The US and partner nations have carried out six airstrikes in Syria and one in Iraq against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. A US drone strike today on the compound of a Taliban commander in North Waziristan, Pakistan killed at least eight foreign militants, reportedly including a “high-value target.”
Syrian Journalists Say Islamic State Changed The Rules In Aleppo
Veteran Chechen IS Militant Reported Killed In Kobane
Hundreds of Boko Haram fighters assaulted and took control of the Multinational Joint Task Force base in Baga, Nigeria. The base was used by troops from Nigeria, Niger, and Chad to conduct counterterrorism missions.
At least 100 dead in Burundi attack by rebel group – military source
The Shin Bet disclosed that in November it had arrested several Palestinian members of an Islamic State-inspired cell in Hebron who planned to attack Israeli interests and kill an Israeli soldier. Security forces said that the men had acted alone.
The Hafiz Gul Bahadar Group was the target of the attack, and a “high-value target” is reported to have been killed.
Boko Haram fighters took over a Nigerian military base in the Borno state town of Baga yesterday, killing a number of people and sending others fleeing into neighboring Chad. The base housed Nigerian, Chadian, and Nigerien troops from a joint task force. Suspected Boko Haram fighters also stormed the town of Babban Gida in Yobe […]
Al Qaeda’s Syrian branch targeted Hezbollah positions near the Lebanese border in the Qalamoun region of Syria. Lebanese and Syrian sources say the positions have not fallen, and the fighting still rages, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Mayor of Mali town killed as clashes and abuses spike in north
Syrian troops foil IS attack in Deir al-Zour province
European Union to set up expert cell to fight jihadi propaganda: report
A US appellate court denied requests by the attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to delay the trial and move it out of Boston. Abu Anas al Libi a.k.a. Nazih Abdul Hamed al Ruqai, a senior al Qaeda operative and suspect in the 1998 US embassy bombings, has died in the US less […]
Palestinians Submit Papers to UN to Join International Criminal Court
Boko Haram seizes 40 boys, men in northern Nigeria: witnesses
Libya violence: Militants kidnap Coptic Christians in Sirte
Islamic State seeking bases inside Lebanon: Lebanon security chief
The US Embassy issued a warning about a security threat to US-linked banks and hotels in Surabaya. Indonesia’s Supreme Court reversed its earlier conviction of Saudi citizen Al Khelaiw Ali Abdullah, who had been found guilty of helping finance the twin terrorist attacks in 2010 on the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels in Jakarta. The […]
A top al Qaeda operative known as Abu Anas al Libi has died in US custody while awaiting trial. Several documents recovered in Osama bin Laden’s compound discuss al Libi after he was released from Iranian custody in 2010. These files should be released to the public.
The Islamic State claims to have breached the perimeter of Camp Habbaniyah. The attack is reported to have been repelled by the Iraqi Army.
France wants action on Libya, stops short of African calls for intervention
Vanguard of Syria’s Uprising, Now on the Run From ISIS, Weighs a Bleak Future
Frustrated Afghans wonder who is in charge amid cabinet delays and Taliban attacks
US advisers in Iraq stay out of combat but see fighting edging closer
The US and partner nations carried out 29 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and 23 in Iraq on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. US prosecutors asked that convicted al Qaeda-linked terrorist Abu Hamza be sentenced to life in prison. The Obama administration imposed sanctions on several North Korean officials and groups for a […]
Limited options leave Afghan refugees reluctant to return home
Madrid’s Atocha train station reopens after false bomb alert
Citing state secrets, a judge stopped a defendant from testifying about a visit to Turkey by Yasin al Qadi, an alleged al Qaeda financier who has been a guest of President Erdogan in recent years. Counterterrorism police arrested 14 people suspected of membership in a group linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party in Erzincan.
Prosecutors disclosed that classified documents seized during the May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, will be used in the forthcoming US trial of Pakistan-born Abid Naseer, 28, who is accused of involvement in an al Qaeda plot to bomb targets in Manchester, New York, and Norway. A Bristol-area bus and […]
New Zealander thought to be fighting in Syria accidentally tweets locations