IAEA
UN nuclear agency opted against sensitive Iran report – sources
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Afghanistan
US general: Grim Afghan future if no security pact
Tunisia
Interior Minister Jeddou said some 400 Tunisian fighters have returned from Syria, and claimed that the government has prevented 8,000 Tunisians from going there. An estimated 5,000 Tunisians are said to be fighting in Syria. President Marzouki’s office is reportedly considering an integration and amnesty policy for returning fighters. Vandals damaged the Sidi Bakai mausoleum […]
Denmark
Police have identified several members of the Grimhøjvej 7 Aarhus mosque who are suspected of recruiting fighters for jihad in Syria; authorities are attempting to resolve the issue through dialogue. The mosque has previously hosted radical Islamists, including Imam Abu Ahmad, who instructed persons convicted of terrorism in Denmark, and Imam Abu Ubaydillah, a member […]
United States
Defense Secretary Hagel urged Russia to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty. Secretary of State Kerry said yesterday that the US has an obligation to pursue diplomatic and other options to force Iran to give up its nuclear weapons program. Following the Obama administration’s announcement that it has ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for a full withdrawal […]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
ISIS rules in Raqqa
Syria
State media claimed that regime and Hezbollah forces killed over 170 fighters, including Saudis, Qataris, and Chechens, from the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in an ambush outside Damascus. In the Damascus region, Islamist fighting groups, including the Islamic Front and the Suqour al Sham, are rejecting local truces. The Islamic State of […]
Lebanon
Family of first female terror suspect in Lebanon stunned
Hamas
Hezbollah reshaping battle strategy
Lebanon
Security forces in Arsal arrested a senior Al Nusrah Front commander, Syrian national Nidal Sweidan, who is linked to terrorist attacks in east Lebanon. Security forces also arrested a man suspected of funding Naim Abbas, a Palestinian accused of involvement in bombings in southern Beirut and membership in both the Al Nusrah Front in Lebanon […]
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula gunned down a general in intelligence in Mukallah, the capital of Hadramout. The UN Security Council approved sanctions against those who prevent the political transition in Yemen; no one has been named to the list, however.
Egypt
A court sentenced 26 people to death for forming a terror group that sought to launch attacks against the Suez Canal. Army chief Abdel Fattah el Sisi is expected to stay on as defense minister in the new Cabinet. State TV said Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim will keep his position. In March, a court will […]
Iran
New thesis on how Stuxnet infiltrated Iran nuclear facility
Libya
A US report said illicit trafficking in weapons, migrants, drugs, and smuggled goods now binds Libya’s regions together more effectively than government does. Gunmen shot and killed a Benghazi policeman yesterday and injured another. Staff at a Benghazi hospital protested against growing insecurity. Violence in the south has caused the closure of a number of […]
Sweden
Part of Arlanda airport in Stockholm has been closed due to a bomb threat involving a passenger plane that was scheduled to depart for Baghdad, Iraq shortly after noon. The plane has been emptied of passengers and moved to a location under police control; police described the threat as “serious.”
Hezbollah
Israel suspects Hezbollah will target top Israeli officials
United Kingdom
Two British Muslim converts who hacked British soldier Lee Rigby to death on a busy street in Woolwich last year were sentenced to prison; Michael Adebolajo was handed a life term and Michael Adebowale will be incarcerated for at least 45 years. The judge said the pair, who were removed from the courtroom during sentencing […]
Afghanistan
Eyeing Afghan exit, US intensifies campaign against Haqqani militants
Syrian troops, Hezbollah fighters kill foreign jihadists in ambush
More than 170 Islamist fighters from the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front are reported to have been killed in an ambush outside of Damascus. “Most of them [were] Saudis, Qataris and Chechens,” Syrian television claimed.
Social Media Jihad: Honoring al Qaeda’s chief representative in Syria
The Ibn Taymiyya Media Center (ITMC) has published a banner honoring the “martyrdom” of Abu Khalid al Suri, who was one of al Qaeda’s top men in Syria. The ITMC is the propaganda arm for Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) and also publicizes propaganda on behalf of Ansar Jerusalem.
Sinai gas pipeline struck for 4th time in 2014
Since February 2011, Sinai gas pipelines have been struck at least 20 times, according to a tally maintained by The Long War Journal. Ansar Jerusalem has claimed responsibility for nearly all of these attacks.
Pakistan
The military said it killed 30 “militants” in a series of airstrikes that targeted Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan hideouts in North Waziristan. The Taliban said it would not agree to an unconditional ceasefire with the government. The Taliban also confirmed the death of Asmatullah Shaheen Bhittani.
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 10 people in an attack on a hotel in Uruzgan. The Taliban also killed three Afghans in Helmand. President Obama warned Afghan president Hamid Karzai that the US is prepared to withdraw all troops at the end of 2014 if the Bilateral Security Agreement is not signed.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed four Awakening fighters in Al Mashahda, an army colonel and three policemen in Babil, four policemen in Mosul, three soldiers in Ramadi, and five civilians in Baghdad. Security forces killed an ISIS leader and an aide near Baqubah, and three more ISIS fighters in Ramadi.
Syria
The leader of the Al Nusrah Front told the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham that it had five days to stop attacking rebel and jihadist groups in Syria or they would jointly destroy ISIS in both Syria and Iraq. Al Nusrah also issued a statement of condolence for the death of Abu Khalid […]
Lebanon
An Israeli airstrike near the Syrian border on two Hezbollah trucks carrying missiles and a launcher to the group’s warehouses in Lebanon killed four Hezbollah fighters. The army released a photo of the suspected suicide bomber in an attack in Hermel on Feb. 22 that has been claimed by the Al Nusrah Front in Lebanon.
Al Qaeda
How the internet made ‘lone wolf’ terrorism a misnomer
Boko Haram butchers students in attack on Nigerian college
Boko Haram fighters set fire to hostels and dorms at a college, then brutally murdered those who attempted to escape.
Egypt
The army spokesman said 16 militants were arrested during operations in North Sinai. A military officer was wounded in a shooting attack by gunmen in Sharkiya. Border Guards detained five Muslim Brotherhood members who were reportedly fleeing to Sudan. Egypt’s newly designated prime minister said his government would work to “crush terrorism” throughout the country. […]
Israel
Authorities announced the thwarting of a Hamas terror cell that planned to carry out a number of attacks, including a roadside bombing. IDF intelligence is concerned that jihadists currently in Syria will try to attack Israel. Amid reports that Israel struck Hezbollah-linked targets along the Lebanon-Syria border, Prime Minister Netanyahu said the country is prepared […]