Hamas
Mohammed Deif: Elusive Hamas Military Chief Defying Israel
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Egypt
Israel, Palestinian militant groups agree to three-day Gaza truce
Africa
Interactive: France’s new game plan to counter jihadism in Africa
Mali
French military forces arrested Yoro Ould Daha, a former leader of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, earler this week at his home in Gao. Algeria has said bad weather, not a terrorist attack, caused the July 24 passenger jet crash in the Malian desert.
Hezbollah ‘trainer’ killed during fighting in northern Iraq
Hezbollah, which helped establish Shia terror groups in Iraq beginning in 2005, said that Ibrahim al Hajj, a trainer, was killed while “performing his jihadi duties” in Tal Afar.
Libya
Fighting resumed in southern Tripoli near the airport between Islamists and Zintani militias defending the airport. The police presence was reportedly scarce in Benghazi, where the Red Crescent collected at least 35 bodies from the Saiqa Special Forces base in Buatni that was taken over by Ansar al Sharia. Last night several hundred demonstrators marched […]
Al Nusrah Front
Suicide Bomber From US Came Home Before Attack
Iraq
Razing of Mosul’s shrines sparks first signs of resistance against Islamic State