FDD's Long War Journal

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Why the White House blessed the recent Yemen drone strikes

Australian, ISAF troops hunt down Afghan soldier involved in 2011 green-on-blue attack

Mohammed Roozi, who wounded three Australian soldiers and two Afghan troops in an attack in Uruzgan, was killed in the northern province of Takhar.

Numerous clashes were reported between security forces and supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi. At least 60 people are said to have been killed in the latest clashes. Seventeen people have reportedly been killed in attacks in the Sinai in recent days. Rights groups claimed that over 25 Coptic Christian churches were torched, and homes, […]

Libya

Residents of the coastal city of Derna are complaining about the increasing presence and activities of al Qaeda-linked groups, including the Sufian al-Quma brigade, which is led by a former driver for Osama bin Laden. The government and media are keeping silent about the groups, residents claim. Reports of the emergence of the Derna group, […]

Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

Syrian War Fueling Attacks by Al Qaeda in Iraq, Officials Say

United States

Obama’s decision to cancel US-Egypt military exercise presents risks

Egypt

Egypt’s Coptic Christians report fresh attacks on churches

Jordan. Iran

Abu Qatada’s family leave UK

Afghanistan

Afghanistan – US general expects spike in violence before winter

Afghanistan

Cameron Handed 70,000-Name Afghan Interpreters Petition

NSA

NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds

Afghanistan

The Taliban offerred to free a female member of parliament and two other civilians who have recently been kidnapped in Ghazni in exchange for eight Taliban fighters currently in prison. Security forces killed a Taliban commander in Badakhshan province.

Syria

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant summarily executed two Shiite teenagers in Nubbul on the outskirts of Aleppo; ISIL claimed to have killed them in response to “a lack of commitment in an exchange of abductees,” activists said. Rebels clashed with regime and Hezbollah forces in Thiyabiya. The Liwa’ Jabhet al-Akrad brigade retreated […]

Gaza jihadists call for ‘jihad’ against Egypt’s el Sisi

The leader of a Gaza-based Salafi jihadist group has called on Egyptians to wage ‘jihad’ against Egypt’s el Sisi, one day after the Egyptian government’s forcible breakup of two Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins led to the deaths of at least 525 people.

Iraq

Al Qaeda in Iraq killed 34 people in a series of nine bombings throughout the capital of Baghdad. One bombing took place near the Foreign Ministry. Security forces killed two terrorists and captured six more in a raid on an al Qaeda “hideout” in Ninewa.

Egypt

The Health Ministry announced that the death toll from yesterday’s clashes is now 525 people. Authorities closed the Rafah crossing with Gaza indefinitely. A Muslim Brotherhood official said the group suffered a blow in yesterday’s crackdown. Brotherhood supporters torched a government building in Giza and called for continued protests. Four soldiers were reportedly killed in […]

Lebanon

A car bomb struck a complex used by Hezbollah in a Beirut suburb, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 200 more. Shortly after the blast, a video was released by a previously unknown Syrian Sunni group, the Aisha Umm-al Mouemeneen, claiming the attack and warning Hezbollah. The head of Hezbollah claimed that his […]

Turkey

Turkish troops repelled a group of some 1,150 “smugglers” who were attempting to enter Hatay province from Syria. The troops warned the group, which included 150 horseback riders and 40 vehicles, but shot back after 15 or 20 rounds were fired at the military. A soldier was injured when some of the 35 gas cans […]

United States

The Killing Machines

Iran

Jordan Asks for Assistance in Securing Syrian Border

Mali

Official election results confirm that Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won the Aug. 11 presidential election. Captain Amadou Sanogo, who led the March 2012 coup, was promoted to the rank of four-star general. Three Malian separatist groups, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), the Touareg tribal-led Supreme Council for Azawad Unity (HCUA), and the […]

Egypt

World leaders condemn Egypt violence; Islamists back showdown

Central African Republic

Overall situation remains highly volatile in CAR: senior UN officials

United States

The White House said it opposes the Egyptian military’s imposition of a state of emergency, and condemned the ongoing violence against protesters in Egypt. The State Department said US aid to Egypt is being reviewed in light of recent events. An Air Force unit that operates one-third of the land-based nuclear missiles in the US […]