France
French Town Struggles Over Departures for Jihad
Tag Archives: Syria
Belgium
As Terrorism Suspects Are Detained in Europe, Scope of Challenge Is Highlighted
Austria
Missing bomb plot teen arrested in Vienna
Syria
The US announced that it will be sending 400 troops to train Syrian moderate opposition forces in the spring. The Islamic State has executed 17 people in the past two days, likely as a response to killings of its fighters by unidentified parties in Deir al-Zor province. “At least 1,607” people have been killed in […]
Islamic State
ISIS losing ground in symbolic Kobane battle
Lebanon
Lebanese Army thwarts more suicide bomb plots
Belgian authorities launch counterterrorism raids, killing 2
Belgian authorities launched a series of counterterrorism raids earlier today. Two suspects were killed in a shootout. Early reporting, which has not been confirmed, says that some of the suspects were acting on orders from the Islamic State.
Iraq
Morocco cracks down on ISIS backers
Syria
The US-led coalition launched six airstrikes in the past 24 hours near Kobane, “destroying eight fighting positions and an armored vehicle.” The Islamic State is reported to be “losing ground” in the northern Kurdish enclave. Despite US airstrikes, the Islamic State has gained territory overall, and now controls “at least one-third” of the country. Al […]
Free Syrian Army
Turkey Bans Publication of Reports on Syria Arms Delivery
Abdullah Azzam Brigades
A Who’s Who: The Kingpins of the “Islamist Floor” in Lebanon’s Roumieh Prison
Germany
Germany closer to confiscating Islamist IDs
Iraq
Kurdish men on a mission to save IS captives
Islamic State uses a child to execute alleged Russian spies
In a new propaganda film released by the Islamic State, two alleged spies for the Russian Federal Security Service are executed by a child. This boy, who is an ethnic Kazakh, was previously featured in another Islamic State propaganda film.
Afghanistan
Islamic State ‘recruiting Afghan fighters’
CENTCOM sites hacked, publish pro-Islamic State propaganda
Hacker(s) purportedly serving the Islamic State took over CENTCOM’s official Twitter feed and YouTube page on Monday.
Syria
Hayat Boumedienne, the at-large suspect in the Paris attacks, was in Turkey on Jan. 2 and crossed into Syria on Jan. 8, according to Turkish authorities. An airstrike targeting an Islamic State headquarters by the US-led coalition may have killed at least 50 civilians, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights; US officials said […]
Abdullah Azzam Brigades
Lebanon entered dangerous security stage: reports
Al Nusrah Front
Jihadi militants in Lebanon establishing ‘Islamic State of Qalamoun’ near Ersal
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
After Paris attacks, questions about intelligence failures
Al Nusrah Front suicide bombers strike in Lebanon, kill at least 7
Al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria launched a double suicide attack in a predominately Alawite neighborhood of Tripoli.
Islamic State
Daesh draws Moroccans
Al Nusrah Front
Syria regime fights off the Al Nusrah Front in Aleppo
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda in Yemen Urges Local and International Jihad
Al Qaeda
English-Speaking IS Militants Laud Charlie Hebdo Attackers
Al Nusrah Front
MI5 chief warns that al Qaeda is plotting attack on Britain
Syria
The head of Britain’s MI5 warned that al Qaeda operatives in Syria are planning further mass casualty attacks on Western targets. The Al Nusrah Front blew up the 13th-century tomb of a revered Islamic scholar in Nawa in Deraa province. Members of the Islamic State’s religious police force have been kidnapped in the city of […]
Islamic State
Islamic State crisis: Religious police ‘kidnapped’ in Syria
Caucasus Emirate
Chechen Leader Kadyrov Doesn’t Consider IS A Threat To Russia
Islamic State
UN: ISIS depriving 670,000 Syrian children of education