FDD's Long War Journal

Israel

Israel Air Force Plan Shoots for 10-Fold Boost in Bombs on Target

Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

Syrian Kurds capture border crossing with Iraq

Iran

Rice Offers a More Modest Strategy for Mideast

Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

Al Qaeda Sets Sights On Iraq’s Anbar Province

United Kingdom

Scottish independence could impair anti-terrorism efforts

Russia

Altered Images: How activists cried foul over ‘suicide bomber’ photo

Syria

Tunisia’s ‘sexual jihad’ – extremist fatwa or propaganda?

Iran

Iran Executes 16 Sunni Insurgents in Retaliation for an Attack

A news report found that the staff of the US’ inspector general for Afghanistan will be unable to visit sites in 80% of the country in 2014, so that monitoring of billions of dollars’ worth of US-funded reconstruction projects will be delegated to private contractors. A US Marine reservist facing a military inquiry into his […]

Chad

Multi-national troops strike back against Mali terrorists

Syria

Opposition sources said at least 15 Hezbollah fighters were killed in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta. Kurdish YPG forces clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, the Al Nusrah Front, and rebels in Raqqah and in Hasakah, and took over the Tal Kawjar crossing on the Iraqi border from ISIS, which had […]

European Court of Human Rights

Strasbourg human rights court threatens key counter-terrorism powers

Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

In Syrian civil war, emergence of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria boosts rival Jabhat al-Nusra

Palestinian Territories

Hamas is reportedly planning a response to upcoming protests in early November in Gaza. Hamas leader Saleh Aruri, known to operate in Turkey, said Hamas will not give up on “the resistance” and will work to develop it. Commenting on reports that PA forces detained members of a Hamas cell preparing drone attacks from the […]

Egypt

Ansar Jerusalem released a video detailing its Sept. 5 assassination attempt on Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim. Three people wanted in connected with recent attacks in el Arish were arrested. A complaint against former interim vice president Mohamed el Baradei for “betrayal of trust” was dismissed. Schools in the North Sinai resumed operations after being […]

Egypt

Egypt’s ‘War on Terror’: The dangers ahead

France

France Begins New Anti-Islamist Sweep in Mali

Saudi Arabia

Saudi women’s driving kicks off without arrests

Clash inside Kabul base kills Afghan soldier, injures 2 NATO troops

The attack took place after an argument between Afghan and Coalition troops inside a military base in Kabul.

Afghanistan

Red Cross Releases Report on Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Taliban Mines One of Biggest Threats in Afghanistan: NATO

Saudi Arabia

Angry Over Syrian War, Saudis Fault US Policy

European Union

In Spy Uproar, ‘Everyone Does It’ Just Won’t Do

Libya

Assailants tried to kill the deputy head of crime prevention in Benghazi and wounded his brother; the two men are cousins of the city’s recently assassinated military police chief. A kidnapped Benghazi immigration officer was murdered. An explosion in front of a Benghazi school being used as a training center for election workers destroyed several […]

Ansar Jerusalem releases video of assassination attempt on Egypt’s interior minister

Almost two months after claiming responsibility for the Sept. 5 assassination attempt on Egyptian interior minister Mohammed Ibrahim, the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem released video detailing the attack. The bomber was reportedly trained in a camp run by Muhammed Jamal al Kashef.

United States

Reza Olangian, of Los Gatos, Calif., was charged in federal court in New York with trying to buy surface-to-air missiles for Iran. The dual US-Iranian citizen was arrested in Estonia a year ago and extradited to the US in March. The White House is urging Congress to refrain from imposing new sanctions on Iran. The […]