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White House Seeks to Clarify Syria Policy
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Iraq
Sunni Anbar tribes wary of cooperation with US
Jordan
A Jordanian Spins Comic Book Tales to Counter Terrorist Ideologies
Islamic State attacks Iraqi border crossing with Jordan
The Islamic State has launched a suicide attack on an Iraqi military checkpoint near the Karameh boder crossing with Jordan.
Jordan
Jordan’s arrest of Brotherhood leader triggers debate
Iraq
Arab World Is Called Upon to Denounce Islamic State
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese support ISIS airstrikes: survey
Islamic State
To counter rise of Islamic State, Jordan imposes rules on Muslim clerics
Jordan
Security forces arrested influential al Qaeda-linked cleric Abu Mohammad al Maqdisi on Oct. 27, on charges of using the Internet to incite terrorism. Former Prime Minister Marouf al Bakhit recently estimated that up to 4,000 Jordanians are active in the Islamic State. Some 20 Jordanian clerics are said to have taken leadership positions in the […]
Christians
Christians of Mosul Find Haven in Jordan
Free Syrian Army
US military to teach Syrian opposition forces defense only
Al Nusrah Front
How an American suicide bomber’s travels went unmonitored
Jordan
King Abdullah II reiterated Jordan’s support for the international coalition against terrorist organizations in the Middle East. Forty Salafists jailed on charges related to Syria threatened a hunger strike in protest against prison conditions. The trials of eight Jordanians suspected of membership in the Islamic State are set to begin on Oct. 13. Police arrested […]
Australia
Who are the members of the coalition against ISIS?
Iraq
Arab Leaders Attack Islamic State With Intel
Jordan
Authorities have arrested 100 Islamic State members suspected of plotting attacks on “critical facilities,” and security is being stepped up along the border with Syria. Abdul Shehadeh Tahawi, the leader of Jordan’s Salafi jihadists who is currently imprisoned in Zarqa, called the international coalition against the Islamic State a “satanic” invasion against Muslim “civilians, women […]
Egypt
US envoy Allen arrives in Iraq, to visit Jordan, Egypt, Turkey
Islamic State
Jordan on high alert for possible IS retaliation
Al Nusrah Front
Arab nations join Syria strikes as Al Nusrah Front threatens retaliation
Jordan
Jordan, along with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, joined in US-led airstrikes on the Islamic State in northern Syria. The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood condemned Jordan’s participation in the fight against the Islamic State. The Secretary General of the Arab Federation for Combating Counterfeiting and Forgery warned that Islamic State members have acquired forged passports from […]
Islamic State
US, Defending Kurds in Syria, Expands Airstrikes Against Islamic State Militants
Belgium
Belgium, Netherlands to offer fighter jets for ISIS strikes
Al Qaeda
Abu Qatada cleared of terror charges by Jordan court and released from jail
Bahrain
Obama, After Airstrikes in Syria, Says US Will ‘Take the Fight’ to ISIS
Jordan
Security forces have arrested a number of suspected Islamic State members who are thought to have been planning terrorist attacks in Jordan; they have admitted to links with IS commanders in Syria. So far 11 of the suspects have been charged, and investigations are ongoing. Senior Muslim Brotherhood official Mohamed Saeed Bakri was arrested last […]
Al Nusrah Front
US Goal Is to Make Syrian Rebels Viable
Islamic State
Arab Nations Vow Help to Fight ISIS ‘as Appropriate’
Iraq
US wins Arab support for Syria/Iraq military campaign
Jordan
SWAT teams raided a house in Jabal Jofeh in east Amman, arresting six Salafists suspected of recruiting and fundraising for the Islamic State ; they had been under surveillance for a month. Over the past two months, 80 suspected IS members have been arrested in Jordan. Mohammad Shalabi a.k.a. Abu Sayyaf, leader of Jordan’s Salafists, […]
Jordan
A judge has postponed sentencing in the terrorism trial of al Qaeda-linked cleric Abu Qatada a.k.a. Omar Mahmoud Othman until Sept. 24. Qatada has continued to denounce the Islamic State, saying its caliphate is a “bubble that will soon burst.” A government spokesman recently claimed that Jordan’s borders are secured from terrorists and smuggling, and […]