China
Malaysia says it ‘will not stop looking’ for jet
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Pakistan
Pakistani couple gets death over ‘blasphemous’ text message
Afghanistan
Afghans vote in landmark poll, undeterred by threats
Cameroon
Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped two Italian priests and an elderly Canadian nun in the Maroua district of northern Cameroon near the Nigerian border. The Nigerian military recently confirmed that it is working jointly with Cameroon in efforts against the terrorist group. Mining Minister Mbonde said Cameroon is deploying more border staff to address the […]
Iraq
ISIS expands in areas around Baghdad
Al Nusrah Front
A journey through Syria’s Daraa
Ahrar al Sham
Syria’s moderate rebels still losing ground to extremists
Al Qaeda
Turkey admits Reyhanli was attacked by al Qaeda
Syria
Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri eulogized Abu Khalid al Suri, his representative to Syria, and warned against jihadist infighting. The US is planning to increase training and shipments of small arms to “moderate” rebels based mainly in Jordan. An opposition source said over 1,000 jihadists, many of them non-Syrian, were recently airlifted from Jordan […]
Lebanon
In an attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, three rockets hit two villages linked to Hezbollah in the Bekaa valley. The attack was also claimed by the Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade, which earlier criticized the new security plan for Tripoli. Charges were filed against eight Lebanese men, six of […]
Egypt
Two men were killed by Islamist militants for allegedly collaborating with Egypt’s army. In North Sinai, a police officer was killed by gunmen, and authorities reportedly thwarted an attempt to target the al Gorah airport.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed four Yemeni soldiers and an officer in an attack on an outpost near an oil field in the Al Wadi district in Hadramout province. A US judge dismissed a lawsuit involving the US drone strikes that killed Americans Anwar al Awlaki, his son, and Samir Khan.
Zawahiri eulogizes al Qaeda’s slain Syrian representative
Ayman al Zawahiri has released an audio message eulogizing Abu Khalid al Suri, who was killed on Feb. 23. Zawahiri confirms that he knew al Suri since before the 9/11 attacks and that they had been in direct communication after the beginning of the Syrian revolution.
Tajik, Kazakh, and Russian fighters killed in Syria
Jihadists from across the globe have been flocking to Syria over the past several years, and some are no doubt passing through training camps run by al Qaeda and allied groups.
Nigeria
The military killed scores of “Fulani herders” in Nasarawa state and seized “sophisticated weapons” from the group; a Keana resident said the area has seen more “Fulani” than ever before recently and many do not have cattle. The High Court awarded $300,000 in damages to suspended Central Bank director Lamido Sanusi, ordered that his passport […]
Denmark
Ahmed Akkari, who was instrumental in drumming up Muslim outrage over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005, admitted that the Danish imams who visited the Middle East on the campaign met with Hamas and Hezbollah to seek their help. Akkari, who has since denounced his own role in the campaign, stated […]
Malaysia
MH370 Malaysia Airlines: Anwar Ibrahim says government purposefully concealing information
Saudi Arabia convicts 18 of involvement in al Qaeda
The Riyadh Criminal Court sentenced 18 defendants today to prison terms of up to 27 years for involvement in al Qaeda. The day before, top Saudi al Qaeda strategist Faris al Zahrani was sentenced to death, and 15 of his associates were also convicted.
Central African Republic
CAR crisis: UN says Chad troops fired into market
Former Guantanamo detainee killed while leading jihadist group in Syria
Ibrahim Bin Shakaran, a Moroccan who spent more than three years at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility before being freed, has been killed while leading Sham al Islam in Latakia. Bin Shakaran had run a recruiting network for Abu Musab al Zarqawi after being released by the US.
United States
The State Department offered rewards of up to $3 million for information leading to the arrest of Musa Asoglu, Zerrin Sari, or Seher Demir Sen, three leaders of the left-wing Turkish terrorist organization Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (Devrimci Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi, or DHKP/C). Visiting Algiers, Secretary of State Kerry said the US wants to provide […]
Afghanistan
Afghans largely left to monitor their own election
Al Nusrah Front
Armenia Concerned Over Fate Of Families In Syria’s Kesab
Libya
Smuggled Libya oil fuels Tunisia economy, instability
Saudi Arabia
Al Qaeda strategist Faris al Zahrani, a.k.a. Abu Jandal al Azdi, was sentenced to death for charges including holding extremist views, killing Muslims and others, targeting security officials, and planning to overthrow Gulf monarchies. Zahrani, reportedly a top al Qaeda leader in Saudi Arabia, had defied rehabilitation efforts, vowing to continue terrorist activities if released. […]
Syria
Former Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Bin Shakaran, a.k.a. Brahim Benchakroun or Abu Ahmad al Maghribi, was reportedly killed in Latakia while leading his Sham al Islam group. Fierce fighting continued near a strategic hilltop in Latakia between regime forces and rebels, including the Al Nusrah Front, Ansar al Sham, Sham al Islam, Junoud al Sham, the […]
Terrorism in the Caucasus and the threat to the US homeland
Testimony to the House Committee on Homeland Security on the threat posed by the Islamic Caucasus Emirate and the implications for US homeland security.
Lebanon
The house of extremist cleric Omar Bakri Mohammad, who has been banned from the UK, was raided during security sweeps in Tripoli that netted 75 arrests. Two rockets ready to launch toward the Shiite town of Nabi Othman, where the Al Nusrah Front in Lebanon carried out a suicide car bombing last month, were found […]
Russia
Suspected Islamist militants killed four Russian soldiers and wounded seven more in a roadside bombing in Chechnya. A Russian jihadist website released videos featuring “Abdullah,” a Chechen boxer, and Abu ‘Issa al-Andalusi, a Portuguese soccer player, who died fighting in Islamist ranks in Syria. The video claimed that at the time he was killed, Abdullah […]
Lebanon
New Lebanese Domestic Violence Law Evokes Sharp Criticism