AQAP murders 2 hostages, including an American, during US rescue attempt
Forty special operations troops assaulted an al Qaeda compound in the southern province of Shabwa in an attempt to free American photojournalist Luke Somers.
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India
Militants Strike in Kashmir as Elections Approach
Pakistani army kills senior al Qaeda commander tasked with attacking the West
Pakistan claimed it killed Adnan Shukrijumah in a raid in South Waziristan. Shukrijumah, who was wanted by the US, was al Qaeda’s operations chief for North America.
Free Syrian Army
An exclusive look at life in Syrian town of Kobane
United States
CENTCOM reported that since Dec. 3, the US has conducted six airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and that the US and partners have carried out 14 airstrikes against the group in Iraq. US officials discussed plans for the temporary addition of extra US troops to NATO’s Afghan training mission Resolute Support.
Iran
Turkey not expected to revise Syria policy
Egypt
Muslim-Christian cooperation vital in tackling ISIS
Iran
Iran confirms it carried out air strikes against Islamic State extremists in Iraq
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front kills captive Lebanese soldier
Islamic State
Peshmerga defused 3,000 ISIS bombs: official
Iraq
Syria’s Assad downplays US strikes on Islamic State
Iraq
White House Seeks to Clarify Syria Policy
Islamic State
ISIS commander threatens Lebanon over arrest of wife
Afghanistan
US moves ahead with plan for extra troops in Afghanistan until allies finalize plans
France
Does France’s Jewish population have reason to be afraid?
Iraq
Mosul diaries: Shortages bite
Germany
In Germany’s first-ever trial of an Islamic State fighter, Kreshnik Berisha was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison. Authorities estimate that of some 550 Germans who have joined the Islamic State in the Middle East, 60 have been killed and 180 have returned to Germany; about 300 people are currently under investigation. […]
Pakistan
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws backfire on religious groups
Germany
The Jihad Cult: Why Young Germans Are Answering Call to ‘Holy War’
France
Nabil Ouerfelli and Yasmine Znaidi, two leaders of the Paris and Gaza-based Islamic charity Pearl of Hope, have been charged with financing terrorism, and the charity has been shut down. Ouerfelli, who also fought in Syria, has links to militant groups there, including the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front. A suspected Boko Haram […]
United Kingdom
Mohammed Nahin Ahmed and Yusuf Zubair Sarwar, two Birmingham men who fought in Syria for eight months with the Al Nusrah Front’s Kataib al Mujahireen, have been sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison. Mashudur Choudhury, of Portsmouth, was sentenced to four years in prison for traveling to Syria to attend a terrorist training camp; […]
Islamic State
Who is paying for America’s plan to train and equip Syrian rebels?
Egypt
Egypt ready to assist Lebanon against jihadists
United States
A Pentagon report on the green-on-blue attack in Afghanistan in August that killed a US general and wounded 16 Coalition troops found no evidence that the attack was instigated by the Taliban, but faulted Afghan officials for lack of cooperation with the investigation. The National Security Council acknowledged that US commandos had tried to rescue […]
Iraq
Examining a Rare Nerve-Agent Shell That Wounded American Troops in Iraq
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: where has all the aid money gone?
Iraq
Islamic State cedes little ground despite air attacks
Canada
A 15-year-old boy from Montreal has been charged with robbing a store to fund his travel to the Middle East to join a terrorist group. Two suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers Party were detained after trying to enter Canada from the US and obtain asylum.
United Arab Emirates
Police arrested a woman suspected of murdering an American schoolteacher on Dec. 1 in a shopping mall bathroom in Abu Dhabi. A top UAE security official said the suspect also plotted to bomb the home of an American resident. The US Embassy in Abu Dhabi yesterday warned Americans to avoid large crowds and to maintain […]
Turkey
Turkish media reported that Abd El Basset Azzouz, a senior al Qaeda leader in Libya and suspect in the 2012 murder of US Ambassador Chris Stevens in Benghazi, was seized in a joint CIA-Turkish raid in Yalova on Nov. 13. Azzouz was reportedly moved to Jordan on Nov. 24 for extradition to the US. Thirteen […]