Algeria
Egypt looks to roll back Islamist militias in Libya
Egypt looks to roll back Islamist militias in Libya
Pakistan arrests suspected South Asian al Qaeda commander
From Florida to al Qaeda: terror group’s external operations chief spent last years at Iran-Pakistan-Afghan border
Indonesian editor who published anti-ISIS cartoon is summoned under blasphemy law
Finances of jihad: How extremist groups raise money
Syrian rebel ‘hell cannons’ kill 300 civilians: monitoring group
Libya’s internationally recognized prime minister said that pro-government troops are moving toward Triploi “to liberate it” from Islamist militias and the rival government. Medical sources said 50 people have been killed in the past 10 days during fighting in Benghazi. A Libyan government source claims that France blocked UK attempts to place sanctions on pro-government […]
The Algerian justice minister announced that security forces have found and killed a second terrorist involved in the beheading of French hiker Herve Gourdel in September. The jihadist purportedly was a member of the Jund al-Khilafa group, which had claimed responsibility for the murder.
The French military killed Ahmed el Tilemsi, the co-founder of MUJAO, during a special operations raid in Gao in northern Mali on Dec. 11. France’s current Operation Barkhane “is taking place across Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad and involves a total 3 000 French troops.”
A double suicide attack has killed more than 40 people at a bus station in the city of Jos in central Nigeria. Boko Haram, assumed to be behind the attack, is described as “the Other Islamic State” in a NYT timeline of the recent violence.
Islamic Relief Worldwide, a Birmingham-based charity that received £3.2 million from the British government in 2013, claimed that an audit it commissioned has cleared the charity of allegations it funded terrorism; Israel has accused the charity of diverting funds to Hamas. A recently released US Senate report on post-9/11 CIA interrogations disclosed that information gained […]
In the most recent video released by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, one of the terrorist group’s senior leaders blames President Barack Obama for the death of American hostage Luke Somers last week.
NATO airstrike leaves 17 suspected militants dead in Afghanistan’s Parwan province
Peshmerga only “effective” force against ISIS: official
Houthis take control of Sana’a air defenses: military sources
Saudi Arabia links Dane’s shooting to Islamic State, arrests 3
A Force to Fight ISIS Has Manpower, but Little Firepower
The new head of Indonesia’s counterterrorism agency warned that the number of Indonesians joining the Islamic State has more than tripled since June, and said the total number of Indonesians who have joined the group in Iraq and Syria is about 514. The Jakarta Post’s chief editor was named a suspect in a blasphemy case […]
Is the Islamic State’s next target Daraa or Ghouta?
Taliban suicide bombers struck a military bus and at a high school in the Afghan capital.
In a midnight raid in the Gao region of Mali, the French military killed Ahmed el Tilemsi. He had a long history of al Qaeda ties, and was wanted by the United States.
Investigations into jihadi returners pushing German courts to their limits
Boko Haram: The Other Islamic State
Shabaab in Kenya’s slums
The Foreign Ministry said several people were killed in Kabul, Afghanistan by a suicide bombing at a French school in the city. The French military announced that Ahmed el Tilemsi, a top commander in the al Qaeda-linked al Mourabitoun, was killed by French forces in Mali. A French media report claimed that Toulouse shooter Mohamed […]
China Uighurs: Xinjiang city of Urumqi to ban Islamic veil
Runa Khan, a 35-year-old mother of six from Luton, was sentenced to five years and three months in jail for promoting terrorism on social media. Khan, who had advocated sending jihadists to Syria, had pled guilty in July to charges of disseminating terrorist literature.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed credit for a rocket attack on the US division of the al Annad airbase in Yemen’s Lahj province.
While the Nigerian military appears to be finally gaining ground against Boko Haram, it is unclear if it can sustain these battlefield successes.
The jihadist group also launched suicide attacks and assaults in towns around the central Iraqi city.