According to Syrian opposition sources cited by The Wall Street Journal, some light weapons and ammunition “funneled” by the CIA into Syria have been captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an al Qaeda affiliate.
An Israeli Arab recently killed in Syria is reported to have fought alongside the Al Nusrah Front prior to his death.
The government shut the Öncüpınar border gate after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized the nearby Syrian town of Azar. The key crossing itself, which includes the Syrian Bab al-Salameh gate, has been held by Syrian rebels, chiefly the Free Syrian Army’s Northern Storm Brigade, since last year. According to a recent […]
At least one police officer was killed during clashes between militants and security forces in the town of Kardasa. Authorities reportedly arrested 51 people in Kardasa. The country’s cabinet announced plans to shorten the country’s curfew by two hours beginning Saturday. Egypt returned $2 billion that Qatar had deposited in the country’s central bank. 15 […]
An Enlisted Airman Deciphered al Qaeda’s ‘Conference Call’ of Doom
President Hollande said France supports arming the Syrian rebels in a controlled manner so they do not end up in the hands of Islamists. A French Muslim convert was arrested in the Calvados region on terror charges for serving as administrator of the radical Islamist website Ansar al Haqq and as a translator of al […]
Trial began in Copenhagen for 11 men accused of sending 11 million Danish kroner (nearly $2 million) to aid the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party in Turkey. All of the defendants have pled not guilty to terror charges but some admitted to raising the money for other purposes. The case arose from information obtained during the […]
The US added Said Ahmad Sungkar and Afif Abdul Majid to its terrorism blacklist for their activities with the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah and Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid, and said the two terrorist groups pose significant threats. The embassies of the US, UK, and Australia issued warnings that Islamist extremists may attack the Miss World competition; […]
Obama Administration Weighs Iran Talks at U.N.
The administration appeared to back off from the demand that the Assad regime provide a full and complete list of its chemical weapons arsenal by Sept. 21, and said “forward momentum” is the goal. The head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee questioned why none of the terrorists who attacked the US Consulate in Benghazi […]
The Taliban gunned down the head of the election commission in Kunduz. A former senator from Sar-i-Pul has joined the Taliban. Security forces captured the Taliban’s finance minister for Farah. Afghan officials claimed US drones killed six Taliban fighters in Kunar. Three policemen were killed in infighting in Helmand.
Snipers haunt Syrian Christian town of Maalula
France turns to crowdsourcing to fight Mali aid corruption
President Rouhani said Iran would never develop nuclear weapons and that it was seeking only “peaceful nuclear technology.” Earlier this week, Supreme Leader Khamenei spoke of the need for “heroic flexibility” and said it was “not necessary” for the Revolutionary Guards to be politically active.
The two Indonesian jihadists are senior leaders linked to Jemaah Islamiyah, Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid, and Al Qaeda in Aceh.
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed six Iraqis in three car bombings in Mosul and Tuz Khurmatu, and also killed an Iraqi soldier in a sniper attack in Haswa. Security forces captured al Qaeda’s military leader for Babil and two of his aides.
President Assad said disposal of Syria’s chemical weapons would take about a year and cost $1 billion. He strongly denied that his government was behind the Aug. 21 gas attack, and said Syria is committed to the US-Russian agreement for the surrender of Syria’s chemical arsenal. Syria gave Russia materials said to implicate the rebels […]
Government officials said that 16 soldiers were killed during an operation against Boko Haram in Borno; officials claimed that 150 Boko Haram fighters were killed. One report claimed that 40 soldiers were killed and 65 more are missing. Boko Haram killed five civilians in a raid on a village in Borno.
The family of an Israeli Arab recently killed in Syria said it is likely their son was fighting with an al Qaeda group. A top Israeli general said that Assad “will stay on for years … though he deserves to pass from this world, and the quicker that happens, the better.” A former Israeli commander […]
Authorities partially reopened the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip, which had been closed after two suicide car bombings in the Sinai. Gama’a al Islamiya said that it is opposed to attacks on Egyptian security forces. A military court sentenced five Palestinians to a year in prison for trying to illegally enter Egyptian territorial waters.
Hamas accused Palestinian Authority security forces of arresting 10 of its supporters in the West Bank. Israeli authorities apprehended a Palestinian youth in the West Bank who has planning on carrying out a terror attack. Hamas accused Egyptian authorities of destroying smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Egypt to tighten the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Analysis: Turkey’s ‘worthy solitude’ sidelines Erdogan in Middle East
Foreign Minister Lavrov said Syria has recently given him evidence that the rebels conducted the gas attack in Damascus on Aug. 21; he promised to turn it over to the UN. The president’s chief of staff said Russia has never supplied warheads with sarin to any country, and that the type of rocket with Cyrillic […]
A Benghazi criminal investigation officer was killed by a car bomb yesterday; two more car bombs detonated in Benghazi the day before. US special forces said to be involved in a training mission at Salahuddin reportedly withdrew after the theft of “important” equipment last month in two raids by a militia. The US announced plans […]
Al-Zawahiri unveils Maghreb strategy
In enemy care: Syrians treated in Israeli hospitals
The Nigerian military raided a Boko Haram camp in Borno state. The army claims it killed 150 militants, with only 16 losses, but reports allege that approximately 100 soldiers were killed in the attack. Elsewhere in Borno, militants believed to be Boko Haram have begun dressing in military uniforms and killing civilians at roadside checkpoints […]
Mideast task force needed to fight Somali piracy, says expert
Atris Hussein, a Swedish man of Lebanese origin, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for possession of explosive materials. He is said to have been involved in a Hezbollah plot to target the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok. After his arrest, he led authorities to a warehouse that held 6,200 pounds of […]
Maulawi Ghulam Mohammad served as the deputy governor for Ghor province before the US invaded Afghanistan; he is now leading the fight in Badghis province.