The US has quietly begun releasing $1.6 billion in aid to Pakistan; most military aid had been frozen for much of the past two years due to strained relations. The Pentagon said it will not renew its lease for the Manas base in Kyrgyzstan next year, so starting in July 2014 US military flights in […]
Terrorist hideouts outside Afghanistan must be eliminated: Sediqi
Afghan officials claimed that security forces killed 22 Taliban fighters and captured 16 more. ISAF killed nine “militants” in airstrikes in Kunar. The Taliban killed three policemen in Farah and an ISAF soldier in the south. An Afghan special forces commander in Kunar defected to the Taliban.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed three members of Rawa’s local council and three policemen in a complex attack that included eight suicide bombers. An ISIS suicide bomber killed 35 Iraqis in an attack in Baghdad.
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Yesterday’s suicide attack was preceded by a large Shabaab military rally in a town nearby.
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The ISIS has not had difficulty in recruiting and deploying suicide bombers to conduct complex assaults in either Iraq or Syria.
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A suicide truck bombing by the Al Nusrah Front killed 43 people in Hama and wounded dozens more; although an army checkpoint was targeted, 32 of the dead were civilians. The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights accused the international community of hypocrisy for focusing on chemical weapons while thousands of Syrians are […]
Three security personnel were wounded in a shooting attack in the Sinai. Three people wanted for attacks on security personnel in the Sinai were arrested. The trial of 25 suspected terrorists was adjourned until mid-December. A suspect was arrested for links to the killing of a number of Shia Muslims last June. Security forces used […]
An IDF force near the border with Gaza was fired upon by Palestinians. Prime Minister Netanyahu warned against the implementation of a partial deal related to Iran’s nuclear program. A court ordered the continued remand of a suspected IRGC operative.
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As many as 200 Egyptians taken captive on Oct. 18 by Islamist militiamen active in Benghazi were freed after their captors’ demand that Egypt release 12 to 16 Libyan detainees, described variously as Libyan Muslim Brotherhood members or arms smugglers, was met. A Libyan Shield commander denied responsibility for the assassination of Libya’s chief of […]
Boko Haram gunmen wearing army uniforms killed 19 civilians in Borno state near Logumani, close to the Cameroon border. The attackers forced motorists to stop and exit their vehicles, then shot some of the victims and hacked the others to death. The militants also burned five trucks, then fled after reportedly receiving a phone call […]
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An Israeli Arab said to have been killed in September while fighting alongside the Al Nusrah Front in Syria allegedly called his family today. The person purporting to be Mueid Juma’a did not disclose his current location.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh denied that Hamas was meddling in the affairs of any Arab states, in particular Egypt and Syria. In addition, Haniyeh called on Palestinians to wage a “popular uprising” in the West Bank. Two years after completing an exchange deal with Israel for Gilad Shalit, Hamas warned that it is prepared to […]
At least six soldiers were wounded when a car bomb exploded near an Egyptian army intelligence building in the Ismailia. The Egyptian army denounced the attack as a “cowardly” act. The trial of former president Hosni Mubarak resumed in a closed-door session.
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, assisted by the Al Nusrah Front and rebel battalions, clashed with Kurdish YPG forces, and bombarded the towns of Kendar and Ando Kawi in Raqqah. Rebels and Islamist forces clashed in Reef Dimashq after an Al Nusrah truck bomb detonated by the Tamiko factory checkpoint, killing at […]
Two people died in an explosion near a mosque in the village of Dygulubgey near Baksan in Kabardino-Balkaria yesterday, in what may have been a premature detonation. Russia’s Investigative Committee said it was a suicide bombing. Police said the terrorists had been preparing to attack a funeral procession.
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan remains active against Coalition forces in northern Afghanistan.