Hamas
Gaza conflict: Israel and Palestinians agree long-term truce
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Libya
Operation Dignity continued to clash with Islamist forces in Benghazi, which are trying to overrun Benina Air Base; a Saiqa special forces member and nine Ansar al Sharia fighters were killed in recent fighting, and prominent Algerian Islamist Mohammed Abu Azzah, a leading al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb figure, was reportedly killed on Aug. […]
South Sudan
UN Helicopter Shot Down in South Sudan
Islamic State
ISIS an ‘Incredible’ Fighting Force, US Special Ops Sources Say
Al Nusrah Front
Islamic State turns radical Islam on Syria Muslims
Tunisia
In addition to selling 12 Black Hawk helicopters to Tunisia, the US plans to give Tunisia $60 million in military aid to bolster its battle against Islamist militants. The Defence Ministry said planes spotted over Tunisia’s southern border with Libya were Tunisian aircraft conducting routine border patrols. Religious Affairs Minister Mounir Tlili said 25 mosques […]
Iran
US and Iran Hit ISIS, Ignore Each Other
Al Nusrah Front
Qatar seeks to free more US hostages in Syria: source
Al Qaeda
Berri: Lebanon in need of swift military assistance
African Union
Seleka rebel infighting in Central African Republic kills 17
Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar forms in northwestern Pakistan
The new group includes Taliban factions from the tribal agencies of Mohmand, Bajaur, Khyber, and Arakzai, and the districts of Charsadda, Peshawar, and Swat.
Algeria
Algerian forces surrounded a group of 20 fighters from Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mali near Kenchele on Aug. 24, including several alleged senior al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb leaders. Wanted Ansar al Sharia leader Sami Essid was said to be among 13 arrested who were planning attacks and also escapes for other detained terrorists. […]
United States
Officials said the US is getting ready to launch intelligence and surveillance flights, including drones, over Syria, and that airstrike options are also being considered. In response to Syria’s offer welcoming US airstrikes on the Islamic State so long as they are coordinated with Syria, US officials indicated that they do not plan to collaborate […]
Afghanistan
Report: Gunman in 2011 ‘green-on-blue’ attack did not commit suicide
Al Nusrah Front
US Says It Told Qatar Not to Pay a Ransom for Kidnapped Journalist
Syria
Aid access in Syria improved, but outlook bleak: UN
Hamas
Iran ‘Will Arm Palestinians’ after Israeli Drone Downed
Iraq
UN Rights Chief Accuses IS Jihadists of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
Syria
After the US said it is considering military options against the Islamic State in Syria, the Assad regime requested coordination of any airstrikes but said it welcomes working with the US and the UK in combating the terror organization. The Islamic State is mopping up after its takeover of the Tabqa military airport in Raqqah, […]
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Jails 17 for Up to 33 Years for ‘Terrorism’
Ansar al Sharia
Libya Jihadists Urge Islamist Unity as Lawmakers Fight Back
Lebanon
Imad Jomaa, an Islamist commander captured on Aug. 2 in Arsal, reportedly confessed that he had been tasked with coordinating the takeover of Arsal and other Lebanese towns in the Bekaa Valley and the north so that an Islamic emirate could be established in the area with Abdullah Azzam Brigades spokesman Sirajeddine Zureiqat as its […]
Iraq
US prepares military options in Syria against Islamic State
Libya
The Islamist-dominated former GNC met in Tripoli and elected Omar al Hasi as its leader; the Parliament, meeting in Tobruk, denounced the GNC’s election of a new prime minister as invalid. The Parliament refuted reports that it had ordered the Zintani forces to withdraw from Tripoli; Zintani forces claimed that Misratan militias seized the Tripoli […]
Norway
Some 5,000 people protested in Oslo against the Islamic State, in a demonstration organized by Norwegian Muslim groups. A government minister said Norway is considering legislation that will revoke the citizenship of Norwegians who seriously damage vital government interests or volunteer to serve in foreign military services.
Boko Haram’s new caliphate
In its ongoing offensive, Boko Haram has taken control of parts of northern Nigeria, establishing what its leader Abubakar Shekau calls a “caliphate” in the group’s latest video release.
Hamas
Qatar: Club Med for Terrorists
China
Authorities arrested Aini Aishan, 18, an ethnic Uighur, on suspicion of planning the killing Jume of Tahir, 74, the government-allied imam of China’s largest mosque, in at attack in Xinjiang last month. Security forces from China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan participated in a joint antiterrorism drill. Eight men were recently executed in Xinjiang for […]
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah may resort to force to free Roumieh inmates
Islamic State
Mayor of London: Do nothing, and we invite the tide of terror to our front door