama Picks Treasury Official to Become Agency’s No. 2

Nigeria

A 10-year-old girl suicide bomber with explosives strapped to her body detonated in a crowded market Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in Nigeria’s northeast, killing 20 people and wounding more than 18 others. Islamist fighters torched buildings in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state, yesterday. Boko Haram is suspected in the attacks. The UN […]

Cameroon

Police intercepted a female suicide bomber earlier this week before she could blow herself up in Dimako, in the eastern department of Haut-Nyong. In a video posted online on Jan. 5, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau threatened Cameroon and President Paul Biya.

France

French security forces remain on high alert following this week’s terrorist attacks in Paris. Authorities are searching for Hayat Boumedienne, the girlfriend of slain suspect Ahmedy Coulibaly. Some reports suggested she had gone to Turkey earlier this month and may now be in Syria. Prime Minister Valls said France is engaged in “a war against […]

Attack in northern Mali wounds 7 UN peacekeepers

An IED blast in the northern Malian town of Kidal has left seven Senegalese peacekeepers from the UN mission wounded. The attack follows a string of operations in central Mali by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

Indonesia

Ilham Syafii, a suspected terrorist linked to the Poso-based group headed by Santoso, was killed in shootout with police in South Sulawesi. Police said they have convinced a group of Islamic State supporters to cancel a gathering organized by the Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid and slated for Jan. 11 in Semarang, East Java. In December, Malaysian […]