Security forces detained Hussein Sharafeddine, a rapper with a long beard, in the south Beirut neighborhood where a car bomb killed four people the day before. The Future party said security will not return to Lebanon unless Hezbollah withdraws from Syria. Eight soldiers were wounded in Tripoli during clashes between supporters and opponents of the […]
The army spokesman announced the destruction of nine additional smuggling tunnels in Rafah as well as the arrest of seven terrorists. A military source said security forces were searching for four top terrorists in the Sinai, including Shadi el Menai of Ansar Jerusalem. Authorities filed espionage charges against a popular academic.
Moscow’s top immigration official said security forces detained an Egyptian member of al Qaeda in October who was seeking asylum; 15 members of the al Qaeda-linked At Takfir Wal Hijra were detained in November. Russian authorities are looking for potential ‘black widow’ suicide bombers Jhannet Tsakhaeva, from Dagestan, and Oksana Aslanova, from Turkmenistan, as well […]
Shabaab has shut down mobile Internet access in areas under its control. A tipoff from Ahlu Sunna wal Jamaa forces led to the Kenyan Defence Forces airstrike on Shabaab leaders in Birta Dher village. Over 4,000 Ethiopian soldiers have formally integrated into AMISOM with orders to operate in the regions of Bay, Bakool, and Gedo. […]
The new Chief of Defence Staff claims that he will end the Boko Haram insurgency by April. Suspected Boko Haram militants killed a teacher and wounded another person in an attack on Wulgo village, Borno state, near the border with Chad. Boko Haram is believed to have murdered 18 locals with IEDs and petrol bombs […]
Two special forces members and an unidentified person were killed by a car bomb in Benghazi. Amid deteriorating security in Kufra, two people were killed and three were wounded by mortar fire in clashes between Tebus and Zwais. Prime Minister Zeidan said security has been regained in Sebha after the arrival of troops yesterday, and […]
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The three operatives were reportedly recruited by a Gaza-based terrorists who claimed to work for al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri. News of the recent arrests comes about two months after Israel security forces killed three Salafi jihadists near Hebron.
Special Report: Amid Syria’s violence, Kurds carve out autonomy
Unconfirmed reports indicate that 33 Uzbeks and three Germans are among those killed in Pakistani airstrikes in North Waziristan.
Ahmed Za’anin was said to have been involved in previous attacks against Israel as well as planning attacks for “the coming days.” Today’s attack is the second attempted targeted killing of a Palestinian terrorist in Gaza in the past week.
France to bolster military presence in Africa
Top American and Russian officials discussed security cooperation during the Sochi Olympics. The Navy said air and naval assets, including two warships in the Black Sea, will be available during the Olympics in case they are needed for contingency operations resulting from a terrorist attack. US military officials are urging the Obama administration to consider […]
Former NATO commander warns of wider war in Middle East
The military killed more than 20 people in a series of airstrikes in the Mir Ali and Datta Khel areas of North Waziristan. A suicide bomber killed 22 people in an attack in Mastung in Baluchistan. Four people were killed in separate attacks on polio vaccination teams in Karachi and Mansehra.
US secretly backs rebels to fight al Qaeda in Syria
Yesterday, a Taliban suicide assault team killed an ISAF soldier and two civilians in an attack on a base in Kandahar. Security forces killed 16 Taliban fighters, including a leader in Ghazni, during raids throughout the country. The Taliban killed three civlians in an IED attack in Kandahar.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed five policemen in separate attacks and an intelligence officer in Mosul, and the Sunni Endowments communication director in Diyala, and kidnapped the advisor to the governor of Anbar. Security forces killed six ISIS fighters in Khalidiyah. Awakening leader Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha said that anyone who […]
Three Islamist fighting groups, including the large Islamic Front coalition as well as the Islamic Union of the Soldiers of al-Sham and the Army of the Mujahideen, issued a statement yesterday rejecting the Geneva II talks and vowing to fight on; they also thanked Turkey and Qatar for their support. In an effort to combat […]
Turkish intelligence issued a warning that ISIS suicide bombers planned to attack hotels in Hatay, Ankara, and Istanbul in an attempt to target members of the Syrian opposition and Free Syrian Army in advance of the Geneva II talks. The army said it discovered and destroyed a 500-meter-long pipeline used for smuggling oil into Hatay […]
A suicide car bombing killed four people and wounded 46 more in a Hezbollah neighborhood in southern Beirut, the third bombing targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon so far this year, and the fourth such attack by al Qaeda in the country since November. The Al Nusrah Front in Lebanon claimed the attack, saying it was retaliation […]
Salafists assassinated the Houthis’ chief negotiator in an attack in Sana’a. At least 12 people were killed as Houthis and Salafists clashed in Omran province. “Gunmen” assassinated a police chief in Taiz. President Hadi’s presidentcy has been extended by one year.
US Offers Russia High-Tech Aid to Thwart Sochi Terror
An ex-Guantanamo detainee, Ibrahim Sen, was arrested in Turkey on Jan. 14. Sen is accused of being an important al Qaeda facilitator and leader.
Israel will be hard-pressed to respond to Sinai rocket attack