The State Department added the Commander Nazir Group to its list of terrorist organizations. State also added a Nazir Group subcommander and Ansar Dine emir Iyad ag Ghali to its list of global terrorists. The Senate confirmed Senator Chuck Hagel as new Defense Secretary.
European Obstruction: NATO Reforms Moving at ‘Snail’s Pace’
US considers direct aid to Syrian rebels
The military claimed that 35 Taliban fighters were killed during an operation in Herat. Ten Taliban fighters reconciled with the government.
Mali conflict: photos of Malian soldiers and prisoners in Gao,
Covert auctions in Egypt put arms that freed Libya into hands of terrorists
Iran’s nuclear plan: Arak’s air defences revealed
Iran’s ‘Plan B’ for a nuclear bomb
Iran Enters Nuclear Talks in a Defiant Mood
Talks between Iran and six world powers over its nuclear program restarted after eight months. Little progress is expected in negotiating an end to the program.
Wathiq al Batat, the leader of the newly formed Mukhtar Army, a Shia militant group, threatened to attack the Mujahideen-e-Khalq, an Iranian terrorist group. Camp Liberty, where MEK is sheltering, has come under rocket attacks over the past few weeks.
Gunmen in the Sinai injured at least one Egyptian police officer when they fired upon a police convoy. A Cairo court declared that smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza pose a threat to Egyptian security and should be destroyed. A number of opposition parties announced that they will boycott upcoming elections due to begin in […]
US Secretary of State Kerry said Syrian rebels deserved more support. The statement came amid reports of increased weapon shipments to the rebels. Rebels rejected a Syrian government offer for talks, saying they will not negotiate until Assad leaves.
Stuxnet virus was deployed against Iran as early as 2007, researchers say
Kabul wants security guarantee; US says no
AP Newsbreak: Drop in Taliban attacks incorrect
Mali Islamists warned about Sharia in al-Qaeda ‘manifesto’
Ansar al Sharia has re-emerged in Benghazi, maintaining a checkpoint at the western entrance to the city and controlling the road to Tripoli. Although its security role is unauthorized, the group is negotiating a deal allowing it to turn over detainees to the government. Members of another Islamist group, the Rafallah al-Sahati battalion, are also […]
The Interior Minister announced that the suspected killer of opposition leader Chokri Belaid is on the run but authorities have arrested four accomplices. Police said the suspects are Salafists, and that one of them was active in the League for the Protection of the Revolution. New Prime Minister Larayedh has been asked to form a […]
Iyad ag Ghali, the leader of Ansar Dine, threw in his lot with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the Movement for the Oneness and Jihad in West Africa to take over northern Mali.
After sheltering and supporting al Qaeda for nearly a decade, the South Waziristan-based Mullah Nazir Group and one it its deputy leaders, Commander Malang, have finally been added to the State Department’s terrorism list.
Texas students dress in burqas, taught to call Muslim terrorists ‘freedom fighters’
Palestinian security sources say IRGC personnel are currently in Gaza helping Palestinian terror groups to develop long-range missiles. Today’s report comes just over a month after Hamas reportedly tested improved missiles.
Exclusive: Iran said to deploy aging foreign tankers, avoiding sanctions
Report: Majority of Convicted Terrorists in U.S. Are American Citizens
A car bomb exploded at an MNLA checkpoint in Kidal, killing at least seven people. About 70 percent of the promised AFISMA forces have been deployed; they will gradually replace the French forces in the country.
One of 12 terrorists killed by security forces in operations on Feb. 24 and Feb. 25 was the al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb emir for the town of Bordj Menaïel in Boumerdès province. Security forces arrested two men who had been recruited by the al Qaeda-linked Signed in Blood Battalion to spy on the […]
After having its official Facebook page repeatedly deleted, Ansar al Sharia Tunisia has launched its own website.
Security forces killed four Taliban fighters and three Lashar-e-Islam members in operations in Khyber. One security official was killed in a blast at a paramilitary camp in Khyber.
The Taliban killed two policemen and four civilians in IED attacks in Helmand and Uruzgan province. ISAF said there is no evidence that US Special Forces are involved in war crimes in Wardak province.