Ansar Jerusalem released a video detailing its Sept. 5 assassination attempt on Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim. Three people wanted in connected with recent attacks in el Arish were arrested. A complaint against former interim vice president Mohamed el Baradei for “betrayal of trust” was dismissed. Schools in the North Sinai resumed operations after being […]
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The attack took place after an argument between Afghan and Coalition troops inside a military base in Kabul.
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Assailants tried to kill the deputy head of crime prevention in Benghazi and wounded his brother; the two men are cousins of the city’s recently assassinated military police chief. A kidnapped Benghazi immigration officer was murdered. An explosion in front of a Benghazi school being used as a training center for election workers destroyed several […]
Almost two months after claiming responsibility for the Sept. 5 assassination attempt on Egyptian interior minister Mohammed Ibrahim, the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem released video detailing the attack. The bomber was reportedly trained in a camp run by Muhammed Jamal al Kashef.
Reza Olangian, of Los Gatos, Calif., was charged in federal court in New York with trying to buy surface-to-air missiles for Iran. The dual US-Iranian citizen was arrested in Estonia a year ago and extradited to the US in March. The White House is urging Congress to refrain from imposing new sanctions on Iran. The […]
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Syrian government news agencies claimed that Abu Muhammad al Julani was killed, but the al Qaeda group denied the reports.
Russian and Indian troops took part in counterterrorism war games in the Mahajan range. An Indian news report said that last month Indian authorities alerted Israel that a cell of the Indian Mujahideen was planning attacks on Israeli tourists in Rajasthan. The Indian Mujahideen terror group is said to have recently split into two factions, […]
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The Taliban, led by a commander who was formerly in Afghan custody, have destabilized the Kajran district in Daikundi.
Security forces killed 13 Taliban fighters during operations in Helmand and two senior Taliban commanders in Wardak. Four Taliban fighters died while planting an IED in Paktika; a civilian was also killed in the blast.
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A new report estimates that Iran may be only a month away from having enough weapons-grade uranium to produce a bomb; the Obama administration has estimated that Iran is six months away from that capability. In the past 12 months, Iran has nearly doubled its stockpile of medium-grade uranium and has increased its number of […]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed nine people in bombings in Yusafiyah and Baqubah, and three soldiers in an IED attack in Tal al Rumman. Security forces launched an offensive against the ISIS in the western part of Anbar; five ISIS fighters, including a Tunisian, were captured in Albu Aitha. Two large […]
State media claimed that Al Nusrah Front emir Abu Mohammed al-Jolani was killed in Latakia; the report has not been verified. Regime aircraft bombarded several villages in Latakia this morning. Regime forces killed some 20 Al Nusrah fighters in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta. A car bomb detonated near a mosque in Reef Dimashq, killing […]
A leader in the Popular Resistance Committees was reportedly targeted in Gaza as part of the group’s ongoing internal divisions. Israeli forces and Palestinian demonstrators clashed in the West Bank. The Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza is closed until further notice. Hamas denounced Palestinian Authority forces for allegedly arresting Hamas members planning attacks against […]
A makeshift grenade was thrown at an Israeli school bus traveling in the West Bank. The IDF would not confirm reports that a Hamas drone plot in the West Bank had been foiled. Israel denied that it was behind a hacking attempt on former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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The Yemeni air force killed six unnamed “terrorists” in airstrikes in Wadi Mahfad in Abyan province. Three of those killed are said to be local al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commanders who were responsible for suicide attacks and bombings.
Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, a top Shabaab leader who was the target of a US Navy SEALs raid in Barawe, spent about a year in Britain in 2007 before returning to Somalia. Somali and Ethiopian forces clashed with Shabaab in Ufurow and Awdiinle; 10 soldiers on both sides were reported killed. Four people were killed in […]
Syrian jihadists’ new recruitment technique: slick suicide attack videos