Ahrar al Sham
Opposition fighters to form joint military command in Aleppo: rebel commander
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Iraq
Pentagon aims to train ‘leaner, meaner Iraqi army’
AQAP claims IED attacks on US Embassy in Sanaa
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed that its fighters remotely detonated two IEDs at the northern gate of the US Embassy in Sana’a on the evening of Nov. 27.
Iraq
US advisers stay out of harm’s way in Iraq
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s heavily guarded capital remains vulnerable
United States
CENTCOM said that between Nov. 24 and Nov. 26, US aircraft targeted the Islamic State with 10 airstrikes in Syria, and that US and partner air forces launched seven airstrikes against the group in Iraq. Additional strikes were carried out yesterday in Iraq and Syria. A covert US-led special forces mission that rescued eight hostages […]
Austria
Some 900 police officers conducted raids in Vienna, Graz, and Linz after a two-year investigation into jihadist recruitment networks, arresting 13 people, including Abu Tejma, a Bosnian Serb preacher based in Vienna. The suspects are also thought to be involved in fundraising for the Islamic State. Austria’s interior ministry has said that about 150 people […]
United Kingdom
Alaa Abdullah Esayed, a 22-year-old woman from south London, was charged with disseminating terrorist literature and encouraging terrorism; she was released on bail. Zakariya Ashiq, 19, of Coventry, was charged with terrorism-related crimes following his arrest upon arrival from Jordan on Nov. 20.