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Algeria

Security forces killed five al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters during a gun battle in Dellys in Boumerdes province. Officials estimate that 30 Algerians are fighting alongside the Al Nusrah Front and other jihadist groups in Syria.

Israel

Israeli forces clashed with Palestinians in the Jerusalem area as Hamas officials repeated calls for the start of another Intifada. At least 12 Palestinians were arrested for their roles in the protests. Defense Minister Ya’alon reportedly said that Bashar al Assad should be removed as the head of Syria.

Egypt

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a policeman in the Sinai, while Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with residents of Alexandria. Three people were arrested in connection with recent attacks on security forces in the Sinai. Authorities arrested four more people linked to the August killing of a number of policemen in Kerdasa.

Libya

Secret MI6 plot to help Col Gaddafi escape Libya revealed

Kenya

Nairobi mall attack: British hero died trying to save children

Kenya

Authorities are holding eight suspects in the Nairobi mall attack, and have released three others. Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for “White Widow” Samantha Lewthwaite, who is wanted by Kenya on terrorism charges from 2011. A witness to the attack said the terrorist assault team was directed by a female attacker. Prior to the […]

Kenya

Kenya – Off-duty British soldier saved 100

Denmark

The Supreme Court rejected a Kurdish TV station’s attempt to appeal its terrorism conviction. The domestic intelligence agency PET is training shop managers in Copenhagen and Aarhus how to identify potential terrorists.

United States

The five permanent Security Council members reached on agreement on Syria’s chemical weapons that would be enforceable by Chapter VII measures, including military force; the compromise agreement provides that the decision to use military force would be subject to Security Council debate. Secretary of State Kerry held talks with his Iranian counterpart. Officials said two […]

Afghanistan

The Taliban killed four civilians in an IED attack in Kandahar and a US soldier in an insider attack in Paktia, and kidnapped four Afghan soldiers in Kunduz. A suicide bomber killed only himself in an attack in the capital of Helmand. Security forces detained a Taliban commander in Sar-i-Pul.

Syria

A senior member of the Syrian National Coalition condemned as inappropriate the announcement that 10 rebel groups and the Al Nusrah Front have joined together, repudiated the SNC, and called for sharia. Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant attacked and desecrated two churches in Raqqah, and flew the ISIL flag atop […]

Iran

Iranian President Softens Condemnation of Holocaust

Saudi Arabia

Saudi FM demands enhanced military support for Syrian opposition

Cuba

Panama Canal Authority fines detained North Korea ship smuggling Cuban arms

Palestinian Territories

Recent images and video from the Gaza Strip indicate that at least three terror groups are in the possession of Strela 2 MANPADS in the Hamas-controlled coast enclave. The Islamic Movement’s Sheikh Raed Salah said the “state of anger” on the Palestinian street could lead to a third Intifada. Fatah’s al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in […]

Israel

Authorities extended the detention of Nidal Amar, who killed an IDF soldier last week in the West Bank. As part of ongoing negotiations with the Palestinians, Israel announced plans to ease restrictions on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. A senior Israeli official said Iran is seeking to divert world attention as it progresses […]

Egypt

An explosive device struck a military vehicle in the Sinai and injured four soldiers. Authorities continued to target Islamist militants operating in the Sinai. Egypt’s central bank announced that it had received a deposit of $2 billion from Kuwait.

Russia

Most of Syria’s toxins can be destroyed more easily than officials initially thought

Al Qaeda

BP faces pressure over Algeria gas plant attack

Another green-on-blue attack in Paktia

For the second time in less than a week, an Afghan soldier opened fire on ISAF troops in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia. The Taliban have already claimed the attack.

Russia

Foreign Minister Lavrov has claimed that homemade sarin was used in a chemical attack in Aleppo on March 19, and that a similar but stronger concentration of sarin was used in the Aug. 21 attack in Damascus. Lavrov said that an “understanding” between Russia and the US has been reached on a draft UN resolution […]

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

AQIM has appointed Algerian national Said Abou Mouqatil as head of Tariq Ibn Ziyad katibat, replacing slain commander Abou Zeid, who was killed while fighting French forces in Mali in March. The group has also appointed a Mauritanian, Abderrahmane a.k.a. Abu Talha Al Mauritani, as head of the Al Farquan brigade, to replace slain commander […]

Nigeria

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video yesterday claiming last week’s attacks in Benisheikh and a similar recent attack in Monguno Town in Borno state. In August, Nigerian authorities had said Shekau was killed in a shootout with soldiers. Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot and killed a pastor and his two children, then set […]

Shabaab

Somalis in Minn. say youths still enticed to join terror group

Afghanistan

Pentagon Contractor Used Iran for Project

Egypt

Egypt’s Sinai is a ‘Land of Fear’

Mali

The National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, a Tuareg separatist group, said it and two other groups are withdrawing from the peace agreement reached with the Malian government in June. Founding MNLA member Mossa Ag Acharatoumane accused the government of not living up to its end of the deal, which was to include […]

Belgium

Belgian police in Vilvoorde arrested Ismail Abdelatif Al Lal, a top financier for an al Qaeda-linked network based in Spain that sent Spanish and Moroccan jihadists to Syria. The head of the recruiting network was arrested on Sept. 16 in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, and eight other members were arrested in Ceuta in June.