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US aircraft strike Islamic State drone in Iraq
US aircraft strike Islamic State drone in Iraq
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US likely to delay planned closure of two Afghanistan bases
US likely to delay planned closure of two Afghanistan bases
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Ansar al Sharia in Libya releases photos of graduates from its ‘mujahideen training camps’
The photographs show the fighters “graduating from the mujahideen training camps to join their brothers in the battlefronts in order to complete the journey of jihad.”
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Syrian army takes control of strategic village north of Aleppo
Syrian army takes control of strategic village north of Aleppo
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Gunmen storm Tunisian museum, leaving 19 dead
Gunmen storm Tunisian museum, leaving 19 dead
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Islamic State militants kill 10 pro-Tripoli fighters in central Libya
Islamic State militants kill 10 pro-Tripoli fighters in central Libya
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Senior Islamic State commander killed in Libya
Senior Islamic State commander killed in Libya
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Iranian-backed militias rampaged in central Iraq after freeing town: HRW
A Human Rights Watch report says that the militias looted, burned thousands of buildings, and abducted at least 11 people during the Amerli offensive last summer. “The widespread burning of civilian homes by the militia groups in areas under their control appeared to have had no clear military objective and to represent collective punishment against residents of local Sunni villages,” HRW stated.
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Nigeria
The Nigerian military retook the strategically important city of Bama in northeastern Nigeria. Troops from Chad, Niger and Nigeria have reclaimed more than 30 towns from the jihadist group in the past month, but have yet to clear Abadam, Gwoza and Askira.
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Mali
A helicopter crash during a military exercise in northern Mali killed two Dutch peacekeepers. Tuareg-led rebels have agreed to another round of UN-brokered peace talks.
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Algeria
A detachment of the People’s National Army killed “two terrorists” in Ain Defla, according to a release by the Ministry of National Defense. Algeria has become the largest importer of arms in Africa.
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Tunisia
Gunmen attacked the country’s parliament around noon, resulting in “a number of casualties.” Security forces have surrounded two attackers who may hold hostages in the Bardo Museum, adjacent to the parliament building.
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Libya
Ten soldiers were killed when the Islamic State and the Libyan Army fought by the town of Nofaliya, near the jihadst-held oil hub of Sirte. Brigade 166, a coalition of “both moderate and extremist Islamists” from Misurata, has launched a campaign to drive the Islamic State from Sirte. The jihadist group captured 20 foreign medical workers in Sirte, then released them on the condition that they treat wounded Islamic State fighters. Army chief Khalifa Haftar pledged to retake Benghazi from Islamist forces within a month.
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Islamic State in ‘Khorasan Province’ issues video eulogizing slain commander Abdul Rauf Khadim
The Islamic State praised Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim, a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay and senior Taliban commander, and vowed to avenge his death.
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Chemical weapons attack alleged in Syria
Chemical weapons attack alleged in Syria
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Lawmaker questions Dunford on Yemen embassy evacuation
Lawmaker questions Dunford on Yemen embassy evacuation
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Pentagon loses track of $500 million in weapons, equipment given to Yemen
Pentagon loses track of $500 million in weapons, equipment given to Yemen
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US loses drone over Syria, which claims to have brought it down
US loses drone over Syria, which claims to have brought it down
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Pakistani Taliban kills Dr. Afridi’s lawyer
The murder of Samiullah Afridi will make it all the less likely that Dr. Shakil Afridi will ever get a chance to appeal his prison sentence for his role in helping find Osama bin Laden.
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Analysis: Shiite Pakistani casualties of the wars in Syria and Iraq
Seven Pakistani Shiites who were killed while fighting for Bashar al Asad’s regime in Syria appear to have been recruited and trained inside Iran.
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Syria
The SOHR claimed that the Assad regime conducted a poison gas attack in Idlib province that killed six people. Amnesty International accused the regime of bombing civilians in the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa. The US-led coalition conducted five airstrikes in Syria on Mar. 16, striking targets near al Haskah and Kobani.
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Somalia
Ethiopian troops invaded the Buhoodle district in northern Somalia in an attempt to arrest a Koran teacher who fled from the area. A military tribunal in Puntland sentenced three men to death after finding them guilty of working for Shabaab.
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Egypt
An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 13 others to death after they were found guilty of “planning attacks against the state.” Islamic State affiliated jihadists claimed to have captured the engine from an American-made tank after an ambush on Egyptian forces in the Sinai; an Egyptian military spokesman denied the claim.
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Iraq’s militia leader calls Iranian support ‘unconditional’
Iraq's militia leader calls Iranian support 'unconditional'
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Islamic State suffers serious reversals in northern Iraq
Islamic State suffers serious reversals in northern Iraq
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Iraqi offensive for Tikrit stalls as Islamic State inflicts casualties
Iraqi offensive for Tikrit stalls as Islamic State inflicts casualties
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Kerry’s comments on Assad create uproar in the Middle East
Kerry’s comments on Assad create uproar in the Middle East
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Nigerian, Cameroon troops oust Boko Haram from town, village
Nigerian, Cameroon troops oust Boko Haram from town, village
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Yemen’s Houthis free prime minister from house arrest
Yemen’s Houthis free prime minister from house arrest
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Islamic State in ‘Khorasan province’ commander killed in southern Afghanistan
Hafiz Wahidi was the deputy emir for the Islamic State’s Khorasan province. His predecessor was killed in a US airstrike in Helmand last month.
