Analysis: Former US Marine killed by Islamic State’s Tripoli ‘province’
A former US Marine has been identified as one of the victims of yesterday’s attack on the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya.
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Hezbollah kills 2 Israeli soldiers in anti-tank missile attack
Hezbollah fired five anti-tank missiles at an IDF unit patrolling near Mt Dov.
Turkey
Two weeks after Zuckerberg said ‘je suis Charlie,’ Facebook begins censoring images of prophet Muhammad
Turkey
Facebook complies with Turkish court order, starts censoring Prophet images
Iraq
Jordan proposes prisoner swap, fate of Japanese Islamic State hostage unclear
Algeria
The People’s National Army arrested a terrorist and captured “a quantity of munitions and a pump-action shotgun” in the commune of Lakhdari 122 km east of Algiers.The Minister of Justice said that “Algeria … must fill counterterrorism loopholes contained in its Legislation.” Algeria and Nigeria jointly called for a political solution to the conflict in […]
Hezbollah
Two Israeli soldiers, UN peacekeeper killed in Israel-Hezbollah violence
Mali
UN forces reportedly killed three protestors and injured others in Gao after using gunfire to disperse a protest over a plan to disarm a pro-government militia; some reports described the protest as a siege. Suicide bombers and gunmen killed about a dozen people during an assault on Tuareg rebel positions near Tabankort town; the attackers […]
Nigeria
Boko Haram released photos of a training camp for children. Residents of Adamawa state say that jihadists are “rampaging through villages … burning and looting.” Upcoming elections are deemed “too close to call.” Sharia police arrested 12 men for planning to wed; gay marriages and relationships were banned by the government in January 2014. The […]
Video shows Hezbollah Brigades convoy transporting American M1 tank
A video posted online shows the Iranian-backed Hezbollah Brigades, a designated terrorist organization, transporting an American-made M1 Abrams tank and other US military equipment in Iraq.
‘Foreigners’ among 7 jihadists killed in US drone strike in Pakistan
The strike took place in the Shawal Valley, a jihadist hub that spans both North and South Waziristan.
Islamic State is forced from Kobane
After months of fighting for control of the Syrian border town, the Islamic State has withdrawn from Kobane in the face of advances by Kurdish forces and Syrian rebels.
Islamic State appoints leaders of ‘Khorasan province,’ issues veiled threat to Afghan Taliban
The governor is a former leader in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and his deputy is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay and Taliban commander in Afghanistan.
Islamic State assaults Iraqi border post near Jordan
The Islamic State attack was repelled by Iraqi border guards backed by Iraqi airstrikes.
Analysis: Islamic State sleeper cells a threat to Turkey
Turkey’s lax border policies backfire as the Islamic State threatens to bite the hand that feeds.
Islamic State’s ‘province’ claims responsibility for attack on hotel in Tripoli
Gunmen assaulted the Corinthia hotel in Tripoli early this morning. According to some accounts, a car bomb was detonated outside of the hotel during the attack.
Islamic State
Kurdish defenders say Islamic State has retreated from Syrian border town of Kobane
Iraq
Canadian soldiers involved in 2 more firefights in Iraq
Al Nusrah Front, Western-backed rebels overrun key regime base south of Damascus
The Al Nusrah Front and Ahrar al Sham fought side-by-side with Western-backed rebels in a battle to take a key Assad regime base in southern Syria.
Boko Haram takes key town in northern Nigeria, advances on Maiduguri
Boko Haram launched a series of attacks as it continued its campaign to take control of northeastern Nigeria. A number of villages came under fire within hours of an official visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry to Lagos.
US drone strike kills 3 suspected AQAP members
The strike is the first reported in Yemen in more than two and a half months, and takes place just days after reports that US counterterrorism efforts in the country have been “paralyzed.”
Al Qaeda
Freed al Qaeda agent was part of proposed swap for Americans jailed in Qatar
Boko Haram releases photos showing children in training
A media organization linked to Boko Haram, the jihadist group that controls large portions of northeastern Nigeria, has released images purporting to show children receiving weapons training.
AQAP releases infographics detailing attacks
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released a report including two infographics that detail its attacks over the past three months. The group claims credit for 205 operations, including the massacre at Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris.
Boko Haram
Boko Haram attacks key city of Maiduguri
Iraq
Japan condemns IS execution, demands remaining hostage release
Pakistan
Hafiz Saeed unmoved by talk of ban on Jamaat-ud-Dawa
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Chart: Yemen’s chaos, explained
President Obama’s ‘successful’ counterterrorism strategy in Yemen in limbo
US officials are now telling Reuters that counterterrorism operations in Yemen are “paralyzed.”
Haqqani Network and Jamaat-ud-Dawa: Banned or not?
Dawn calls out the Pakistani state for obscuring its purported ban of the Haqqani Network and Jamaat-ud-Dawa.