A car being escorted to a Nairobi police station blew up last night, killing two of the car’s occupants along with two policemen. Security forces said the car could have been targeting a Cabinet Secretary and the Police Inspector General. One of the car’s occupants had explosives on his body. Explosives were also found in […]
A police officer guarding the CURE hospital in Kabul turned his gun on Americans, killing three and wounding another.
Overnight airstrikes in North Sinai reportedly killed 7 militants. A senior military officer said the the Sinai Peninsula was under the “complete control” of Egypt’s army. Authorities reportedly arrested seven Ansar Jerusalem members in Cairo and Qaliubiya.
Senior counterterrorism officer Helen Ball warned that anyone who travels to Syria to train or fight, even for the Free Syrian Army, faces arrest on return. Syria-related terrorism arrests are rising quickly this year; already there have been at least 16, compared to 24 in all of 2013. As many as 700 Britons are thought […]
Authorities unsealed an indictment charging Harold Rinko, of Hallstead, Penn.; and brothers Ahmad Feras Diri, of London, and Moawea Deri, a Syrian citizen who is at large; with illegally shipping chemical warfare equipment to Syria over a nine-year period from 2003 until November 2012. A federal court found again that Sudan as a state sponsor […]
State media claimed that 115 rebels who were defected soldiers and policemen turned in their weapons in Quneitra. Rebels alleged that regime grenades and barrel bombs filled with chlorine were used recently to attack rebel-held areas; the OPCW said no state has asked it to investigate. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled […]
Wanted Islamist Mohammad Abdullah Jumaa, a member of the al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades, escaped an assassination attempt in the Ain al Hilweh refugee camp. Rockets fired from Syria, some by the Assad regime and some by militants, hit Bekaa valley towns. Two grenades were thrown in Tripoli but no casualties resulted. Security forces raided […]
Tunisian premier vows terror crackdown
Prime Minister Erdogan confirmed that Turkey sent a convoy to protect the tomb of Suleyman Shah, a tiny piece of Turkish territory inside Syria’s province of Aleppo. Turkey reportedly deployed six tanks and 12 armored vehicles within 200 meters of positions held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. In late March, Turkish […]
The group has now taken credit for at least 15 attacks since November, according to a tally maintained by The Long War Journal.
Noor Qasim Sabari and Abdul Wasi’ Azzam, the shadow governors of Kunar and Kandahar respectively, were killed in military operations over the past month.
The US Embassy denied reports that it was attacked last night; US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns is visiting Tripoli. Jordan’s ambassador to Libya is still being held hostage; he was kidnapped last week reportedly by a Libyan al Qaeda affiliate that is demanding the release of Mohamed Dersi, a Libyan serving a life […]
Tackling Radical Islam Needs Religious Focus: Tony Blair
Rival factions Hamas and Fatah announced plans to form a unity government in the next five weeks. US officials warned that the new government must recognize Israel and renounce violence, two conditions Hamas has never accepted. At least three people were hurt when an Israeli airstrike targeted a suspected terrorist.
Hole in Afghan budget stirs unease as West starts packing bags
A senior police officer was assassinated in Cairo, and another officer died in a clash with militants near Alexandria. The Pentagon plans to deliver Apache helicopters to Egypt to help “counter extremists who threaten US, Egyptian, and Israeli security.”
A bomb placed under a car in Cairo killed a senior police officer. Near Alexandria, a shootout between security personnel and wanted militants left one police officer dead as well as a militant. Three members of Ansar Jerusalem were allegedly killed during clashes with security personnel yesterday in North Sinai. A probe into the February […]
Former prime minister Tony Blair gave a wide-ranging address in which he called rising Islamist extremism the most pressing challenge of the current age, and said Western countries must face the core ideological issue, “take sides,” and support pluralistic societies in the growing battle against those who seek to impose a “closed-minded” Islamist polity. His […]
Attack on Journalist Spurs New Dispute in Pakistan
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Reef Dimashq and in Latakia. Jaysh al Muhajireen wal Ansar, composed mainly of non-Syrians, fought alongside Al Nusrah in Aleppo. The Islamic Front clashed with regime forces in Homs, which rebels are trying to hold; Aleppo; Reef Dimashq; Damascus, where they set off […]
Gunmen opened fire overnight on a bus transporting soldiers in North Sinai. Gunmen also opened fire on security personnel in Nasr City; no injuries were reported. Defense Minister Sobhi praised the country’s security forces for their efforts. The Interior Minister recently said that Ajnad Misr is an offshoot of Ansar Jerusalem and was formed by […]
Miserable Syrians in Jordan say they’d rather go home
Security Eroding in Northern Afghanistan after German Withdrawal
North Korea believed to be readying new nuclear tests
France to unveil plan to fight Syrian jihadist threat
The Saudi-Brotherhood divide
The Special Court in Riyadh sentenced three terrorists from the 85-member Turki al Dandani group to death, and handed out prison sentences ranging from two to 26 years to 40 others. Two days ago, five terrorists received death sentences for bombings in 2003.
Syrian rebels make last stand for Homs
A spokesman for the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) said that French national Gilberto Rodrigues Leal, held hostage in Mali since late 2012, has died. Security sources said French forces have killed 30 Islamist militants in northern Mali in April; reportedly among them is Abou Ourabe, an Algerian commander in al […]
Parliamentarian Abdelaziz Isaq Mursal was shot dead outside his home in Mogadishu by gunmen who drove away after the attack. Shabaab has claimed yesterday’s murder of MP Isaq Mohamed Riino in a car bombing. The governor of Nugal warned the media to avoid “disheartening reports.”