FDD's Long War Journal

A court ordered the release of former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. The prosecution in the case against Mubarak said it had no plans to appeal. An amended version of the Egyptian constitution was given to the presidency for review. Authorities arrested a number of Egyptians and Palestinians wanted in connection with recent attacks in the […]

Israel

An Arab Israeli was charged for traveling to Syria and making contact with members of the Al Nusrah Front. An Iron Dome missile defense battery was deployed in the Sharon district of central Israel by the IDF. Strategic Affairs and Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said that an Iranian response to a strike on its nuclear […]

Palestinian Territories

Hamas urged Egyptian authorities to reopen the Rafah crossing with Gaza, which was closed following the recent killing of over 20 Egyptian policemen in the Sinai. In response to recent calls for protests against Hamas in Gaza, Hamas’ leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, warned against such activities.

Al Qaeda

Egypt’s Coup Breathes New Life Into Al-Qaeda

US adds MUJAO operative to terrorism list

Mohamed Lahbous, a member of the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, was listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist for his involvement in kidnapping, weapons smuggling, and armed attacks in Algeria.

Questions about alleged gas attack in Syria

Were chemical weapons used in Syria? And if so, who is responsible? How was the attack conducted?

Kenya

Kenyan troops have killed several Shabaab militants among a group of about 20 near the border town of Hulugho; the remaining militants fled. A few days earlier, Shabaab forces raided a regional administration police camp in Garissa, killing four people and burning down the camp.

Libya

Benghazi security forces arrested an armed group that had 14 bags of TNT explosives at a farm in the area. An armed group attacked the vehicle of a Congolese diplomat in Tripoli and injured his driver. Prime Minister Zeidan refused a demand by a minority of the congress that he resign.

Burma

A group called the “Mujahideen of Arakan” announced it has declared war against the Burmese government and against Buddhists living in Rakhine state, and urged all Muslims to engage in jihad as a matter of religious duty. A US-based rights group called on the government to address anti-Muslim propaganda and violence. Indian and Bangladeshi intelligence […]

Egypt

Ravaged churches reveal sectarian split feeding Egypt’s violence

Syria

In Syria, seized weapons caches boost rebels’ hopes after weeks of setbacks

United Kingdom

US embassy in Sanaa, Yemen reopens after security threats

United States

The Treasury Department added a senior Pakistan-based al Qaeda operative and a madrassa in the Pakistani city of Peshawar to its terrorist lists. The US Embassy in Yemen has reopened, but the US Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan remains closed. The White House denied reports that US aid to Egypt had been cut off. A State […]

India

Intelligence agencies warned that the Lashkar-e-Taiba is planning to attack targets in south India, possibly using an eight-man team being trained in Pakistan. The attackers are said to be likely to enter from Sri Lanka. Authorities are also concerned that several terrorist groups, including including LeT, Babbar Khalsa International, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Jamat-ud-Dawaa, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Al-Umer Mujahideen, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, […]

Al Qaeda

‘Al Qaeda-linked’ exchange in Lahore unearthed

Al Qaeda

Major Al Qaeda Technical Hub Raided by Pakistani Law Enforcement, Equipment Seized: Local Media Report

Pakistan

The US Treasury added to its terrorism blacklist senior al Qaeda official Umar Siddique Kathio Azmarai; and the Jamia Taleem-Ul-Quran-Wal-Hadith Madrassa (the “Ganj Madrassa”), a school in Peshawar that serves as a training and funding center for al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Taliban. Pakistani authorities arrested at least two terrorists during a raid on an […]

Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed three civilians and two members of the Afghan Local Police in Logar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in a direct fire attack in the east and the director of the passport office in a bombing in Uruzgan, and executed a prosecutor who was held hostage in Zabul.

Iraq

Al Qaeda killed three Iraqi soldiers in a bombing in Fallujah. Security forces killed three al Qaeda fighters and detained 13 more in Tikrit, and captured al Qaeda’s governor for Kirkuk and three of his aides.

NSA

US doesn’t know what Snowden took, sources say

Al Nusrah Front

Syrian Kurds’ flight drags Iraq deeper into neighbor’s war

Iraq

Iraq’s Kurdistan region sets quota for Syrian refugees

Jordan

Jordan king urges Muslim clerics to fight Syria sectarian strife

Syria

Regime forces launched an assault in Deir al-Zor, trying to regain territory seized by a coalition headed by the Al Nusrah Front and the Qatar-backed Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade. Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and from the Al Nusrah Front detained over 30 Syrian Kurdish civilians last night in Aleppo province; […]