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OPCW

Companies, port sought to destroy Syria poisons

Tunisia

Tunisia racks up militant arrests

Central African Republic

Amid reports that infamous LRA leader Joseph Kony is in CAR, the UN Secretary General said the anarchy in the country risks spiraling further and that 9,000 peacekeepers could be needed. Human rights groups say both Muslim and Christian militias may have committed war crimes, and a UN expert on genocide warned that the situation […]

Nigeria

A Borno state official accused Cameroonian authorities of habitually refusing to arrest or chase Boko Haram militants fleeing across the border after attacks in Nigeria. Borno has mobilized another 1,000 volunteers to join the controversial Civilian JTF. In Abuja, state security paraded five suspected Boko Haram members said to have been planning attacks in Kogi […]

Mali

French special forces in Tessalit killed Hacene Ould Khalill, a.k.a. Jouleibib, a Mauritanian national who served as deputy head of Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s Those Who Sign in Blood Brigade, which merged with MUJAO in August. Suspected MUJAO militants fired rockets into Gao. At least three French soldiers in an armored vehicle were wounded in an explosion […]

Egypt

Egypt remains confused by White House policy

Libya

The Supreme Security Committee and the Zintani al Qaqaa brigades handed over their Tripoli bases to the army. A car bombing aimed at a colonel in Benghazi’s police force seriously injured his brother. A spokesman was appointed for Benghazi’s Joint Security Room, the third in four months. Gunmen trying to kill the deputy head of […]

United Kingdom

The Foreign Office is looking into reports that four British nationals have died fighting for Islamist forces in Syria. The four men were said to be part of a group of 10 British extremists who joined with 20 other British fighters in al Qaeda forces, including the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of […]

US drone strike kills 3 Haqqani commanders in Pakistan’s Hangu district

Three Haqqani Network commanders are reported to have been killed in a drone strike at a seminary in a settled area of Pakistan’s northwest that appears to have targeted Sirajuddin Haqqani, the operational commander of the Haqqani Network. The strike is the first outside of the tribal areas in four years.

United States

The US and Afghanistan reached a deal on the text of the Bilateral Security Agreement; the agreement is contingent on approval by Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga, which convenes tomorrow. Secretary of State Kerry said the draft agreement provides that US forces would “train, equip, and assist” Afghan forces, but have no combat role. The draft agreement […]

Iraq

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 26 people in a series of car bombings in Baghdad. An al Qaeda leader from Pakistan blew himself up as security forces raided his hideout in Tarmiyah. Security forces captured an al Qaeda leader in Kirkuk and six “infiltrators” in Al Qaim.

Syria

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, along with the Al Nusrah Front, carried out four suicide car bombings today in the Qalamoun region, killing at least seven regime soldiers. ISIS, Al Nusrah, and two allied rebel groups attacked regime positions in Reef Dimashq. Regime forces in Damascus reportedly detained Raja al-Nasser, the General […]

Lebanon

Young Palestinian Refugees Join Jihadists Fighting in Syria

Denmark

Danish-Iranian artist convicted of racism

Russia

Wanted Dagestani militant Ruslan Kazanbiev was killed in a shootout with police in Makhachkala on Nov. 19. Two policemen and a passerby were also killed in the clash, and another policeman was injured. Authorities have surrounded the house where three of Kazanbiev’s associates are hiding.

Azerbaijan

Hasan Faraji, an Iranian who was arrested in late October near the Israeli Embassy in Baku, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Authorities accused him of plotting to attack the embassy, after allegedly finding blueprints and photos of the embassy in his apartment and evidence of contacts with Iran’s Quds Force and key […]

Bosnia

Serbian national Mevlid Jasarevic was sentenced to 15 years in jail after a new trial on terrorism charges for firing an automatic rifle at the US Embassy in Sarajevo in 2011. During his appeal, Jasarevic apologized and said he had been manipulated by Islamist mentors who later abandoned him.

Egypt

Ansar Jerusalem claimed responsibility for the recent shooting attack on a national security officer in Cairo. The Salafi jihadist group also released a video about its October attack on the South Sinai Security Directorate. A car bombing in North Sinai killed at least 11 Egyptian security personnel, and four security personnel were wounded in an […]

Israel

While in Russia, Prime Minister Netanyahu called for a tougher deal over Iran’s nuclear program. The David’s Sling missile interceptor passed a new test. IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said Hamas is not interested in escalating the situation in Gaza.

Al Qaeda

Exclusive: Inside the mind of a self-styled ‘jihadi’

Britain

Briton killed fighting in Syria civil war

Yemen

Three policemen and three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in a clash in the city of Shahr in Hadramout province. Another report indicated that four soldiers were killed during the clash in Shahr, and female AQAP fighters thought to be from Saudi Arabia were detained.

Nigeria

The government extended emergency rule in the northeastern states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe, in an effort to crush the Boko Haram insurgency. In Kano state, Nigerian forces killed two Boko Haram militants and recovered weapons and ammunition.

Kenya

Shabaab warned Kenya of impending terrorist attacks, in the latest edition of its English-Swahili magazine. A Kenyan Muslim human rights group accused antiterrorism police of unlawful killings. Police detained a suspected Shabaab recruiter in Nyeri. Interior Secretary Lenku announced plans to install CCTV cameras along the Somali border to prevent Shabaab infiltration.