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Egypt

A car bomb exploded outside of a restaurant on the Sinai on Nov. 11, wounding 10 people. An Egyptian court sentenced 25 individuals to 25 years, three people to 10 years, and seven more to three years over support of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Libya

Two car bombs exploded in the pro-government strongholds of Tobruk and Labraq in eastern Libya, killing at least 13 people and injuring over 15. A third car bomb exploded in Benghazi, causing “damage” but no casualties. The Libyan Army reportedly conducted airstrikes against Islamists in Derna who are aligned with the Islamic State; four people […]

Algeria

Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal declared that “Algeria is safe from IS [The Islamic State], the Maghreb and North Africa cannot become acquainted with IS.” The deputy defense minister and army chief of staff pledged the army’s “determination” to “eradicate” terrorism.

Islamic State

UAE emerges as quiet, potent US ally

Afghanistan

At Afghan Border, Graft Is Part of the Bargain

Al Qaeda

How a talented footballer became world’s most wanted man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Indonesia

Jakarta governor calls for hardline group, Islamic Defenders Front, to be disbanded

Al Qaeda

The school that says Osama Bin Laden was a hero

Turkistan Islamic Party members photographed in Syria

A popular jihadist figure in Syria has posted a picture of fighters allegedly from the Turkistan Islamic Party, an al Qaeda-affiliated group that operates in China and in Central and South Asia.

Tunisia

Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou said his country “is facing ‘serious security threats along the border with Algeria, that is in the governorates of Kef, Jendouba and Kasserine’” due to “movements by terrorists” in these areas. An expert on political Islam at the Tunisian Institute for Strategic Studies to the Presidency stated that Salafism and […]

US drone strike kills 7 terrorists in southern Yemen

According to Yemeni officials, the strike targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters as they were preparing to launch an attack in the southern province of Shabwa.

Nigeria

A female suicide bomber detonated explosives near a government college in northern Nigeria, injuring at least three people. The US State Department responded to criticism by the Nigerian ambassador about a lack of military assistance in the fight against terrorism, stating there had been “a great deal” of aid, while acknowledging that attack helicopters had […]

United Kingdom

Terror suspect Siddartha Dhar a.k.a. Abu Rumaysah, who was arrested along with extremist cleric Anjem Choudary in September, is thought to have traveled to Syria the day after his Sept. 26 release on bail. After dismissal of the jury yesterday in the “secret” trial of terror suspect Erol Incedal, who is accused of plotting against […]

Australia

Banks are scaling back on overseas remittance services as government seeks to cut off terrorist funding sources; the New South Wales Crime Commission’s latest report revealed that in one case that may have involved financing of terrorism in Syria and Iraq, a single remitter sent over $265 million overseas during an eight-year period. Ali al-Hasanat, […]

Canada

The Defense Department said that a Canadian airstrike with a laser-guided bomb destroyed a piece of Islamic State artillery near Baiji, Iraq. About 600 Canadian troops are currently deployed in the coalition air campaign in Iraq. Gill Rosenberg, a Canadian-born woman and former Israeli soldier, has reportedly joined a Kurdish militia in Iraq that is […]

Yemen

Three security guards and a Houthi fighter were killed during clashes at the main airport in the capital of Sana’a. The US sanctioned former president Ali Saleh and Houthi military commanders Abdullah Yahya al Hakim and Abd al Khaliq al Houthi as political spoilers.

Al Nusrah Front showcases military parade in Idlib

The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, has released pictures and a video showcasing a large military parade in the northwestern province of Idlib.

Egypt

The Egyptian military announced the arrest of 14 suspected terrorists and the “destruction of 30 ‘terrorist hideouts’” in the Sinai. Egypt has relieved over 200 school teachers and transferred them to “administrative posts in the ministry,” and it has banned Libyan schools in Egypt due to links to the Muslim Brotherhood. The interior ministry has […]

Nigeria

The Nigerian ambassador to the US blasted the US for refusing to sell arms to support his country’s fight against Boko Haram. The jihadist group is urging residents of Mubi to return after its takeover of the eastern town; 13,000 residents are reported to have fled into Cameroon.

Libya

Three human rights activists were beheaded in Islamist-controlled Derna, where factions recently swore allegiance to the Islamic State. A UN envoy met with the speaker of the Libyan General National Congress to discuss stabilization of the country. The jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia may soon be added to the UN terror list.