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US, Defending Kurds in Syria, Expands Airstrikes Against Islamic State Militants

The military claimed it killed more than 40 Boko Haram insurgents in clashes in Damboa, Konduga, and Beneshek in Borno state over the past three days. The Boko Haram fighters attempting to take Konduga yesterday arrived in a dozen trucks, but were repelled. The military said 11 soldiers were killed and three were missing after […]

US drone strike kills 2 AQAP fighters in Al Jawf

The strike, the second in two days, took place in a northern province where top al Qaeda leaders have been targeted and killed in the past.

France

Authorities have begun formally investigating three French jihadists recently returned from Syria who are suspected of preparing terrorist attacks; two of them have links to Toulouse shooter Mohamed Merah. The three suspects, who were already subject to investigation since September 2013 for ties to the “Artigat” network of jihadists in southern France, were arrested in […]

United Kingdom

One day after the British military was authorized to join the international coalition’s airstrike campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq, two Cyprus-based Tornado jets have completed a reconnaissance mission. Trevor Brooks a.k.a. Abu Izzadeen, a convicted terrorist from east London who is one of 11 Islamists arrested on Sept. 25 and 26, was charged […]

Islamic State

US-led air strikes hit IS on Syria’s border with Turkey

Islamic State

US Considers a No-Fly Zone to Protect Civilians From Airstrikes by Syria

Al Qaeda official warns against Islamic State in new speech

A senior al Qaeda official known as Abu Dujana al Basha urges jihadists not to join the Islamic State, a former branch of al Qaeda that was disowned by al Qaeda’s senior leaders in February.

2 AQAP commanders reported killed in Shabwa drone strike

Arabic media reports claim that two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leaders were killed in a US drone strike in Shabwa province yesterday. One was reported to have been “rehabilitated.”

Al Qaeda

Al Qaeda’s Khorasan cell is ‘clear and present danger’ to commercial flights, US official says

Afghanistan

VIDEO: US troops sent to advise Afghan forces drawn into firefight

Islamic State

Syrian rebel force of 12,000-15,000 needed to roll back Islamic State in eastern Syria: General Dempsey

Australia

FBI expects ISIS to retaliate for airstrikes

Al Nusrah Front

Hezbollah squeezed out of Golan by Al Nusrah Front, Israel

Afghanistan

The Taliban beheaded 15 people, including family members of local police, in Ghazni. The Taliban are in control of much of Sangin district in Helmand. ISAF killed several Taliban commanders in an airstrike in Laghman. The military claimed it killed 55 Taliban fighters in Laghman.

Iraq

The US launched seven airstrikes against Islamic State targets near Kirkuk, Baghdad, and Al Qaim. Britain, Belgium, and Denmark agreed to join the US in targeting the Islamic State inside Iraq, but not in Syria. The headquarters element of the 1st Infantry Division will deploy to Iraq.

Syria

Coalition airstrikes have halted most of the oil production in Deir Izzour, a source of Islamic State income, and a coalition airstrike today killed a senior IS official near Deir Izzour city. Coalition airstrikes also targeted an IS headquarters in Menbej city in Aleppo, as well as IS camps, checkpoints, and facilities in Raqqah. Some […]

Lebanon

Abou Malek al Talleh, the Al Nusrah Front’s emir for Qalamoun, warned that “jihadists are in their thousands across Lebanon, awaiting the permission to start the battle” and that Al Nusrah has “managed to break all the security barriers in all Lebanese regions,” and he promised a quick solution to inmates of Roumieh Prison. A […]

Islamic State assaults Baiji oil refinery

The Islamic State has begun another assault on the highly contested oil refinery in northern Iraq.

Afghanistan

Taliban seize strategic Afghan district in Ghazni province

Denmark

Prime Minister Thorning-Schmidt said Denmark will send four operational planes and three reserve aircraft to join the international coalition’s air campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq. Parliament is expected to approve the plan, which also includes the deployment of 250 pilots and support staff, next week. Authorities reported that 349 blank passports had been […]

AQAP executes Yemeni intelligence director

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula executed a government intelligence director and four of his associates in the central Yemeni province of al Dale’ on yesterday.

Al Nusrah Front

US-led strikes put pressure on al Qaeda’s Syria group to reconcile with Islamic State

United Kingdom

The Parliament voted to approve the deployment of six Tornado jets to support the air campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq. Defence Secretary Fallon said the campaign would be long and would not consist of a “series of immediate hits,” and would be aimed at preventing the “slaughter of civilians” by the terrorist organization. […]

Al Nusrah Front trainer suspected of plotting against 2004 NATO summit killed in US airstrikes

One of the first reported casualties of the US-led bombing campaign earlier this week was an Al Nusrah Front commander known as Abu Yusuf al Turki. He had been training al Qaeda snipers in Syria. He was previously suspected of plotting to attack the 2004 NATO summit in Turkey.