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The Afghan Taliban denounced the US’ killing of Pakistani Taliban emir Hakeemullah Mehsud in a drone strike in North Waziristan. Security forces killed a suicide bomber in Khost.
A freelance Japanese journalist escorted in Syria by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, an al Qaeda affiliate, claims to be impartial.
A rebel media center in Raqqah closed its offices in protest against the torture of an activist by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. The Shuhada’ Bader battalion clashed with ISIS in Aleppo. Kurdish YPG forces continued to clash with ISIS and allied rebels in Aleppo, and with ISIS, the Al Nusrah Front, […]
A radio station in North Sinai was attacked by unidentified gunmen. Authorities uncovered a major fuel-smuggling network near the Gaza border. Foreign Minister Fahmy said the country was prepared to look at countries other than the US for weaponry. Authorities increased security measures near the Suez Canal, while a security source claimed that Sinai-based “takfirist […]
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Four gunmen driving a Toyota kidnapped two French journalists in Kidal who had just interviewed Ambeiry Ag Rhissa, a Kidal cultural official in the separatist Tuareg MNLA. The French government later said the two journalists have been killed. Four Frenchmen held hostage for three years by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb were released in […]
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“If America believes that by martyring Mujahideen they will somehow create a void and reach their selfish aims then they are greatly mistaken,” the Afghan Taliban also said.
Khan Said, who is also known as Sajna Mehsud, is said to have been appointed to lead the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
Abdulla Ahmed Ali, who was convicted of plotting with al Qaeda to detonate liquid explosives on at least seven transatlantic airliners bound for the US and Canada, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights for a reversal of his conviction. Prosecution of the conspiracy has already cost UK taxpayers more than £100 million, […]
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant killed four Iraqi soldiers in an IED attack in Mosul. Police captured four ISIS operatives, including a wanted commander, during a raid in Fallujah.
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At least 24 people were killed after Shia Houthi rebels attacked a Sunni Salafist town in Saada. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed two soldiers and a civilian in an attack on a checkpoint in Abyan.
The sharia council of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham in Aleppo sentenced the former leader of the Ghuraba’ al-Sham battalion to death. A rebel battalion took a stand with the Shuhda’ Bader battalion against the ISIS in Aleppo. The sharia council of Deir Izzour threatened an opposition TV station and prohibited it […]
Hakeemullah Mehsud led the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan for four years before being killed today in a drone strike.
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