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Monthly Archives: June 2014
ISIS announces formation of Caliphate, rebrands as ‘Islamic State’
The Islamic State named Abu Bakr al Baghdadi as its caliph. Baghdadi is now to be referred as “khalifah Ibrahim.”
Jordan
Over the past week, two rallies in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham were held in Maan, the first such public demonstrations for the group in Jordan. Salafi jihadist leader Mohammad Shalabi a.k.a. Abu Sayyaf reportedly convinced the ISIS demonstrators to tone down their activities. Al Qaeda and other jihadist groups […]
Israel
Prime Minister Netanyahu called for international support for Jordan in the face of the Islamic State threat, and also for Kurdish autonomy. The Israeli military conducted airstrikes against 12 locations in the Gaza Strip, targeting rocket launchers, weapons manufacturing sites, and “terror activity” sites, in response to a sharp increase in rocket attacks from Gaza. […]
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters attacked a hospital in Hadramout yesterday; four AQAP fighters and two soldiers were killed in the fighting. A Saudi citizen who was held hostage by a tribe has been freed.
Libya
A spokesman for Khalid Haftar’s “Operation Dignity” forces said the Libya Shield militia, which conducted surveillance of the home of slain activist Salwa Bugaighis prior to her murder, was probably responsible. A gardener injured in the attack has died under mysterious circumstances, apparently after torture. Saiqa Special Forces freed a kidnapped man in Benghazi. The […]
Kenya
Abandoned KDF war boys return to unleash terror in Kenya
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
ISIS Declares ‘Islamic Caliphate’, Names al Baghdadi as ‘Caliph’
Kenya
A Kenyan MP claimed that about 3,000 Kenyan and Somali youth trained under a US-funded program to provide security for a buffer zone along the Somali border have instead become terrorists for hire in Kenya. A police officer investigating “sensitive cases” was shot and killed by three gunmen in Mombasa, where Shabaab sympathizers have murdered […]
Ansar al Sharia
Benghazi attack suspect ‘compliant but not cooperative’ in federal custody
Iraq
Blame The Obama Doctrine For Iraq
Nigeria
Boko Haram militants armed with explosives and guns attacked several churches in Borno state near Chibok, slaughtering “dozens” of men, women, and children, and burning at least three churches to the ground. The governor of Lagos state urged vigilance following a recent car bombing in Apapa. A witness to the June 27 bombing at a […]
Afghanistan
Taliban hold territory after Afghan offensive
Libya
US intervention in Libya now seen as a cautionary tale
Jamaica
White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite ‘mentored by hate preacher in UK’
Iraq
Iraq’s Sunni Militants Take to Social Media to Advance Their Cause and Intimidate
Iran
Insight: Sectarian genie is out of the bottle from Syria to Iraq
Iraqi troops, insurgents battle for Tikrit
Reports indicate that Iraqi forces have withdrawn from much of the city after heavy fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and allied Baathists.
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian rebels buckling in face of jihadists
Iraq
Report: ISIS Selling Oil to Finance Terrorist Operations; Army, Security Forces Main Targets in Lebanon
Iraq
ISIS fears in Lebanon on the rise
Al Nusrah Front
Abu Qatada acquitted of conspiracy in Jordan
Syria
A day after the Al Nusrah Front’s emir for Albu Kamal in Deir Izzour issued a statement explaining that he was relinquishing the town to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham to avoid jihadist bloodshed, other Al Nusrah fighters and allied Islamist fighters captured two ISIS positions in the strategic border town. A […]
Lebanon
After interrogating two suspected terrorists arrested in Akkar, security forces raided a cave on the outskirts of Fnaydeq in north Lebanon that was being used as a bomb-making workshop, and also seized weapons and ammunition from a residence in the village. Security forces are still looking for suicide bombers and two explosives-packed vehicles. Shiite organizations […]
Taliban battle to regain areas of key southern province
The Taliban have been fighting in Helmand’s Sangin district for the past week, and are said to be in control of many areas.
Benin
Goodluck Jonathan: Nothing is more important than bringing home Nigeria’s missing girls
Al Qaeda
Saudi king, in Ramadan message, vows to crush terrorists
Free Syrian Army
Syria: Dispute Unsettles Rebel Coalition
Afghanistan
Taliban Mount Major Assault in Afghanistan
Iraq
Obama Administration Deepens US Role in Syria and Iraq