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Norwegian authorities looking for Westgate massacre suspect
The subject of the investigation is a Norwegian citizen of Somali origin who was allegedly involved in the planning and execution of the deadly attack at a Nairobi mall last month.
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Egypt
Some Egyptian Islamists on haj pray for victory against generals
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Egypt
Special Report: The real force behind Egypt’s ‘revolution of the state’
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Iran
Iranian dissidents say Tehran moving nuclear research site
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Iran
Turkey’s Spymaster Plots Own Course on Syria
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Libya
An armed group seized Prime Minister Zeidan from his hotel and held him for several hours before he was rescued. A spokesman for the group, which had been hired to provide security in Tripoli, said Zeidan was “arrested” after reports that the Libyan government had been aware of the US operation to capture Abu Anas al Libi. The group that abducted him, the Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room, has ties to the defense and interior ministries. The LHOR has since denied involvement in the abduction. An armed group shot the Mizdah local council chief in an attempt to kidnap him. A…
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Hamas
Hamas agrees with Gaza Jihadists to stop firing at Israel
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Al Qaeda
Extremist Group Gains Foothold Among Kenyans
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United States
The Obama administration is curtailing some of the annual $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt; the “recalibration” is said to be temporary. Arab and Israeli allies expressed concern that the move indicates US disengagement from the region as part of the administration’s ‘pivot’ to Asia. The FBI is investigating three recent attacks on the Arkansas power grid.
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Jordan
The Islamic Action Front, as well as Civil Aviation head Mohammad Quraan, criticized Israel’s plan to build a new international airport at Eilat very near to Jordan’s international airport at Aqaba. Authorities last week arrested Salafi jihadist leader Khalil Alkam a.k.a. Abu Obidah along with three others who were also seeking to travel to Syria to fight with rebel forces. So far 30 other members of the Salafi jihadist movement have been arrested; 20 for planning to join fighters in Syria and 10 for attempting to illegally cross the border into Syria. Officials say the Al Nusrah Front and the…
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Iran
Iran parliament denies ‘uranium surplus’ report
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Egypt
U.S. Allies Fret Over Shift on Aid to Egypt
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Egypt
Egyptians worry Sinai violence could spread
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Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed eight workers in a bombing south of Baghdad, a counter-terrorism officer in an IED attack near Babil, and the spokesman for Ninewa province in a shooting. Four al Qaeda fighters and two policemen were killed in a clash south of Fallujah.
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Egypt
Ansar Jerusalem claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on the South Sinai Security Directorate in el Tor. Interim President Adly Mansour provided authorization for the army to fully mobilize beginning in November. During a surpise visit to Sharm el Sheikh Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim criticized security forces at a checkpoint in Dahab. A military intelligence office in Rafah was targeted by an explosive device. Egyptian officials suggested they were caught off guard by reports that the US was reducing aid to Egypt.
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Israel
Defense Minister Ya’alon said sanctions against Iran must not be eased. Two IDF soldiers were wounded by mortar fire from Syria for the first time since the start of the Syrian conflict. A rocket fired from Gaza struck in the Eshkol Regional Council. Prime Minister Netanyahu reportedly rejected US and Palestinian requests to speed up the release of the next batch of Palestinian prisoners.
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Syria
A senior member of OPCW said the agency has been told that “most” of the sites and facilities it needs to inspect are under regime control. The head of the OPCW called for “temporary ceasefires” between regime and rebel forces so that the chemical weapons teams can have access to all sites. Scores were killed in clashes between rebels and regime forces south of Damascus. Rebels seized the Hajanah military post on the Jordanian border near Deraa after a two-month seige, and now control border territory from outside Deraa to the edge of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Islamist forces recently…
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Kenya
Nairobi airport fire: FBI blames electrical fault
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Egypt
Pakistanis of all faiths protect churches with human chains
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Somalia
Somalia’s defense minister said the military is preparing to “liberate” Barawe, the town under Shabaab control where US SEALs attempted to capture Ikrima, a top terrorist commander. Shabaab arrested a businessman in Barawe and accused him of aiding the US in the raid.
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Russia
Authorities disrupted an organized crime operation that smuggled arms from Georgia to North Ossetia; 15 such operations have been reported in the past three years. At least three consignments were destined for the North Caucasus insurgency. Foreign Minister Lavrov said the Geneva II conference on Syria should not include extremist groups. The parliament may soon consider an antiterrorism bill that would make a terrorist’s relatives responsible for the damage caused by the terrorist.
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Ansar al Sharia Libya denounces capture of top al Qaeda operative
Ansar al Sharia Libya has issued a statement saying “we must seek to release the captive brother” Abu Anas al Libi, who was seized by US forces on Oct. 5.
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Ansar Jerusalem claims credit for suicide bombing of South Sinai Security Directorate
The Salafi jihadist group has claimed the Oct. 7 suicide attack against the South Sinai Security Directorate in el Tor, which is at least the second suicide bombing it has carried out.
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Taliban denies Pakistan freed Mullah Baradar
The Afghan Taliban is deferential to Pakistan while noting Baradar remains in custody.
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France
Prime Minister Ayrault disclosed that two French journalists, Pierre Torrès and Nicolas Hénin, are being held hostage in Syria since disappearing in Aleppo on June 22. Two other French journalists, Didier Francois and Edouard Elias, disappeared on June 6 in Aleppo, a city under the control of al Qaeda forces.
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United States
British spy chief warns Snowden data is a ‘gift’ for terrorists
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United States
President Obama defended the recent US raids in Libya and Somalia, saying the US would continue to hunt down active terror networks and disrupt active plots. “We’re not going to farm out our defense,” he added. US officials said the Somali raid was not fully carried out due to “imperfect intelligence.”
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Afghanistan
Five Taliban fighters and seven civilians were killed during a series of clashes and IED attacks throughout the country. Security forces captured two suicide and IED attack facilitators during a raid in Takhar and two Taliban fighters in Kandahar.
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Al Nusrah Front
US fears al-Qaida, radical Islamists could take root in Syria
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Al Qaeda
Using new counterterror guidelines, US forces backed off in Somalia raid
