In Benghazi, gunmen kidnapped Mahmoud Obeidi, a son of Major General Suleiman Obeidi, who has been linked to Operation Dignity; another of Obeidi’s sons was kidnapped last year and is still missing. A civilian who tried to rescue girls from a hijacking was killed in Benghazi on July 9, as was a soldier. In Derna, […]
Two people were killed and three were wounded in clashes between residents and Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Cairo’s Matariya district. Hundreds of pro-Brotherhood supporters of former president Morsi also clashed with police in Alexandria and Giza. Authorities briefly opened the Rafah border crossing yesterday to allow in Palestinians injured by Israeli airstrikes to enter Egypt […]
Singapore Islamic group launches centre to help counter extremist ideologies
Recent attacks on more than seven villages in Kaduna state by suspected “Fulani herdsmen” have killed at least 160 people and displaced over 24,000. The military claimed that during “mopping up operations” in Balmo forest it has discovered underground Boko Haram armories containing weapons, explosives, and military uniforms.
Australian extremist cleric Musa Cerantonio was arrested in Cebu with a female companion, several days after he had boasted that he had arrived in Syria to support the Islamic State. The Philippines military said it is checking to see if the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters is receiving financial support from the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah.
Iraqi soldier tells of desertion as militants attacked refinery: ‘Our officers sold us out’
In Iraq, death toll rises among Shiite recruits battling insurgency
Pakistan Claims Win Against Militants Along Afghan Border, but Enemy Slips Away
UN asks Europe to take Syrian refugees as region saturated
Musa Cerantonio claimed he arrived in Syria on July 3, but he was recently arrested in Cebu.
The Taliban’s statement avoids any explicit mention of the Islamic State or its announced caliphate, even though the Islamic State has claimed that all Muslims must pledge allegiance to its leader.
Crime spree helps Pakistani Taliban squirrel away cash before raids begin
Dabiq: the smiling face trying to sell Iraq-Syria ‘caliphate’
The Taliban killed six de-miners in an attack on a convoy in Herat and a general in a magnetic mine attack in Kabul. The European Union said the results of the presidential election must be audited. The United Nations said civilian casualties are the highest they have been since 2009.
Kurdish members of parliament as well as cabinet ministers said that they would boycott the government. The military claimed it killed 35 Islamic State fighters in Fallujah and Ramadi, 30 more in Rabiah, and an additional 25 Islamic State fighters in Babil. The Islamic State killed four policemen near Tikrit.
The Islamic State has been using weapons captured in Iraq to expand its offensive in Kurdish areas in the north, aiming to take over the entire Kobani region. In Deir Izzour, the IS arrested a number of drug users; allowed residents of Khasham to return to their homes if they “repented” and turned in one […]
A military judge issued an arrest warrant for B.M., a defector from the Syrian army suspected of membership in the Islamic State who allegedly was recruiting fellow Syrians for suicide attacks against the Assad regime. The suspect, who was arrested on the Beirut-Bekaa highway, had fought with the Islamic Farouq Brigades in Syria. Demonstrators carrying […]
Karzai agrees to UN proposal for the audit of 3.5 million votes
Afghan aid is dropping, but how fast is too fast?
‘Malmö has not become safer for Jews’: rabbi
Sanafi al Nasr, a senior al Qaeda operative, reposted part of a message from Ayman al Zawahiri that was released in January. The excerpt deals with how al Qaeda thinks an Islamic State should be built. It is intended as a rebuttal to the Islamic State’s announced caliphate, which al Qaeda still has not officially addressed.
Turkey faces threat from returning jihadists
Fallujah key to defeating Islamic State in Iraq
The Israeli military claimed to have hit over 750 targets in Gaza so far on the third day of its offensive, including 320 Hamas targets such as underground tunnel networks and rocket launching sites last night. Of the 250 missiles and mortars launched from Gaza towards Israel in recent days, the Iron Dome interceptor has […]
Palestinian officials said Israeli strikes in Gaza that began on July 8 have killed at least 77 Palestinians so far. Militants in Gaza continued to launch missiles into Israel; both Islamic Jihad and Hamas’ Al Qassem Brigades have claimed attacks. President Abbas has denounced the Israeli attacks, and has not criticized Hamas for launching missiles […]
Bruised Iraqi army leans on Shi’ite militias, volunteers
A Shiite mosque in Istanbul was vandalized twice in two days. Following a July 7 agreement by Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden to develop an “action plan” to prevent jihadists from returning to Europe, Turkish authorities have begun talking to families of jihadists and investigating aid organizations that allegedly […]
Islamic State militants on offensive against Kurds in northern Syria near Turkish border
The strike took place in an area of North Waziristan that has served as a command center for al Qaeda’s military.
Prime Minister Cameron said new laws to help track Internet and telephone records will be implemented next week as part of emergency measures due to the “grave” terrorist threat to national security posed by extremists in Iraq and Syria. The new laws restore powers that were invalidated by a European Court of Justice ruling last […]