An explosive device went off overnight near a military vehicle south of el Arish. A day after major clashes with Ansar Jerusalem fighters, authorities imposed a curfew for a number of villages near Rafah. Al Gamaa al Islamiya said it plans to oppose the country’s upcoming constitutional referendum. Former president Mohammed Morsi and over 125 […]
Secret CIA testimony identifies real Lockerbie mastermind
Rebel forces loyal to former vice president Riek Machar fired on at least two US Osprey aircraft that were on their way to the rebel stronghold of Bor in Jonglei state to evacuate American citizens. Four US troops were wounded in the attack, one seriously. Rebels also fired on and disabled a United Nations helicopter […]
A suicide car bomber detonated at a military base in Barsis, outside Benghazi, killing at least six people and wounding 15 more. Benghazi’s newly appointed head of military intelligence was assassinated yesterday in Derna. The widow of murdered American teacher Ronnie Smith published a letter forgiving her husband’s killers. Attackers stormed the Tripoli offices of […]
The commanders of the 7th Division and the 28th Brigade were among those killed in a triple suicide attack in western Iraq. Maps highlight al Qaeda’s resurgence in Iraq.
According to Egypt’s army spokesman, the raid targeted Shadi el Menai and Kamal Allam, both of whom appear to have survived. At least two Egyptian soldiers were killed during the clashes.
Undercover FBI agent helped investigate VIA terror plot suspects: Court documents
‘Zero Dark Thirty’ leak investigators now target of leak probe
The US added two new terrorism charges against Osama bin Laden son-in-law Abu Ghaith. Balwinder Singh, of Reno, Nev., was arrested and charged with providing support to two terrorist organizations, Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), which aim to establish an independent Sikh state in India. A federal judge ruled that Terry […]
The Sinai of All Fears
Alarm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave
Amnesty International released a report alleging that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham operates seven detention centers in Raqqah and Aleppo where civilians, including children, are flogged, tortured, and murdered. The rights group also called on Turkey to “prevent its territory being used by ISIS to bring in arms and recruits to Syria.” […]
Syria most dangerous country for media in 2013, 126 dead worldwide: INSI
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 14 people in IED attacks and shootings in Hawijah and Tuz Khurmatu. Yesterday, the ISIS killed three soldiers in an IED attack in Akashat in Anbar province. Security forces captured three Al Nusrah Front fighters in Ninewa as they crossed the border from Syria.
Syria’s Civil War Forces Doctors to Choose the Rebels or the Regime
Yemeni officials said that the Dec. 12 US drone strike that reportedly killed 15 civilians targeted Shawqi Ali Ahmad al Badani, a wanted mid-level leader in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander. Al Badani is said to be linked to the al Qaeda plot that resulted in the shut of US embassies and diplomatic […]
Egyptian security forces raided the village of al Mahdiya in North Sinai after a tip indicated that Ansar Jerusalem leaders were in the area. Major clashes ensued and at least two soldiers were killed along with three militants, according to the army spokesman. Sources said recently arrested Sinai militants had been found with weapons with […]
Suspected Shabaab militants killed two people and wounded four in Wajir. The wife of Shabaab-linked cleric Sheikh Aboud Rogo has told a court that police killed her husband.
Ethiopian authorities arrested five more suspects accused of plotting the failed Shabaab bomb attack during the country’s World Cup qualifying match against Nigeria in October. All of those arrested were Somali nationals.
Boko Haram has attacked another military base in Borno, this time in the city of Bama.
Kabiru Umar, who plotted Boko Haram’s 2011 Christmas Day attack on a Catholic church in Niger state, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Boko Haram attacked another military base in Borno, this time in the town of Bama.
High-ranking Boko Haram member Kabiru Umar has been found guilty of masterminding the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of a Catholic church in Nigeria.
Fear and Loathing in the Sinai
Abdul-Hakim Belhaj, the former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, lost his case against British officials whom he had accused of colluding in his rendition to Libya; now in Tripoli, he vowed to appeal. The BBC was criticized for giving lengthy air time to hate preacher Anjem Choudhary to discuss the verdict in the […]
Qari Hussain is thought to have been been killed in a US drone strike in January 2012. He served as the Taliban’s “teacher of suicide bombers” and was involved in the Times Square plot and the suicide attack on the CIA in Afghanistan.
Hamas is alive and kicking in the West Bank – but in remote control
US caution over Syria talks prompts opposition doubts
White widow terror cell helped Rigby killer
The US transferred two Sudanese detainees, Noor Uthman Muhammed and Ibrahim Othman Ibrahim Idris, from Guantanamo to Sudan. Both men are linked to al Qaeda; Idris, who swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden in the 1990s, was one of the first detainees at Guantanamo. The White House warned that President Obama would veto proposed new […]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 46 people in suicide bombings and attacks throughout the country; in Yousifiyah a suicide bomber killed eight Shia pilgrims, and in Latifiyah, another suicide bomber killed 10 more Shia. In Abu Ghraib, ISIS fighters stormed the home of an Awakening leader, killing him and his family.