Afghanistan
Pakistan ends blockage for 3,700 Afghan containers
Pakistan ends blockage for 3,700 Afghan containers
The remote mountains of northern Mali – perfect for guerrillas
Police arrested at least four men in Paris who are suspected of planning to travel to the Sahel for jihad. The men, three Franco-Congolese and a Malian, are linked to a Franco-Congolese social worker detained in Niger while traveling to join al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Timbuktu. Security officials have increased monitoring of […]
Muslim patrols could become more prevalent and more violent, warns anti-extremist
US officials increasingly believe that Israel’s primary target in last week’s raid was a convoy of antiaircraft weapons and not the SSRC facility in Jamraya.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad in Egypt on historic visit
Four Suspects Detained in French Counterterrorism Raid
US counterterrorism efforts in Africa defined by a decade of missteps
Lars Hedegaard, president of the Danish Free Press Society and a critic of Islam, survived an assassination attempt outside his home. The assailant fired and missed, then fled when his gun jammed. Shortly thereafter, two men in ski masks were seen jumping into the hippopotamus enclosure at the nearby Copenhagen Zoo. In 2011 Hedegaard was […]
Abdul Kader Mullah, the leader of the country’s main Islamist party, the Jamaat-e-Islami, was sentenced to life in prison for war crimes. He was called the “butcher of Mirpur” for his role in massacres during Bangladesh’s 1971 war for independence from Pakistan. Nine other top Jamaat-e-Islami leaders have also been accused of war crimes. In […]
British police named seven additional suspects in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. All of them were said to be members of the Jamahiriya Security Organisation; two died in the Libyan revolution. The sole person convicted for the bombing, Abdil-Basit Al-Maghrahi, died in 2012 in Libya.
Clashes in Sulu province between Abu Sayyaf and the MNLF have resulted in the deaths of 20 MNLF fighters and 17 Abu Sayyaf militants. The fighting began in the village of Patikul when the MNLF tried to rescue a captive Jordanian hostage from Abu Sayyaf; the hostage, along with several others, including a Japanese, a […]
Bulgaria is prepared to release an investigative report that will blame Hezbollah and Iran for the Burgas terror attack that killed five Israeli tourists and one Bulgarian national.
Suicide Attack: German Prosecutors Were Probing Ankara Bomber
With Internet gaining wide influence in Russia, authorities seek to step up control over it
UK deploys toy-sized spy drones in Afghanistan
Israeli ex-military intelligence chief says Iran could have nuclear bomb in 4-6 months
Defense Secretary Panetta and top Pentagon officer General Dempsey said the US expects to keep some troops in Afghanistan after the NATO mission ends in December 2014. The US is developing new rules for its cyberwarfare program to address growing security concerns. Over the past year, a number of US banks and major news outlets […]
A suicide bomber killed 19 Awakening fighters and three soldiers in an attack in Taji. A senior counterterrorism official was killed in a car bombing in Abu Ghraib. The head of the Awakening warned that al Qaeda is returning to Anbar province.
The Foreign Minister said Iran could consider a new round of talks between Iran and six world powers over its nuclear program. The talks would start on Feb. 25 in Kazakhstan. He also said Iran would support talks with Syria’s rebel leaders.
A judge issued arrest warrants for two top Syrian intelligence officials. They were accused of being involved with a former Lebanese minister who was plotting a wave of attacks at the behest of Syria.
Shin Bet nabs Islamic Jihad cell plotting to kidnap Israelis
Two Russians and an Italian were released in a prisoner exchange with rebels. The leader of the rebel Syrian National Coalition called on President Assad to respond to his offer for a dialogue. Nearly 5,000 Syrians were killed in January.
Top Afghan commander: If UK leaves Afghanistan, Taliban will return to launch global jihad
Israeli forces in the West Bank arrested 25 members of Hamas, including three members of the Palestinian parliament. Sources said Israel planned to step up arrests to prevent a low-intensity conflict from turning into an uprising. Israeli intelligence said that three Islamic Jihad members arrested on Jan. 1 were planning to kidnap an Israeli soldier […]
Tunisia: Nation’s Dangerous Identity Politics
Maghreb economies confront terror fallout
Pakistan to build amusement park in Osama bin Laden town
Al-Qaeda’s world: A fascinating map of the group’s shifting global network
As Extremists Invaded, Timbuktu Hid Artifacts of a Golden Age