French Foreign Minister Fabius said Tunisia, Algeria, Chad, Mali, and Egypt must work together to help Libya address the growing Islamist threat in the southern part of the country; al Qaeda uses the area for arms trafficking. Libya’s Agriculture Minister resigned, for security and personal reasons; he is the third cabinet minister to resign this […]
French police arrested a 22-year-old follower of “radical Islam” for the recent attempted murder of a French soldier in Paris. The suspect, identified as “Alexandre D.,” was filmed praying a Muslim prayer before stabbing the soldier several times in the throat. The crime is being treated as a terrorist act.
Michael Adebowale, one of the two main suspects in the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich, was charged with murder and a related firearms offense. The other main suspect, Michael Adebolajo, remains hospitalized. Authorities warned of an increased risk of hostage attacks at prisons, after three Muslim prisoners who supported radical extremism held an […]
While the attack had little military significance, the Taliban have demonstrated that they are able to strike in one of the most secured and peaceful areas of Afghanistan.
Mohammed Zawahiri, the brother of al Qaeda’s emir, is one of the 20 Egyptian jihadists who issued a statement calling upon Sunnis to launch attacks in Shiite-led countries in response to the Bashir al Assad regime’s offensive in Qusayr, Syria. Iran and Hezbollah have reportedly joined the fight in Qusayr alongside Assad’s forces.
The strike in North Waziristan killed seven people in an area administered by the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network. Senior Taliban commander Waliur Rehman is rumored to have been killed. The program had been put on hold for “political considerations.”
Libyan bloggers accuse government of inaction
Benghazi hospital blast highlights security crisis
The Taliban killed a police chief and and four policemen in an IED attack in Shangla, the son of a peace committee in a bombing in Swat, and a female anti-polio aid worker in a shooting in Peshawar. Security forces detained 14 suspects in the Peshawar attack. The WHO has suspended polio vaccinations in Peshawar.
Two Taliban infiltrators killed seven Afghan policemen in Kandahar. The Taliban killed five bodyguards for a wireless communications company executive in an IED attack in Kabul, three soldiers in Helmand, three policemen in Jawzjan and three more in Kandahar. The secretary for the chairman of the senate was gunned down in Nangarhar.
Insurgents killed over 50 Iraqis yesterday and 22 more today, including four Iraqi soldiers, in attacks throughout Iraq. Security forces killed three al Qaeda fighters in That Thar and detained three more in Albu Kamal as they crossed the border from Syria.
Crossing into Syria with Lebanese pro-Assad militia
Two South African tourists were kidnapped in the city of Taiz. The Iranian government strongly protested claims by Yemen’s foreign minister that it is smuggling weapons into Yemen.
Rise of al-Qaida Saharan terrorist
Security forces claimed that a courier who worked for Boko Haram’s emir, Abubakar Shekau, was killed while trying to cross into Niger. Shekau claimed victory over the military and said Boko Haram dodged the sweeping operation in the north.
Obama Asks Pentagon For Syria No-Fly Zone Plan
The trial of 20 suspects in the Sept. 14, 2012 attack on the US Embassy in Tunis opened today. In individual questioning, each suspect denied taking part in the crime; nine suspects are being held in custody. The government has accused the head of Tunisia’s Ansara al Sharia, Saif Allah Bin Hussein, a.k.a. Abu Iyadh, […]
A stockpile of weapons outside Brega that was to be destroyed exploded “in heat”; the munitions included 120 Grad missile launchers, 7 Grad missiles, 30 106 mm shells, a mortar shell, and seven C-5 missiles. Alashei Mahdi, the commander of the Qatrun’s Martyrs Brigade, an ethnic Tebu militia that has been guarding the massive Elephant […]
Muslim insurgents gunned down two Rangers as they patrolled in the Mae Lan district in Pattani province. The chief of Thailand’s National Security Council blamed the uptick in violence in the south on insurgents who wish to sabotage peace talks.
Rebels want arms post-EU embargo
Decision to End Syrian Arms Embargo Angers Russia
Two policemen who defected to the Taliban months ago returned to their unit, were welcomed back, and promptly murdered their colleagues.
The target of the raid was a senior al Qaida leader who serves as an operations chief, trainer, and facilitator in the east.
Afghan forces avail air support in uninhibited areas: Katz
Karzai Requests The Transfer of Guantanamo Detainees
A military tribunal sentenced nine Salafi jihadists who had been arrested while trying to travel to Syria for jihad; six were given sentences of two and a half years of hard labor, and the remaining three were sentenced in absentia to five years’ hard labor. According to Jordanian Salafist leader Mohammad Shalabi, a.k.a. Abu Sayyaf, […]
Rebels kidnapped hundreds of Syrian Kurd civilians in north Reef Aleppo. France is analyzing samples of suspected chemical weapons allegedly used against Syrian rebels. A female war correspondent for state TV was killed by a sniper while she was covering the battle for Qusayr near Dabaa airport. US Senator John McCain slipped across the Turkish […]
Afghan TV Throws Spotlight on Abuse of Police Officers
US intelligence embraces debate in security issues
Chemical warfare in Syria