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Syria
Fighting continued throughout Syria despite the Eid al-Adha holiday. Rebel bombs targeted churches in Damascus suburbs, as well as areas of central Damascus. Regime aircraft bombed rebel-held areas south and east of Damascus. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with the rebel Northern Storm brigade at the Bab Salam post at the […]
Pakistan
Pakistan – How our entire history was dumped in a horse stable
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 12 people in a bombing outside of a Sunni mosque in Kirkuk, and two policemen in an IED attack in Taji. Security forces detained 11 wanted men, includign three “dangerous” ISIS fighters, during raids in Kirkuk.
Lebanon
Two Turkish pilots kidnapped in Lebanon by the Zuwwar al-Imam Ali al-Reda appeared on a video; they are reportedly being held in exchange for nine Lebanese Shiite pilgrims held captive by rebels in Aleppo, Syria since May 2012. Charges were filed against seven suspects in the Aug. 23 bombings in Tripoli that killed 47 people; […]
Denmark
Syrian refugees smuggled into Denmark
Libya
Mayhem in Benghazi is being blamed on Ahmed Boukhtala, a militant leader with ties to Ansar al Sharia who is also suspected in the Sept. 11, 2012 on the US Consulate. Malta’s consul in Benghazi left Libya after receiving a “credible threat” to his safety. A bomb killed a Benghazi policeman. Militants slit the throats […]
Israel
Days after announcing the discovery of a major terror tunnel from the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced that it had located and destroyed a second tunnel. In an address before the Knesset, Prime Minister Netanyahu said the threat of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad must be addressed in order for there to be peace with […]
Egypt
Officials said a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood was arrested over suspected links to the recent attack on a satellite station in Maadi, which has been claimed by the al Furqan Brigades. Security forces closed off a number of major squares to prevent protests by supporters of former president Morsi.
Somalia
Seven people were killed as Shabaab and government forces clashed outside of Mogadishu. Three soldiers were killed in a clash with a militia on the outskirts of the capital. The African Union agreed to boost the number of peacekeepers in Somalia by 35 percent.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Jihadists see Syria insurgency as just the beginning of a Middle East revolution
Japanese reporter joins al Qaeda in Syria, jihadist claims
A Japanese man, who is now known as Abu Saskuki al Yabani, is pictured in front of an al Qaeda flag and shown firing a weapon. But the reporter denied he joined the ISIS.
Jihadists assassinate governor in key Afghan province
The attack is similar to other assassinations, such as those that killed Ahmed Shah Massoud and Burhanuddin Rabbani, that were carried out by al Qaeda and the Taliban.
France
French ‘anti-Muslim’ principal expelled from Qatar
Russia
The Federal Investigative Committee said a plot by Islamist militants to attack the Maradykovsky chemical weapons storage and disposal facility in the Kirov region has been foiled; authorities arrested two young men from the North Caucasus, and seized bomb components and extremist literature. Arsonsists attacked a mosque in the Crimea, the second such attack in […]
Egypt
Laboratory of Violence: Egypt Struggles for Control of Sinai
Norway
A 23-year-old Norwegian citizen of Somali origin who is a suspect in the Westgate Mall attack in Kenya reportedly made several calls to Norway while participating in the attack. He is said to have become radicalized after moving to Norway in 1999. The as yet unnamed suspect was under surveillance prior to the attack, and […]
United Kingdom
MI5 estimates that as many as 200 British jihadists have traveled to Syria to fight. Intelligence sources say most of them are university-educated British Pakistanis in their 20s. The majority of British jihadists in Syria are thought to be fighting with extremist and al Qaeda-linked groups.
Burma
A bomb blast at an upscale hotel in Rangoon injured an American woman; it is the latest of several bombings in the country since Oct. 9. Authorities reportedly detained three suspects; one was identified as Saw Myint Lwin.
Afghanistan
Votes sell for about $5 in Afghanistan as presidential race begins.
Syria
Syrian Rebels Urged to Let Inspectors See Arms Sites .
Iran
US Weighs Letting Iran Keep Nuclear-Enrichment Facilities
NSA
NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally
Syria
UN frets over Syria deadlines as treaty takes effect
United States
Al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi, who was recently captured in Libya, has been transferred from a Navy ship to the US for trial in New York. Jason Woodring, of Jacksonville, Ark., has been arrested for recent attacks on the Arkansas power grid. The Obama administration loosened controls over arms exports, shifting oversight on […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a border police commander, three policemen, and a cleric in Kandahar. A suicide bomber killed himself as he was being treated in a hospital in Paktia. A pro-Taliban cleric from Pakistan claimed the Afghan government would free Pakistanis in custody.
Iraq
Al Qaeda’s branch in Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, killed 31 people in a wave of bombings in Basra, Diwaniyah, Hillah, Mahmoudiyah, Madain, Samarra, Samawah, Suwayrah. Teh attacks targeted civilians at markets, funerals, and other public places.
Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham released four of the seven Red Cross aid workers recently kidnapped in Idlib; the group still holds three of them. A car bombing in Idlib killed at least 27 people and wounded dozens more. The Al Nusrah Front clashed with regime forces in Deir Azzour; rebels have […]
Al Qaeda
US allies let funds flow to al Qaeda in Syria
Kenya
Nairobi’s chief criminal investigator said so far none of the key suspects in the Westgate Mall attack have been apprehended. Detectives are also looking for at least eight suspects thought to have been indirectly involved in the attack; four were seen on CCTV footage from the mall. Security forces monitored two elite high schools outside […]