Authorities referred 13 of 28 suspected al Qaeda members to court after their recent arrest; the remaining suspects are still being interrogated. Among those arrested are al Qaeda’s alleged senior member in Turkey, Halis Bayancuk, along with the terror group’s second-in-command in the Middle East, İbrahim Şen. Some three senior al Qaeda operatives are said […]
The Al Nusrah Front has demanded that the Raqqah division of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham hand over to sharia court all those responsible for the killing of Abu Sa’ad al-Hadhrami, Al Nusrah’s leader for Raqqah. ISIS attacked regime forces in the 17th division in Raqqah. ISIS and Islamic battalion fighters clashed […]
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An Al Nusrah Front suicide bomber killed five people in an attack in the Hezbollah stronghold of Hermel. The army confiscated five RPGs and various types of ammunition from a car in Zahle that was traveling to Arsal. Two rockets fired from Syria landed in the northern Bekaa valley village of Ras Baalbek.
The Yahya Ayyash Brigades claimed responsibility for a recent rocket attack against Israel. Israeli officials told Hamas it must do more to prevent rocket fire from Gaza. Prime Minister Netanyahu made a rare visit to Jordan to meet with King Abdullah II to discuss ongoing peace talks with the Palestinians. Some schools in southern Israel […]
Recently arrested al Jazeera reporters were accused of serving the Muslim Brotherhood. Authorities arrested 15 terrorists, including members of Hamas and Ansar Jerusalem, in the latest operations in North Sinai. State media reported that Egyptian voters had overwhelmingly approved the new constitution. The fourth labor official recently kidnapped in the Sinai was released.
Shabaab militants have fled into Kenya following infighting among the group’s leaders. Security officials in southern Kenya think Shabaab is behind the current uptick in violence in the region.
Shabaab insurgents raided military facilities in Middle Shabelle on Tuesday night, stealing RPGs and anti-tank weapons. Ten government soldiers were killed in the attack. In Bay, government forces have arrested suspected Shabaab fighters in a security crackdown following the death of two Somali soldiers.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters attacked military bases in Rada’a in central Yemen, where the group has remained entrenched.
Boko Haram attacked Banki town, killing a policeman and civilians. President Jonathan appointed an air force officer from the northeast as the chief of defense after purging his defense staff.
AL Qaeda-affiliated groups are stepping up attacks on Hezbollah and Iranian interests in Lebanon as the Syrian civil war rages.
Civilians from Banki town, Nigeria were pursued by Boko Haram as they fled across the border into Cameroon. Cameroonian forces intercepted the Boko Haram fighters and made arrests.
Prosecutors build Hariri bomb plot case on cellphone logs
The group, which is named after a famous Hamas bombmaker, took credit for a recent attack around the time of the funeral of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon. Top jihadists, including an Abdullah Azzam Brigades official, have promoted the claim.
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Chechnya head Ramzan Kadyrov claimed that Caucasus Emirate leader Doku Umarov is dead, and said intercepted communications between militant Islamist leaders in Kabardino-Balkaria and Dagestan mentioned the election of a new “emir.” Authorities placed Aleksandr Sokolov, a convicted criminal, in pretrial detention; he has admitted to appearing in a Koran-burning video.
One Taliban fighter and one policeman were killed during a clash in Sar-i-Pul. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in a firefight in the east. The Taliban are circulating a video of the only US soldier in their custody. The US inspector general said the counternarcotics effort is failing.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 52 people in a series of bombings and attacks in Baghdad and Baqubah. The ISIS also killed three policemen in Tikrit. Security forces killed an ISIS emir and an aide in Baqubah. Awakening fighters killed two suicide bombers and an ISIS fighter in Tikrit.
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The Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, and Islamic battalion fighters clashed with regime forces in eastern Ghouta in Reef Dimashq, and Al Nusrah and rebels clashed with regime forces near Maaloula. The Kurdish YPG accused the Syrian National Coalition of supporting ISIS against YPG forces in Hasakah. Residents of […]
Security forces captured Jamal Daftardar, a.k.a. Mohammad Ahmad al-Masri, a senior Abdullah Azzam Brigades operative who was a candidate to replace recently deceased leader Majid al Majid. A second suspect was killed during the raid, which took place at a residence in the Bekaa valley.
New Kuwaiti Justice Minister Has Deep Extremist Ties
Authorities announced the exposure of a Hamas-linked plot to establish a terror cell in the West Bank. Israeli settlers reportedly defaced a mosque in the latest “price-tag” attack in the West Bank. Israeli officials said Palestinian Authority security forces recently foiled two Hamas terror plots from the West Bank. Five rockets fired from the Gaza […]
A member of Ansar Jerusalem was killed and seven other suspected terrorists were arrested in operations in North Sinai. The army spokesman announced the destruction of six tunnels in North Sinai. Unidentified gunmen reportedly shot a police officer and his wife. Three trade union members recently abducted in South Sinai were released. Officials said turnout […]
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