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Iranian political and military leaders laud Qods Force general killed in Syria
Political and Military elites of the Islamic Republic weigh-in on the death of Brigadier General Mohammad-Ali Allah-Dadi, the IRGC-QF member killed in Syria by an Israeli helicopter attack.Their commentary indicates a desire to establish deterrence, at least rhetorically, and tout their globalist message pertaining to the Islamic Revolution.
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Syria
A report in a Kuwaiti newspaper alleges that despite claims by an Israeli security source to the contrary, Israel was aware of the presence of an Iranian general in a convoy targeted in southern Syria on Jan. 18. UN aid shipments to Syria have provided food to about 600,000 people since July. The US provided $6 million to fund the interim opposition government. The US has ruled out the possibility of a no-fly zone In northern Syria, contrary to Turkish preferences. The US-led coalition conducted 10 airstrikes in Syria since Jan. 21; nine strikes were conducted near Kobane and one…
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Islamic State
Local Islamic State commander arrested in Lahore, Pakistan
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Syria
Airstrikes reported to have been conducted by the Syrian regime killed at least 39 people in the village of Khansaa, and the town of Saraqeb and the village of Sheikh Mustafa in Idlib province; some reports speculated that the strike in Khansaa might have been executed by the US-led coalition. An Israeli airstrike on Jan. 18 killed an Iranian brigadier general along with a Hezbollah leader and 10 others; an Israeli security source said planners had been unaware of the general’s presence in the convoy. The Iraqi prime minister claimed that Islamic State Emir Abu Bakr Baghdadi was wounded in…
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Senior Qods Force general killed in suspected Israeli airstrike
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps confirmed that Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Allah-Dadi was killed in an airstrike in Syria. He was assigned to help Hezbollah and Syria battle jihadist groups.
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Syria
Five Hezbollah fighters and one commander were killed by an Israeli airstrike in southern Syria. The Assad regime has started destruction of its chemical weapons facilities. Kurdish forces have captured a key hilltop in the ongoing fight with the Islamic State for Kobane. Kurdish and Syrian regime troops clashed near the city of Hasakeh in northeast Syria, killing at least 18. A proposed expansion of the US bombing campaign in northern Syria has been stopped due to a failure of terms between Turkey and the US. A Syrian regime cargo plane crashed in Idlib province, killing at least 35 soldiers…
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Hezbollah commanders killed in suspected Israeli airstrike
Jihad Imad Mughniyah, the son of the notorious founder and military and intelligence commander of Hezbollah up until his assassination in 2008, was among six Hezbollah operatives killed in a suspected airstrike in Quneitra, Syria.
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Australia
Malaysian man who ‘used Australia as step-off point for sending fighters to join ISIS terrorists in Syria’ arrested after being deported
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France
French Town Struggles Over Departures for Jihad
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Belgium
As Terrorism Suspects Are Detained in Europe, Scope of Challenge Is Highlighted
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Austria
Missing bomb plot teen arrested in Vienna
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Syria
The US announced that it will be sending 400 troops to train Syrian moderate opposition forces in the spring. The Islamic State has executed 17 people in the past two days, likely as a response to killings of its fighters by unidentified parties in Deir al-Zor province. “At least 1,607” people have been killed in Kobane over the past four months of fighting. Islamic State fighters launched a new offensive in the northern Kurdish city, attacking along four fronts. The US conducted six airstrikes in Syria in the past day, focused on Kobane. Two Italian aid workers kidnapped by the…
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Islamic State
ISIS losing ground in symbolic Kobane battle
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Lebanon
Lebanese Army thwarts more suicide bomb plots
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Belgian authorities launch counterterrorism raids, killing 2
Belgian authorities launched a series of counterterrorism raids earlier today. Two suspects were killed in a shootout. Early reporting, which has not been confirmed, says that some of the suspects were acting on orders from the Islamic State.
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Iraq
Morocco cracks down on ISIS backers
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Syria
The US-led coalition launched six airstrikes in the past 24 hours near Kobane, “destroying eight fighting positions and an armored vehicle.” The Islamic State is reported to be “losing ground” in the northern Kurdish enclave. Despite US airstrikes, the Islamic State has gained territory overall, and now controls “at least one-third” of the country. Al Nusrah members executed a women accused of adultery in Maaret Masirin in northwestern Syria. Pro-government militia members killed 14 Islamic State fighters in the towns of Ashara and Swaidan in Deir al-Zour province. US Secretary of State John Kerry stated he supports a Russian plan…
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Free Syrian Army
Turkey Bans Publication of Reports on Syria Arms Delivery
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Abdullah Azzam Brigades
A Who’s Who: The Kingpins of the “Islamist Floor” in Lebanon’s Roumieh Prison
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Germany
Germany closer to confiscating Islamist IDs
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Iraq
Kurdish men on a mission to save IS captives
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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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Afghanistan
Islamic State ‘recruiting Afghan fighters’
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CENTCOM sites hacked, publish pro-Islamic State propaganda
Hacker(s) purportedly serving the Islamic State took over CENTCOM’s official Twitter feed and YouTube page on Monday.
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Syria
Hayat Boumedienne, the at-large suspect in the Paris attacks, was in Turkey on Jan. 2 and crossed into Syria on Jan. 8, according to Turkish authorities. An airstrike targeting an Islamic State headquarters by the US-led coalition may have killed at least 50 civilians, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights; US officials said they saw “no evidence of civilian casualties,” but will investigate. The US-led coalition conducted 22 airstrikes in Syria since Jan. 9; 20 targeted various Islamic State positions near Kobane, while one destroyed Islamic State vehicles, supplies and personnel near Abu Kamal, and one destroyed “ISIL…
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Abdullah Azzam Brigades
Lebanon entered dangerous security stage: reports
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Al Nusrah Front
Jihadi militants in Lebanon establishing ‘Islamic State of Qalamoun’ near Ersal
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
After Paris attacks, questions about intelligence failures
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Al Nusrah Front suicide bombers strike in Lebanon, kill at least 7
Al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria launched a double suicide attack in a predominately Alawite neighborhood of Tripoli.
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Islamic State
Daesh draws Moroccans
