Security forces reportedly thwarted a suicide bombing attack at a security site in North Sinai. A court announced that Hamas was banned from carrying out activities in Egypt. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a bus transporting security personnel in North Sinai.
Egypt tightens grip on mosques to curb Islamist dissent
Syrian rebel force to receive Saudi arms has worked with al Qaeda group
The state TV station in Tripoli was attacked with RPGs, most likely by the Jumaa al-Shahm militia. An Air Force colonel was assassinated in Benghazi. The General National Congress has relocated to a Tripoli hotel after protesters wounded six members of Congress and killed a security guard. GNC President Abu Sahmein said the GNC was […]
Syria: Hezbollah recruitment surge as sectarian conflict spreads
US says Kunming attack is ‘act of terrorism’
Hundreds of demonstrators marched in the capital yesterday protesting the alleged desecration of several copies of the Koran by four turbaned men on March 2, and one man was killed by an exploding tear gas canister. The RFD party condemned the desecration.
Boko Haram militants launched yet another attack in Borno state, killing as many as 40 people in the village of Jakana in Konduga, then retreated into the Sambisa forest. Nigerian authorities paraded seven Boko Haram militants suspected of murdering a moderate Muslim cleric in Kaduna state on Feb. 1; among them was Yakub Abdullahi, a […]
Some 30 suspected Boko Haram militants attacked a village in Cameroon on March 2; Cameroonian forces killed six militants and captured two more near the Nigerian border. One Cameroonian soldier was killed during the clash. The US State Department yesterday offered to provide Cameroon with continued US security assistance in the form of training and […]
Romain L., a.k.a. Abu Siyad Al-Normandy, a 26-year-old Muslim convert from Calvados, appeared in court on charges of incitement to terrorism for administering the jihadist website Ansar al Haqq and translating al Qaeda’s magazine Inspire into French. He is the first person to be prosecuted under a law that was enacted in late 2012. In […]
Survivors Recall Carnage and Terror in China Rampage
The military claimed it killed 52 Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters in Ramadi, including a leader known as Abu Bakr Anbari, and a commander in Latafiyah. An ISIS suicide bomber targeted soldiers in Ramadi. The ISIS killed two soldiers and a policeman in Mosul, and two civilians and two guards at the […]
In Idlib, the Islamic Front and the Al Nusrah Front clashed with regime forces; an Al Nusrah ammunition factory exploded in Sarmada. In Raqqah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham battled regime forces and executed a Christian. In Damascus, Al Nusrah, the Islamic Front, and ISIS continued to fight against regime, NDF, and […]
The Interior Ministry said that a remotely detonated bomb planted by terrorists in Daih killed three policemen. Another bomb was defused, and two more detonated without causing injuries.
The US killed three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in a drone strike in Marib. AQAP cleric and leader Sheikh Ma’moun Abdulhamid Hatem escaped the strike. AQAP killed seven soldiers in an ambush and a policeman in a mortar attack on a police station.
The Cabinet issued a statement calling on all foreign fighters to withdraw from Syria and said they should be subject to international prosecution for any war crimes committed there. It also condemned “terrorism in all its forms.”
The Al Nusrah Front launched 12 rockets from Syria into an area near the Baalbek villages of Brital and Hor Taala. Syrian jets fired 12 missiles into the outskirts of Arsal. The army released a photo of a “dangerous wanted” man linked to recent suicide bombings in Lebanon. During a raid near the Beddawi Palestinian […]
Dr Mahmoud al-Jaidah, a Qatari doctor, was sentenced to seven years in prison for supporting the banned Islamic religious group al-Islah, a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Activist groups and his family claimed his confessions were obtained after torture. Two Emiratis were also sentenced for the same offenses.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) identified one of those killed, Musab Musa Za’anin, as a member of the group’s military wing, the al Quds Brigades.
An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader is said to have been targeted in the strike. Three AQAP operatives, including a wanted commander, are reported to have been killed.
How Somalia aid cash funds Al Shabaab
Kenyan mosques turned to avenues for recruiting youth into terrorism
The Interior Ministry said it arrested members of a terror cell in Beheira that was targeting security personnel and civilians. Officials began a new push to convince foreigners that Egypt is safe to visit. A police sergeant was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Beni Suef. In Giza, gunmen killed at least one policeman and […]
The IDF reported an increase in the number of intelligence alerts related to potential kidnappings of Israelis. A Palestinian from Nablus said he stabbed an Israeli Jew in Petah Tikva to take revenge on Israel and its security services. Intelligence Minister Steinitz said Israel is ready for peace with the Palestinians, but is concerned about […]
Iran cutting sensitive nuclear stocks, much work remains: IAEA
The government said Shabaab is recruiting youth with the help of extemist clerics in Nairobi and in the northeastern, western, and coastal regions. Many of the clerics are said to be Tanzanians, including wanted Sheikh Ramadhan Juma, who is accused of facilitating cross-border radicalization. Authorities have released 41 suspected Shabaab members arrested during a raid […]
The jihadist splinter group has vowed to continue attacks in Pakistan regardless of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s negotiations with the government.
As many as 500 protesters denouncing lack of security in Benghazi, Derna, and Sirte torched cars at the GNC last night, calling for the GNC to resign. In separate attacks in Benghazi, a special forces member was killed in a car bombing, a Coptic Christian was shot, and a former security official was wounded. The […]
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 31 people in an attack in Mafa in Borno state; the al Qaeda-linked terror group had sent fliers warning of the attack, but when the attack came, soldiers guarding the village fled. Boko Haram has killed over 330 people already this year. An observer group said that despite […]
Pakistan’s interior minister announced the halt after the military killed five “militants” in airstrikes in Khyber.