Afghanistan
US Special Operations Step Up in Afghanistan
US Special Operations Step Up in Afghanistan
As violence spills into Turkey, Syrian refugees once again draw the short straw
A large number of government troops deployed to northeastern Nigeria to root out Boko Haram and other Islamist militants after the declaration of a state of emergency in the region. Militants are said to control at least 10 districts in Borno state, to maintain links with other Islamist groups in Africa, and to operate across […]
Gilles Le Guen, a jihadist and former French Marine believed to have joined al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, was flown to Paris and handed over to French intelligence for questioning. He was captured by French forces in Timbuktu, Mali, earlier this year.
The Tunisian government has interfered in Ansar al Sharia Tunisia’s events and may refuse to grant the group permission to hold its third annual congress. Ansar al Sharia’s leaders have responded with statements condemning the Ennahda regime.
A judge handed down sentences to several Somali men associated with the al Qaeda-linked Shabaab. Yesterday Kamal Said Hassan, who participated in an ambush of Ethiopian troops, was sentenced to 10 years in prison; and Mahamud Said Omar, a key Shabaab recruiter, to 20 years in prison. Today Abdifatah Yusuf Isse and Salah Osman Ahmed, […]
In a video posted online on April 30, Sheik Kamel Zarouq, a member of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, endorsed al Qaeda’s global jihad.
Iran-Based Hackers Traced to Cyber Attack on U.S. Company
The Taliban killed four US soldiers in Kandahar and three Georgian soldiers and three civilians in Helmand in IED attacks over the past 24 hours. The Taliban forced 40 schools in Zabul to shut down. More than 150 schoolgirls and five teachers were poisoned in Herat.
Lebanese Alawites fear they will be casualty of civil war in neighboring Syria
Taliban Keep Up Campaign to Win Public Support
The Muslim Brotherhood’s silence
Egyptian imam slams hardline TV fatwas for spreading hatred
Tensions Rise Between Kabul and Berlin Ahead of Withdrawal
Insurgents killed 11 people in attacks on liquor stores in Baghdad, three Awakening fighters in Tarmiyah, and a cleric in Basrah. Police arrested five al Qaeda fighters north of Hillah.
A Syrian rebel attempted to defend his mutilation of the bodies of government fighters, shown on video. The Al Nusrah Front executed three captured army officers in Raqqa. The UN Human Rights Commissioner called for an investigation of alleged human rights abuses by rebel fighters. A new Syrian opposition group, called the Union of Syrian […]
The fugitive head of Ansar al Sharia in Tunisia, Abou Iyadh, threatened war against the government for cracking down on jihadists. Sami Essid, another of the group’s leaders, confirmed that Ansar al Sharia’s third annual conference will take place on May 19 in Kairouan; a spokesperson said the group expects some 30,000 to 40,000 people […]
The parents of Shabaab’s emir and a top commander were detained by the authorities in Somaliland. Security forces detained two Shabaab propagandists in Baidoa. Two soldiers were killed in an internecine clash in Baidoa.
President Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the northeastern states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa due to the rising incidence of attacks by the al Qaeda-linked terror group Boko Haram and other Islamist groups. Gunmen armed with AK-47s and shouting “Allahu akbar” attacked a Christian farming village in Kaduna state on Sunday, killing at […]
Afghanistan – TAPI pipeline to spur regional uplift: US
A Somali man was arrested at a refugee center in Giessen and is accused of acting as a bookkeeper for pirates who hijacked the tanker Marida Marguerite in May 2010 and held the crew for six months until a multimillion-dollar ransom was paid. Last year another Somali involved in the Marida Margerite hijacking, Mohammad Saaili […]
Prime Minister Cameron said Britain intends to double its nonlethal aid to the Syrian opposition over the next year. The Defence Ministry announced plans to lengthen tours of duty for British troops in Afghanistan to facilitate the security handover to Afghan forces in 2014.
Police shot and killed a suspected Islamist terrorist in West Java after he tried to bomb a police station and shoot a policeman. The suspect was seeking to retaliate for a recent series of raids in West Java, Banten, Central Java, and Lampung that resulted in the deaths of three suspected terrorists and capture of […]
The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of Associated Press phone records in an investigation likely tied to the disclosure of a foiled al Qaeda plot in May 2012. Federal officials warned about a new wave of cyberattacks originating in the Middle East that are primarily targeting the administrative systems of major US energy companies; […]
Security forces detained three al Qaeda operatives in Sana’a and disrupted a bomb plot in Aden. Two Red Cross workers, one from Kenya and the other from Switzerland, were kidnapped in Jaar.
In Timbuktu, conflict shatters a city’s soul
Savage Online Videos Fuel Syria’s Descent Into Madness
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan said yesterday’s attack, which killed eight people, was executed by a man whose daughter carried out a suicide bombing last year.
Two Palestinian terrorists were wounded at a training facility in the northern Gaza Strip. Three Palestinians preparing to ignite a series of Molotov cocktails were detained by Israeli security forces before being handed over to Palestinian authorities. Hamas and Islamic Jihad condemned the Palestinian Authority for holding secret talks with Israeli leaders, which were revealed […]
Gamaa Islamiyya called on the US to delist it as a terror organization. The group also called for the release of Omar Abdel Rahma, the blind Sheikh. A tribal leader in the Sinai said the security situation may lead to the Bedouin forming their own army to secure the area.