Two kidnapped Turkish pilots were turned over to Lebanese authorities for return home, in a three-way prisoner exchange negotiated by Turkey, Qatar, and the Assad regime, which released “dozens” of female Syrian prisoners as part of the deal. Nine Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped by Syrian rebels in May 2012 were also released. Gunmen seriously wounded Hussein […]
The group, which was involved in the assassination of the US ambassador and three American in Benghazi last year, distributed sheep to honor the captured al Qaeda operative.
Shabaab claimed credit for today’s suicide attack at a cafe in Beledweyne that killed 16 people, including seven Somali soldiers. The Shabaab spokesman said the target of the attack was African Union peacekeepers from Ethiopia and Djibouti.
The Interior Ministry blamed Ansar al Sharia for the killing of two National Guardsmen earlier this week, and said 13 suspects have been killed and one of several holed up in Mount Touayer near Beja was arrested by security forces, who are still pursuing members of the group. About two tons of bomb-making material, along […]
Authorities charged Jejoen Bontinck, a Belgian citizen and Muslim convert, for belonging to a terrorist group. Bontinck, who recently arrived in Belgium from Syria, is believed to have been recruited by the banned group Sharia4Belgium to fight with jihadists in Syria. His father, a former Belgian army officer, traveled twice to Syria to find him.
Police released one of four men arrested in raids across London on Oct. 13, a British national of Pakistani origin. Three of the four men, who were suspected of a “serious” jihadist plot using firearms in the UK, remain in custody. Jordan Horner, a Muslim convert from the east London “Muslim Patrol” gang, pled guilty […]
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A suicide bomber killed two civilians in an attack on a compound that houses foreigners in Kabul. Another suicide bomber killed only himself in an attack on a US convoy near Bagram. ISAF killed 11 Taliban fighters in an airstrike in Kandahar.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 44 people in a series of bombings and attacks in Baghdad, and 15 more in the village of Mwafaqiya in Ninewa province. In one of the attacks in Baghdad, a bombing at an amusement park killed six children. Security forces captured a senior al Qaeda leader […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed five Yemeni soldiers and wounded 15 more in a suicide assault that targeted a base in Ahwar in Abyan province. The Yemeni military repelled another assault on a base in Al Baydah province.
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Officials arrested US citizen Marcos Alonso Zea a.k.a. Ali Zea, at his home in Brentwood, New York, and indicted him on terror charges for trying to travel to Yemen to join al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, supporting the efforts of convicted terrorist Justin Kaliebe to join AQAP, and attempting to hide evidence from US […]
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Regime bombardments killed 12 civilians in the Aleppo town of Tel’eren, which was wrested from the control of Liwa’ Jabhat al-Akrad rebels by the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham in July. Al Nusrah and Ahrar al-Sham clashed with regime forces near Aleppo Central Prison. Al Nusrah executed 10 […]
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An Israeli official said reconciliation talks with Turkey are “completely stuck.” An IDF official said there is currently “an atmosphere that creates motivation to carry out terror attacks.” Israel is reportedly considering striking long-range missiles held by Hezbollah in the Bekaa Valley. The IDF has been warning Palestinians in Gaza via phone messages against aiding […]
A policemen was killed by unidentified gunmen in el Arish. Supporters of former president Morsi held limited protests as security forces closed off squares in Cairo. Authorities seized hundreds of blank Libyan visas at Cairo’s airport.
The police force issued a red alert and recalled all its officers from leave after warnings that Shabaab is seeking to execute a Westgate-type attack in Uganda. A police spokesman said that “[o]ur intelligence and that of the Americans show an imminent terror attack is likely.”