Libyan vessels intercepted a North Korean-flagged tanker that illegally loaded oil, and escorted it to Misrata. The GNC issued an order authorizing militias in Tobruk, Benghazi, Sebha, Sirte, Misrata, and Tripoli to create a military force to bring the eastern oil terminals back under the government’s control. The US warned of civil liability, penalties, and […]
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia issued a statement denouncing France’s peacekeeping efforts in the Central African Republic and calling on wealthy Muslims to aid their Muslim brothers in CAR, whom they described as victims of “the Crusader war against Islam.” Following the arrest last week of a Tunisian national returning from Libya with a pistol at […]
Save the Children describes healthcare disaster in Syria
Negotiations over the release of a group of kidnapped nuns were complicated by factors including the alleged involvement of Free Syrian Army fighters in the kidnapping.
The Taliban killed nine civilians in separate attacks in Helmand province. Security forces killed 19 Taliban fighters, including three local commanders, in Farah, and eight more in operations in Kunar, Kunduz, Kandahar, Helmand, and Zabul. Vice President Fahim died of natural causes.
An Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham suicide bomber killed 47 people and wounded 125 more in an attack at a checkpoint n Hillah. The ISIS also killed two soldiers in Mosul, two soldiers in Abu Ghraib, two more in Hillah, and another in Fallujah. Security forces killed two ISIS military leaders in Karmah […]
Spain on Islamist alert, decade after train bombings
Jihadi head says Gaza groups growing
A group of 13 kidnapped nuns was released by the Al Nusrah Front in a swap for over 150 female detainees in regime prisons. Regime and Hezbollah forces continued to battle rebel forces including the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, and the Islamic Front, in Yabroud, where the nuns […]
The Al Nusrah Front in Lebanon claimed that Shiite members of the Lebanese Army are fighting in Syria alongside regime forces. The head of General Security said negotiations have resulted in a deal to free 13 Syrian nuns kidnapped last year by rebels. The nuns will be handed over in Arsal and then taken to […]
An official said that an Iranian arms shipment recently intercepted by Israel in the Red Sea was destined for militants in the Sinai or Gaza. At least two police officers were injured in a shooting attacker by gunmen in Zagazig. The army spokesman announced the arrest of 13 suspected militants in operations in North Sinai.
The Libyan Air Force refused orders to bomb a tanker that was illegally taking on oil at Essider. Prime Minister Zeidan said the Army refused orders from him and would answer only to the GNC and its commander in chief. A sum of $35 million was reportedly paid for the shipment and deposited in a […]
US military presence in Africa growing in small ways
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed three soldiers in Ramadi, four soldiers west of Ramadi and, three policemen outside the city. An ISIS suicide bomber used a military vehicle to attack a checkpoint in Ramadi; 14 people were wounded. Security forces killed four ISIS fighters in Samarra and Fallujah.
Four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and two Yemeni soldiers were killed as AQAP launched a suicide assault on a military base in Lawdar in Lahj province. Salafists from the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with Shia Houthis in the northern province of Al Jawf; 17 people are reported to have been killed over the […]
The Islamic Front and the Al Nusrah Front clashed with regime forces in Deir Izzour, in Aleppo, and in Hama. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham controls an oil well in Hama’s Jabal Sha’er area. An ISIS suicide car bomber detonated near an Al Nusrah checkpoint in Hasakah. The Islamic Front also battled […]
Malaysian plane presumed crashed; questions over false IDs
Saudis, world community react to new Saudi terror law
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades said the killing of civilians in its Feb. 19 suicide attack at the Iranian Cultural Center in Beirut was due to an error. The group also said that its Marwan Hadid Brigades carried out a rocket attack jointly with the Al Nusrah Front in Lebanon in the Hermel area; it is […]
Azerbaijan To Tighten Antiterror Legislation
Al Qaeda-linked group issues rare apology for “technical fault” in Beirut suicide bombing
Of the 30 suicide bombers who were identified, the noms de guerre of 24 of them indicate that they were from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
At least one person was injured when a homemade bomb exploded near a tram station in Cairo. Egypt urged other Arab states to designate the Muslim Brotherhod as a terror organization. Security measures were increased around schools in North Sinai for the start of the second semester.
Who was behind deadly Kiev snipers? Russia, Ukraine point fingers
US, Afghan military try to get out the vote, prevent Taliban disruption of key election
Five members of a suspected assassination squad were arrested in Sirte. Rebel protesters at the Essider port say they have begun exporting oil; a North Korean-flagged tanker said to be under Saudi ownership docked at the port this morning. Prime Minister Zeidan threatened to bomb the tanker and said arrest warrants were issued for its […]
A US defense official said a small contingent of US special forces was recently sent to Jordan to train their Iraqi and Jordanian counterparts. US officials confirmed that the Navy had been told to be prepared to act to prevent a shipment of Iranian weapons from being smuggled into Gaza; the shipment was monitored by […]
Musharraf’s lawyers ‘threatened with beheading’
Security forces killed 10 Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters in Fallujah and and six “militants” in Alakhsaf. Three ISIS fighters were killed in a premature detonation in Tikrit. The ISIS killed three soldiers and three policemen two separate suicide attacks in Ramadi, a soldier in Mosul, and a police colonel in Kirkuk.
The regime’s use of barrel bombs has reportedly increased since last year. Residents of Raqqah say it is controlled by some 5,000 fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, consisting mainly of foreigners, including Iraqis, Tunisians, Gulf Arabs, and Chechens. An ISIS leader was killed fighting regime forces near the 17th Division […]