FDD's Long War Journal

Dagestan

FBI did not catch Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Russia trip because his name was misspelled

Iran

Israel Embassy detains ‘suspicious’ Iranian man in Kathmandu

Egypt

Activist’s Death in Egypt Spurs Charges of Police Abuse

Al Qaeda intelligence chief reported killed in drone strike

Unconfirmed reports indicate that Abu Ubaydah Abdullah al Adam, a senior al Qaeda leader who serves as the intelligence chief for the terror group, was killed in a recent US drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal areas.

United States

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, was reportedly captured on video placing a bomb; authorities are investigating the Tsarnaev brothers’ possible links to Islamic extremist groups. US citizen Abdella Ahmad Tounisi was arrested at O’Hare airport as he attempted to fly to the Middle East to join the al Qaeda-linked Al […]

Egypt

In official complaint, Israel tells Egypt rocket attack on Eilat violates peace accord

Pakistan

“Militants” killed four Pakistani soldiers in an IED attack in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. Three Taliban fighters were killed and four security personnel were wounded in a clash in Arakzai. Three more Taliban fighters were captured in Darra Adam Khel.

Afghanistan

The Taliban killed six policemen in Ghazni, and a suicide bomber killed three civilians in Paktika. Security forces killed two “insurgents” while hunting for an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader in Balkh. Fifty-nine schoolgirls were poisoned in Takhar. The Taliban also mutilated two security guards in Herat.

Dagestan

Pilgrim in Violent Land, Suspect Found Comfort in Dagestan

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Charges against Boston Marathon bombing suspect delayed

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Bombing suspect disrupted Cambridge mosque

Palestinian Territories

Hamas is planning to ask the European Union to delist it as a terrorist organization. Secretary of State Kerry called on Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to delay his visit to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Hamas denounced Kerry’s request. Qatar announced it will donate $11 million to help the construction of law courts in Gaza.

Egypt

Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky announced his resignation. Mohamed al Zawahiri, the brother of al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri, warned of a Coptic “triumph” in Egypt and expressed ideological sympathy for Salafi jihadist groups in the Sinai. Authorities claimed to have uncovered a network of spies working with Israel’s Mossad in the Sinai.

Israel

Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel will “exact a price” against those behind the recent rocket attack on Eilat from the Sinai. While in Israel, Secretary of Defense Hagel said the United States and Israel see “exactly the same” threat from Iran. Former Foreign Minister Lieberman said he will quit politics if he is found guilty […]

Bulgaria

Iranian agent with Canadian passport arrested in Bulgaria

Afghanistan

Sharia court ruling: Taliban amputate thieves’ limbs in Herat

Hungary

Hungarians protest anti-Semitism in rally ahead of WJC

Iran

Hagel stresses Israel’s right to strike Iran

Syria

In Syria, kidnappings on the rise as lawlessness spreads

Afghanistan

Afghanistan – Reduced security blamed for Taliban attack

Pakistan

Pakistani Taliban Violently Reshape the Ballot

Iraq

An estimated 51 percent of Iraqis are thought to have turned out for provincial elections yesterday. Iraqi security forces are reportedly hunting for wanted former Saddam Hussein deputy Izzat Ibrahim al Douri in Tikrit.

Yemen

US drones killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike in Marib; two soldiers and another AQAP fighter were killed in a clash after the US attack. AQAP confirmed the death of commander Adnan al Qadhi, and charged a father and son with planting a chip that allowed the US to […]