Search Results for: TTP

Algeria

Authorities are carrying out DNA tests to confirm whether al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb commander Abu Zeid has been killed. A US official said reports of Zeid’s death were “very credible.”

France

A French-Spanish counterterrorism operation in France resulted in the arrest of three Chechens linked to Dagestani terrorist Eldar Magomedov, who has ties to both al Qaeda and the Islamic Jihad Union. Analysts have pointed out the rise of North Caucasus Islamist militant networks and a growing nexus between North Caucasus criminal groups and European jihadists.

United Kingdom

Zahid Iqbal, Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed, Umar Arshad and Syed Farhan Hussain pled guilty to a terrorism charge. The four Luton men had engaged in preparations for a terrorist attack, including travel, training, funding, and acquiring equipment and al Qaeda manuals.

United States

Secretary of State Kerry said the US will send food and medicine, as well as $60 million for basic services such as education and sanitation, directly to the Syrian Opposition Coalition. The US already is providing $50 million in indirect help to the rebels. Some of the new aid will go directly to the Free […]

Pakistan

The military killed eight “militants” in airstrikes in Arakzai. “Gunmen” killed a journalist in North Waziristan. The Taliban bombed four schools in Mohmand.

Afghanistan

The Taliban killed eight policemen and two civilians in an IED attack in Kunar. Security forces killed a senior Haqqani Network attack facilitator in Logar.

Hezbollah

The Assassination of Iranian Quds Force General Hassan Shateri in Syria

Syria

Once a curiosity, captured tanks a growing part of Syrian rebels’ arsenal

Syria

Key military players fighting Syria’s civil war

Egypt

Egypt’s army tiptoes through democracy’s minefield

Egypt

Qatar’s influence in Egypt runs deeper than its pockets

Iran

Turkey’s Foray Into the Fertile Crescent – NYTimes.com

Bangladesh

After a vice-president of the Jamaat-e-Islami received a death sentence for war crimes, protesting JI members rioted in numerous areas across the country, attacking police and setting fire to houses and a Hindu temple; over 30 people were killed, including at least three police officers, and more than 300 were wounded. The Islamist party called […]

Iran

Talks in Kazakhstan between Iran and six world powers over Iran’s nuclear program ended optimistically. Both sides agreed to hold further talks in March.

Israel

Israel, Turkey row over Zionism deepens rift between ex-allies

Iran

Iran steps up arrests, torture, executions of dissidents: U.N.

US to aid Syrian groups that support al Qaeda’s affiliate

The State Department will back the Syrian Opposition Coalition, which opposes the US’s designation of the Al Nusrah Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, and the Free Syrian Army, which fights alongside with and under the command of Al Nusrah.

Iraq

Insurgents killed 22 Iraqis in a series of bombings in predominantly Shia neighborhoods in Baghdad. Prime Minister Maliki warned that the civil war in Syria may spill over into Iraq and Jordan.

Turkey

Security forces conducted simultaneous raids in the Çorlu district of Tekirdağ and the Büyükçekmece district of Istanbul, arresting 11 suspected members of al Qaeda and confiscating seized 25 kilos of A-4 type plastic explosives, along with guns, USB flash disks, CDs, and remote-controlled explosive mechanisms. Police also seized plans of the US consulate in Istanbul, […]

Somalia

A court in Puntland sentenced Shabaab emir Sheikh Abu Zubayr (Godane) to death for an assassination in Bosasso. African Union and Somali troops took control of Burhakaba after Shabaab forces fled the town.

Israel

In light of recent Palestinian protests, the IDF held a special training session on riot dispersal. The IDF Home Front Command conducted new defensive tests near Eilat focusing on rocket attacks. A preliminary autopsy revealed that a Palestinian prisoner who recently died in an Israeli prison was not tortured or poisoned.

Britain

British terror suspects quietly stripped of citizenship… then killed by drones

Palestinian Territories

A Hamas official announced the postponement of reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah. Sources indicate that Hamas, and not Fatah, was responsible for the rocket fired from Gaza into Israel earlier this week. The Palestinian Authority plans to provide $1 million a month to Palestinians in Syria.

Egypt

The Jihadi Organization, of which Ahmed Ashush is a member, called on Egyptians to boycott the elections due to begin in April. Egypt asked the EU to monitor the elections. President Morsi held talks with leaders of the Sinai. Authorities are searching for 500 Palestinians, many of whom are Hamas members, who recently entered Egypt […]

Afghanistan

Karzai Cannot Offer Govt Positions to Taliban: Muhaqiq

Iraq

Norway – Lies told for asylum

Iran

The Path To War

Mali

An Algerian TV station claimed that Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, a top commander of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, was killed along with some 40 fighters three days ago in Mali. Heavy fighting continued around Kidal. France has not yet requested the formation of a UN peacekeeping force in Mali, but asked that the UN […]