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.
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Kenya
The Kenyan military named four dead Westgate Mall attackers, including their al Qaeda-trained leader, Abu Baara al-Sudani. The three others are Omar Nabhan, a Kenyan Arab who had lived in Somalia; Khattab al-Kene, a Shabaab-linked Somali said to be “an associate of Ramzy from Mogadishu”; and a man identified only as Umayr. Kenyan authorities are […]
Shabaab claims it ‘repelled’ raid by Western special operations forces
Shabaab claimed that its fighters stopped a Western-led nighttime raid from the sea in the costal town of Barawe. The US special operations forces killed a top al Qaeda and Shabaab leader in Barawe four years ago.
Assad lashes out at Turkey for sheltering terrorists
Ironically, Assad backed the same terrorist groups in Iraq that have now turned on him.
Libya
US special forces captured Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai a.k.a. Abu Anas al-Liby in Tripoli, wanted for his role in al Qaeda’s 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Nation Party head Abdulhakim Belhaj denied allegations that the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group led by Belhaj has conducted assassinations in Tunisia with Ansar al Sharia, […]
United States
Negotiations for a post-2014 US presence in Afghanistan are at an impasse; although an agreement has been reached to assure legal immunity for US troops, the US has rejected Afghan requests that the US guarantee Afghanistan’s security and that US troops refrain from searching for al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Afghan President Karzai has said he […]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
The story of one jihadist on his way to Syria
Afghanistan
The newly appointed chief of police for Wardak province quit just two days after taking the job, citing continuous fighting with the Taliban. The Taliban killed two policemen and a road worker in Faryab province; a woman was also beheaded in the province.
Al Qaeda
Terrorism newest worry for cargo ships
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Christians under threat in Syria as Islamist extremists gain influence
Magawir Battalions
Syrian Sufis Divided As Salafist Influence Grows
Egypt
Ancient monastery closed to visitors amid Sinai unrest, but Bedouin neighbors protect it
Syria
President Assad said Turkey would pay a price for allowing “terrorists” to use Turkey’s border for attacks in Syria. Diplomatic and intelligence sources say Hezbollah is withdrawing some of its troops from Syria, leaving only “a few thousand” in country. The UN said Syria has given the OPCW inspection team additional information about Syria’s chemical […]
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed three Iraqi soldiers in an attack in Hit. Al Qaeda in Iraq killed an Awakening leader in an IED attack in Bayji. Security forces arrested nine wanted men in Baghdad.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed a Yemeni special forces colonel in an attack in Aden. The Yemeni military wrongly arrested a customs officer who they claimed was AQAP’s emir in Ghail Bawazir in Hadramout.
Danish Salafist leader said to have been killed in Syria
A martyrdom video for Kaldet til Islam leader Shiraz Tariq has surfaced, indicating that he died fighting with jihadist forces in Latakia last month.
Afghanistan
Norway cuts Afghan aid in protest at graft
Sinai jihadists threaten to kill anyone found aiding Egypt’s security forces
Al Salafiyya al Jihadiyya threatened to kill anyone found aiding Egyptian security forces currently operating in the Sinai. The jihadist group also offered those aiding the security forces a chance to repent.
Kenya
Terror in Westgate mall: the full story of the attacks that devastated Kenya
Egypt
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with security forces and opponents. Two suspects believed to be behind the killing of two army conscripts near Ismailia were arrested. Some 100 Palestinians planning to travel to the Hajj were turned back by Egyptian authorities over security concerns. An army official claimed that authorities have destroyed 1,055 smuggling […]
Kenya
After a popular hardline Islamist cleric was shot and killed along with three companions in Mombasa last night, rioting Muslims clashed with police, burned a church, and blocked a main road into the city. Militant Islamist Sheikh Abubakar Shariff a.k.a. Makaburi, who is already facing terrorism charges, appeared quickly at the scene and denounced the […]
Iran
U.S. and Israel Share a Goal in Iran Talks, but Not a Strategy
Pakistan
Insurgents increase attacks on Pakistani forces in quake-hit areas
Syria
Turkey renews permit to send troops to Syria
United States
Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian who once played professional soccer, was extradited to the US to face charges for plotting with al Qaeda to blow up a NATO base in Belgium. He already served 10 years in a Belgian prison, and was indicted by the US in 2006. The US and Japan agreed to modernize their […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three policemen in an IED attack in Helmand. Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf, one of several Afghans who assisted Osama bin Laden with entering Afghanistan and who served as a mentor to Mohammed Atef, is running for president.
North Korea
The Yongbyon nuclear complex, which was shut down in 2007, appears to have started up again, according to a US research institute. In the past, North Korea has used the reactor to produce enough plutonium for as many as 12 atomic bombs.
Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant clashed with Kurdish YPG fighters in Aleppo and Hasakah. Rebels in Reef Dimashq executed two men as sharia punishment and threw their corpses into a marketplace. Fighters from the Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al-Sham, Liwa’ al-Haq, al-Miqdad bin Aswad battalion, and other rebel factions stormed an Alawite […]
Iraq
Insurgents killed five people in a bombing at a soccer field in Madeen and two policemen and a civilian in attacks in Mosul. Security forces killed a suicide bomber in Mosul. Wanted members of al Qaeda in Iraq are joining the Al Nusrah Front in Syria.
Iran
The Rise of Persian Salafism