A military judge indicted four Syrians on charges bringing car bombs into Lebanon and membership in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham; one of the suspects was arrested in Arsal last month and the other three are at large. Arrest warrants were issued for pro-Assad politician Rifaat Eid and 11 associates on terrorism […]
One dead as gunmen attack NATO trucks in Jamrud
The video’s release comes a day after the US designated Ansar Jerusalem as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity.
Islamic Political Parties Make A Comeback in Indonesian Election
Ansar Jerusalem released a video detailing its December suicide car bomb attack that targeted the Daqahliya security directorate. Egyptian officials said they were preparing a dossier to show Muslim Brotherhood involvement in major terror attacks in Egypt. Prime Minister Mahlab “issued a formal decision” that will allow authorities, based on a recently approved anti-terrorism law, […]
Indonesia’s Islamist parties surprise with strong showing in election
Norway – Hundreds of immigrant kids sent abroad to study
Radical Muslim youth took control of a mosque in Mombasa and renamed it Masjid Mujahideen; the youth are said to be from another Mombasa mosque that was renamed Masjid Shuhadaa (Martyrs’ Mosque) in March. A Swedish man of Somali origin has been arrested on suspicion of recruiting for Shabaab. Interior Secretary Lenku said 101 suspected […]
Kenya – Will Police Swoop Improve Security?
Moroccan jihadist leader dies in Syria
Priest: 30 dead in Central African Republic clash
Britain Increasingly Invokes Power to Disown Its Citizens
Muslim Shrine Stands as a Crossroads in Syria’s Unrest
Omar al Shishani said that Abu Usama al Maghrebi was killed by “a commander in the Front of Defeat; and it is not the Front of Victory [Al Nusrah Front] at all.”
Boko Haram militants in Jigawa state killed seven police officers and a civilian in an attack targeting a police station, a court, and a bank in Gwaram. The militants, said to number about 20, bombed the buildings and then opened fire. Suspected Boko Haram militants fired at a crowd watching a soccer match in Potiskum […]
Egypt steps up campaign to control mosques
Pakistani leader of banned sectarian group gets parliament seat
Noor Qasim Sabari, the shadow governor of Kunar, is said to have been killed in a US airstrike along with seven senior commanders in the province.
Regime forces backed by Hezbollah captured Rankous in Qalamoun near the Lebanese border, cutting off rebel supply lines and solidifying the regime’s hold in the area. The Al Nusrah Front, Islamic fighters, and rebels reportedly left Rankous after its inhabitants made a truce with the regime two days earlier. Two car bombs detonated in Alawite […]
Security forces arrested Mohammad Qassam and seven aides, all Syrians, in a refugee camp in Arsal; Qassam is accused of heading an al Qaeda group that rigs cars with explosives and sends them into Lebanon. Masked gunmen shot a Fatah-linked Sunni sheikh in the Ain el Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon. Hezbollah has turned over […]
Russia Withheld Details on Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Boston Bombing Suspect, Report Says
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Turkey said that although the grace period for returning jihadists expired on March 20, such fighters are still approaching Saudi embassies and asking for help in returning home. He also indicated they are still welcome to return, saying, “Our doors will always remain open for all Saudis coming from conflict regions […]
US Troops May Be Sent to E Europe
Abed Shihadeh a.k.a. Abu Mohammed Al Tahawi, a hardline Islamist leader on trial with over 60 other Salafi Jihadists for inciting violence in April 2011, challenged the court’s authority and asked to be freed on bail. Over 700 Syrian refugees entered Jordan in the past 48 hours. Border guards foiled an attempt on April 5 […]
Asim Umar, al Qaeda’s top sharia official in Pakistan, will be holding a Q&A session online in May. The appearance is being promoted on social media.
Khamenei: Iran will never give up its nuclear program
Kenya sends back ‘illegal’ Somalis after Nairobi raids
Hamas called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to “unleash the resistance” in the West Bank. Abbas himself urged the US to continue its efforts to save ongoing peace talks with Israel. A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel landed within the Hamas-run territory.
Four Islamist militants were reportedly killed overnight by locals in North Sinai. Security sources said 24 militants were arrested in operations in North Sinai. A Russian military delegation arrived in Cairo for talks with their Egyptian counterparts.
Lebanon: Residents of Tripoli apprehensive as militants still at large