Search Results for: TTP

Kenya

Man’s two-year ordeal under Shabaab gang

AMISOM

Mogadishu Security Declines As Armed Forces Stretched Outside Capital

Somalia

Two days after seizing Taleh district, Somali forces pulled out; Shabaab fighters were reportedly in the region, which is claimed by Puntland. In a suspected Shabaab attack, a bomb attached to a solar lamp post in Mogadishu killed at least one civilian and injured five on April 15. Uganda sent 400 troops to guard UN […]

Kenya

Police said 225 people, including 91 Somalis this week alone, have been deported in the ongoing security crackdown. The Mombasa county education director said there are pockets of radicalization in some schools. Former Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim denied having links to Shabaab.

OPCW

Syria submits more ‘detailed’ list of chemical weapons

Libya

A female US embassy employee who was kidnapped and injured by gunfire managed to escape her captors. A Tunisian diplomat was reportedly kidnapped in Tripoli. Ansar al Sharia member Mohamed Mahlaz Shawaihdy was killed on April 14 in Benghazi; a large contingent of Ansar al Sharia members visited the hospital where his body was brought. […]

Nigeria

Boko Haram militants killed 20 people in Sabon-Kasuawa in Borno state, allegedly because residents had informed security forces about militant activities. Militant “Fulani herdsmen,” who have recently begun attacking the state and have killed hundreds of people in Kaduna, Plateau, Benue, and Nasarawa states, bombarded Wukari in Taraba state, forcing residents to flee; at least […]

Iraq

Jordanian jihadis returning from Syria war rattle US-aligned kingdom

Syria

Watchdog: Rise in targeted media killings in Syria

Syria

Opposition activists accused the Assad regime of a gas attack in Harasta, the fourth such attack claimed by the opposition so far in April. The Al Nusrah Front said it was cutting ties with the Raqqah Rebel Brigade. In Idlib, Al Nusrah clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, after ISIS fighters […]

Lebanon

Two Syrian airstrikes hit near Syrian refugee tents on the outskirts of Arsal in the Bekaa valley. The military prosecutor filed terrorism charges against Mohammed Abdel-Hamid Qassem, who has admitted to rigging car bombs and fundraising for the Al Nusrah Front; similar charges were also filed against others linked to Qassem who are at large.

Syria

US Congress balks at war on terror funding for Syria

Afghanistan

Afghanistan economic growth falls sharply in 2013: ADB

Pakistan

Pakistan – TTP say they will not extend ceasefire, but will continue talks

Iran

Hamas’ growing rivalry with Islamic Jihad

Afghanistan

Blunders by British generals allowed Taliban to carry out attack on Camp Bastion while Prince Harry was in Afghanistan

Jordan

Four Jordanian fighter jets hit and destroyed a number of vehicles entering Jordan from Syria that were believed to be carrying Syrian rebel fighters. Syrian state media said the vehicles were not from its army.

Nigeria

Ten of the over 100 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in Borno managed to escape from their captors, bringing the number of those who have fled to 14. About 10 gunmen broke into the house of the Kogi state speaker, kidnapping two of his children. About 20 gunmen in Bauchi state stormed Soro town in […]

United Kingdom

The extradition of Abu Hamza deputy Haroon Aswat to face terror charges in the US was delayed until the UK obtains “the kind of assurances envisaged” by the European Court of Human Rights that he will be treated humanely in the US. Some 200 UK jihadists who have fought in Syria are thought to have […]

Al Qaeda

The Facebook jihadis seeking action in Syria

Al Nusrah Front

Syria war: Maaloula’s monastery destroyed after Assad forces drive rebels out

Egypt

Dialogue ongoing between Hezbollah, Egypt

Egypt

A Cairo court will soon examine whether Ajnad Misr should be considered a terrorist organization. Overnight, a bombing attack wounded at least one security person in North Sinai. In Giza, three security personnel were wounded in a bombing attack. Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a tribal leader known to be supportive of the army.