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Afghanistan

With little fanfare, Afghanistan War drags into 13th year

Afghanistan

The Taliban killed four US soldiers in a suicide bombing in Kandahar and a security official in an IED attack in Nuristan. Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters in operations throughout the country. German troops transferred control of a main base in Kunduz to Afghan forces.

Iran

Authorities arrested four people suspected of trying to sabotage one of Iran’s nuclear plants. Iran’s nuclear chief said a couple of acts of sabotage had been foiled.

Shabaab

Target in U.S. Raid on Somalia Is Called Top Shabab Planner of Attacks Abroad

Shabaab

The untold story of al-Shabab’s murderous attack on the U.N. in Mogadishu.

Shabaab

New York case offers insight into secret war against Somali militants

Egypt

At least 28 people were killed in clashes between security forces and Muslim Brotherhood supporters. In several separate incidents, seven people were killed in clashes between security forces and terrorists in the Sinai. Authorities arrested 25 people purportedly tied to the Muslim Brotherhood who were accused of possessing explosives at a metro station.

Israel

Authorities continued to search for the Palestinian terrorist who shot and wounded a nine-year-old Israeli in the West Bank community of Psagot. Authorities issued an indictment against an Iranian-Belgian national suspected of working on behalf of the IRGC in Israel. Fourteen Israelis were arrested for recent ‘price-tag’ attacks against Arabs.

Iraq

Al Qaeda in Iraq killed at least 27 Iraqis in a series of suicide bombings in northern and central Iraq. In Qabak, a Shia Turkmen village near Tal Afar, two suicide bombers attacked an elementary school and a police station, killing 12 children, the principal, and two policemen. In Waziriyah, a suicide bomber killed 12 […]

IAEA

Biggest hurdle to deal on Iranian nuclear program may be talking about the past

Kenya

Terror in Westgate mall: the full story of the attacks that devastated Kenya

Kenya

Thievery Comes After Carnage at Kenya Mall

Syria

The eradication of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal has begun, with the destruction of missile warheads, aerial bombs, and mobile and static mixing and filling units; the OPCW said work will continue for the next few days. UN Arab League peace envoy Brahimi called for peace talks “without pre-conditions” in November. Kurdish YPG fighters in Aleppo […]

Russia

Russia to monitor ‘all communications’ at Winter Olympics in Sochi | World news

Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram militants attacked a mosque in Damboa town in Borno state, killing five worshipers and setting fire to the palace and residence of the district head; they were then repulsed by the military, which claimed to have killed 15 militants. “Hoodlums” among the estimated 30,000 attendees at Northern Youth Summit in Kaduna attacked […]

Libya

Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has contacted US officials and asked them “to provide an explanation” for the capture of longtime al Qaeda leader Abu Anas al Libi on Libyan soil. Assassins gunned down a Libyan Air Force colonel in Benghazi.

United Kingdom

Home Secretary May said security has been heightened at shopping centers after the Westgate massacre in Nairobi, and noted that a number of potential terrorists have left the UK to fight in Somalia and Syria. The chairman of the UK’s Charity Commission warned that money raised to help Syrian refugees was “undoubtedly” going to extremist […]

‘Core’ al Qaeda member captured in Libya

Anas-al-Libi.jpgA senior al Qaeda operative, Abu Anas al Libi, was captured in Tripoli, Libya. Al Libi has served al Qaeda since the 1990s. According to a report published by the Library of Congress in August 2012, he was the “builder of al Qaeda’s network in Libya.”

United States

US forces conducted raids against terrorists in Libya and Somalia. Defense Secretary Hagel said “most” of the furloughed Pentagon civilian workers will be soon called back to work. Secretary of State Kerry said the US is not abandoning its “pivot” to Asia.

Ahrar al Sham

Qaeda in Syria wants to dominate Iraq, Turkey border zones

Afghanistan

The police claimed to have killed 18 Taliban fighters during operations in Kandahar, Helmand, and Farah provinces. The Taliban killed two policemen and two civilians in an attack in Laghman. Afghan officials claimed that ISAF aircraft killed five civilians, including three children, in Nangarhar. An Afghan security guard killed an ISAF soldier in the east. […]

Iraq

Al Qaeda in Iraq killed at least 48 Iraqis in a series of attacks in Baghdad, Balad, and Mosul. In Baghdad, a suicide bomber killed 24 people, including four people, in an attack that targeted Shia worshippers. In Balad, a suicide bomber killed 13 people outside of a cafe.

Turkey

Interior Minister Güler rejected opposition charges that the government had recently opened Turkish border gates in response to a threat from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. He also rejected the charge that ISIL was behind the Reyhanli border gate bombing that killed over 50 people; authorities have blamed the bombing on the […]

Somalia

Shabaab claimed that Western special operations forces launched a 2 a.m. raid in the Shabaab-controlled town of Barawe. Shabaab claims to have repelled the raid and one of its fighters were killed in the assault.