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Hay’at Tahrir al Sham leader calls for ‘unity’ in Syrian insurgency
Abu Jaber has released his first speech as the general commander of the newly formed Ha’yat Tahrir al Sham (“Assembly for the Liberation of Syria”). He calls on other factions to join his group, promises to wage jihad on Bashar al Assad’s regime until the end and claims that losing the war would be catastrophic for Syria’s Sunnis.
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Islamic State uses a child to execute alleged Russian spies
In a new propaganda film released by the Islamic State, two alleged spies for the Russian Federal Security Service are executed by a child. This boy, who is an ethnic Kazakh, was previously featured in another Islamic State propaganda film.
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Islamic State
Kazakh Government Analyst: Blocking Extremist Sites Justified Amid IS Threat
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Kazakhstan
My Son The Jihadist
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China
China urges central Asian neighbors to step up extremism fight
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Afghanistan
Turkmenistan: The Achilles Heel Of Central Asian Security
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United States
Foreign regimes use spyware against journalists, even in US
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Kazakhstan
Tracking Central Asians’ Trails To Jihad In Syria
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Family vacation? No, ‘family jihad’ in Syria
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Kazakhstan
A court sentenced six Islamist terrorists to prison terms ranging from six to 10 years for planning to bomb the Opera and Ballet Theater in the capital city, Astana, and to send funds to the North Caucasus insurgency. Serik Koshalaqov, the leader of the group, was also convicted along with five associates of other offenses, including plotting to kill top officials and security forces.
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Kazakhstan
An 18-year-old woman was sentenced to seven years in prison for preparing to use her 12-year-old stepson as a suicide bomber in an attack inside the National Security Building. The woman’s husband was killed last year during an operation by counterterrorism forces.
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Kazakhstan
Trial began in Atyru for eight local men arrested on terrorism charges between December and January. Security forces have targeted Islamic terrorists in operations in Atyru and other towns in western Kazakhstan in recent months.
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Kazakhstan
The Foreign Ministry said Kazakhstan “strongly condemns any form of terrorism” and that it is cooperating with the US investigation into the role of two Kazakh citizens, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, in the Boston Marathon bombing case. The two students, who face US charges of obstruction of justice for hiding evidence after the bombing, allegedly were told by suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev a month before the attack that he knew how to make a bomb.
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan remains source of terror: Nazarbayev
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Chechnya
Dragnet Shuts Boston; One Suspect Is Slain but Second Man Is on Loose
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Afghanistan
After The Afghan Pullout, The Dangers For Central Asia
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Afghanistan
After The Afghan Pullout, The Dangers For Central Asia
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Jund al Khilafah emir killed in ‘treacherous raid’
Moezeddine Garsallaoui, a Swiss citizen, led the al Qaeda-linked group, and trained Mohamed Merah, the Toulouse shooter who killed seven people. He appears to have been killed in a drone strike.
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Afghanistan
Central Asia group seeks bigger Afghanistan role
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Kazakhstan
Kazakh head says terrorist act behind border deaths
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Afghanistan
US General Says Closure Of Pakistan Supply Routes Complicates Afghan Pullout
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United States
Study Ranks Countries on Nuclear Security
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan extends state-of-emergency
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Jund al Khilafah calls for overthrow of Kazakh president
The Soldiers of the Caliphate are attempting to capitalize on last weekend’s clash between government forces and striking oil workers.
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Kazakhstan
Kazakh Zhanaozen oil unrest spreads to regional capital
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Jund al Khilafah confirms 5 members killed in Kazakhstan clash
The terror group also said it is “ready to be killed in the thousands” and threatened Russia.
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Kazakhstan
Kavkaz Center, a propaganda arm of the Islamic Caucasus Emirates, said that Agzhan Hasen and four other “Kazakh Mujahideen” were killed during a clash in southern Kazakhstan last weekend that also killed two policemen. Hasen was described as the group’s “emir.”
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Did Jund al Khilafah battle police in Kazakhstan?
Five “terrorists” and two policemen were killed during a clash in the southern Central Asian nation.
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Afghanistan
Pakistan cuts supply lines, but US has options
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Afghanistan
To Afghanistan, on the slow train
