Trial began in Abu Dhabi for 20 Egyptians and 10 Emiratis accused of trying to establish a UAE branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Prosecutors allege that a number of the defendants are members of al Isla, an Emirati group said to be a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. The defendants deny the charges against them […]
The Islamic State of Iraq killed 13 people, including three soldiers, four policemen, and an Awakening commander, in attacks in Mosul, Kirkuk, Fallujah, and Baghdad. The death toll in Iraq has surpassed 5,500 for this year. Security forces captured five al Qaeda fighters in Ninewa.
The US and Russia failed to agree on a date for peace talks. The OPCW said it prefers shipping Syria’s chemical weapons outside the country for destruction. The Al Nusrah Front and 10 other battalions are launching an offensive to take over a scientific research center in Aleppo. The Islamic State of Iraq and the […]
A judge charged Ali Eid, the leader of the pro-Assad Arab Democratic Party, along with another party member, for helping a suspect wanted for the deadly Aug. 23 car bombings in Tripoli to escape into Syria. The judge also charged two other men, a Syrian and a Lebanese, in the case. Some of the 11 […]
A top official in MINUSMA, the UN’s peacekeeping force in Mali, warned that there is no rule of law in Kidal, armed groups have not been disarmed, and the MINUSMA force is only at half strength. The al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine and its commander Iyad Ag Ghaly have resurfaced. A French officer commanding joint French […]
Defense minister Al-Thini said a new military governor is being appointed for Benghazi and that the Benghazi Joint Security Room has been reorganized. Congress voted to disband the Libyan Revolutionaries’ Operations Room, which had briefly kidnapped Prime Minister Zeidan last month. Last week the BJSR reported that some 400 armed vehicles with LROR members had […]
Afghan security officials claimed that police and army units killed 17 Taliban fighters during operations. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier on Nov. 3. President Karzai denounced the US’ killing of Pakistani Taliban emir Hakeemullah Mehsud.
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered outside the former US Embassy in Tehran on the 34th anniversary of its seizure, chanting “Death to America,” in the largest such gathering in years. President Rouhani said he was “not optimistic” about negotiations with the West on Iran’s nuclear program, and Supreme Leader Khamenei said, “No one should […]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant killed 12 people and wounded more than 30 in a series of bombings and attacks in Baghdad, Hawijah, Taji, and Mosul. In the Hawijah attack, a pair of suicide bombers killed two policemen outside the gate of a police station.
A senior Revolutionary Guards commander was killed near Damascus. A truck bomb in a Shiite village in Homs killed seven civilians and injured at least 40 more. Regime forces in Homs clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, the Al Nusrah Front, al-Khadra’ battalion, and Maghaweer Baba Amr in the Mahin area. […]
A military officer was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Ismailia. The trial of former president Morsi began. Morsi said he believes he is the country’s legitimate president and refuses to be tried by the court. Security forces killed three Islamist militants trying to plant an explosive device in North Sinai.
Authorities charged four Somali men, Mohammed Ahmed Abdi, Liban Abdullah, Adan Adan, and Hussein Hassan, for supporting Shabaab’s Westgate Mall terror attack. Abdi and Abdullah are accused of aiding Moahmmed Abdinur Said and Hassan Mohammed Dhohullow the day before the attack. Abdi also allegedly harbored another terrorist, Abdikadir Hared Mohammed a.k.a. Mohammed Hussein, at Salman […]
President Marzouki extended the state of emergency for another eight months due to persistent instability. Security forces arrested 20 terrorists on Nov. 1 and confiscated mines and explosives. The government has blamed Ansar al Sharia for recent suicide attacks. Ansar al Sharia Tunisia posted messages on its Twitter account on Nov. 2 urging Tunisians to […]
Three Tuareg and Arab rebel groups, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), the Arab Movement of Azawad (MAA), and the High Council for the Unity of Azawad (HCUA), decided to merge for negotiations with the government. French and Malian authorities have detained for questioning as many as 12 suspects in the recent […]
A knife-wielding 31-year-old man from South Sudan hijacked a bus near the western city of Ardal, killing the driver as well as another man and a woman. Deployment of an antiterrorism unit was called off after the suspect was arrested.
Col. Abdel-Jabbar Ukaidi, the head of the Free Syrian Army’s Aleppo Revolutionary Military Council, resigned due to a lack of unity within the opposition. The Syrian National Coalition president said the SNC would not attend Geneva talks unless they provide for President Assad to leave office. Kurdish YPG forces clashed with the Islamic State of […]
A suicide bomber killed two policemen in an attack in Tal Afar. Terrorists killed two soldiers in Mosul and a police major in Baghdad. Insurgents bombed an oil pipeline near Kirkuk. Iran criticized Iraq for increasing oil exports.
More than 58 people, including three today, were killed during clashes between Houthi rebels and Salafists in Dammaj in Saada province. The government has called for a ceasefire, and the International Red Cross said it has been denied access to Dammaj. An intelligence officer was wounded in a bombing in Aden.
Fifteen inmates were wounded in a riot in Benghazi’s biggest prison; gunmen firing from outside wounded a guard. A soldier was killed by a mine in Benghazi. A member of the government-financed February 17 brigade was killed in a car bombing in Benghazi, along with his wife and two children. A Benghazi restaurant popular with […]
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed over 30 members of a wedding party in Adamawa state. Kano residents foiled an arson attack on a PDP party office. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video claiming an Oct. 24 attack that killed 35 soldiers. President Jonathan was asked to cancel the visit of Bill Gates for […]
Authorities claimed to have recently arrested members of Ansar Jerusalem and learned new information about the Salafi jihadist group. Prosecutors charged 35 defendants in the August execution of over 20 policemen in the Sinai. Two policemen were killed and another injured in a shooting attack by unidentified gunmen near Ismailia. Authorities raided a weapons cache […]
The war crimes tribunal convicted in absentia and sentenced to death two former leaders of the Al-Badr force, a subgroup of the Jamaat-e-Islami that was involved in the kidnapping, torture, and execution of over 200 Bangladeshi intellectuals during the country’s war of independence from Pakistan in 1971. One of the men, Chowdhury Mueen Uddin, a […]
After his first meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in nearly two years, President Obama said al Qaeda has recently become more active in Iraq. Al-Maliki asked Washington for military equipment and counterterrorism support. Obama said al Qaeda threatens not just Iraq and the region but also the US, but he did not specify […]
The Afghan Taliban denounced the US’ killing of Pakistani Taliban emir Hakeemullah Mehsud in a drone strike in North Waziristan. Security forces killed a suicide bomber in Khost.
A rebel media center in Raqqah closed its offices in protest against the torture of an activist by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. The Shuhada’ Bader battalion clashed with ISIS in Aleppo. Kurdish YPG forces continued to clash with ISIS and allied rebels in Aleppo, and with ISIS, the Al Nusrah Front, […]
A radio station in North Sinai was attacked by unidentified gunmen. Authorities uncovered a major fuel-smuggling network near the Gaza border. Foreign Minister Fahmy said the country was prepared to look at countries other than the US for weaponry. Authorities increased security measures near the Suez Canal, while a security source claimed that Sinai-based “takfirist […]
Six people were killed as Puntland security forces clashed with a “militia” that included Shabaab fighters and pirates in the village of Godod near Galkayo. Puntland officials accused the Somali government of funding the groups.
Four gunmen driving a Toyota kidnapped two French journalists in Kidal who had just interviewed Ambeiry Ag Rhissa, a Kidal cultural official in the separatist Tuareg MNLA. The French government later said the two journalists have been killed. Four Frenchmen held hostage for three years by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb were released in […]
Abdulla Ahmed Ali, who was convicted of plotting with al Qaeda to detonate liquid explosives on at least seven transatlantic airliners bound for the US and Canada, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights for a reversal of his conviction. Prosecution of the conspiracy has already cost UK taxpayers more than £100 million, […]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant killed four Iraqi soldiers in an IED attack in Mosul. Police captured four ISIS operatives, including a wanted commander, during a raid in Fallujah.