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Al Qaeda
As Trauma Grips France, Government Faces Questions Over Intelligence Lapses
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Egypt
UAE flexes muscle in Mideast reaching beyond its role as finance hub
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United States
The US and partner nations have carried out six airstrikes in Iraq and five in Syria against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. Al Qaeda-linked cleric Abu Hamza a.k.a. Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, 56, was sentenced to life in prison by a US federal court for crimes including his attempt to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon. Military officials said the Pentagon will request $51 billion in war funding for next year, down from the $64 billion approved last year. The deputy commander for US forces in Afghanistan has said that US troops at the 23 remaining Forward Operating…
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Exclusive: Paris attack suspect met prominent al Qaeda preacher in Yemen – intelligence source
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Al Qaeda
Charlie Hebdo suspect ‘mentored’ by Abu Hamza disciple
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United States
The US and partner nations have conducted seven airstrikes in Iraq and six in Syria against the Islamic State since Dec. 6. The Pentagon announced plans to cease operations at 15 of its bases in Europe, including at Mildenhall airbase in the UK, in a cost-cutting move. A US intelligence official said that Said and Cherif Kouachi, two brothers suspected in yesterday’s terrorist attack in Paris, were listed on the US government’s no-fly database.
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United States
The Pentagon said US-led coalition airstrikes on the Islamic State have hit 3,222 targets in Iraq and Syria since August, and that the total number of airstrikes since Aug. 8 is 1,676. President Obama condemned the terrorist attack on a satirical magazine in Paris and offered US assistance to French authorities.
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Iraq
Iraqi PM pledges to liberate Iraq as ISIS launch major Anbar assault
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Islamic State
Kurdish Fighters Capture Key District of Kobane
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United States
The US and partner nations have carried out 10 airstrikes in Syria and two in Iraq against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. The Assad regime accused US Senator John McCain of entering Syria illegally in June 2013 and meeting “with terrorist groups, including leaders of the Nusrah Front.” The US promised to give 250 mine-resistant armored vehicles (MRAPs) to the Iraqi Army.
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North Korea
US sanctions seen as warning to nations backing cyberattacks
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North Korea
South Korea: North Korea has cyber army of 6,000
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United States
The US and partner nations have carried out 14 airstrikes in Syria and six in Iraq against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. The US military is considering whether to provide protective upgrades for the Iraqi Army’s 140-plus tanks. In response to a recent suggestion by Afghanistan’s president that the timeline for the US military’s drawdown be revisited, the Pentagon said the current drawdown plan “remains in effect.”
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Iraq
US troops training Iraqi military at bases in Anbar, Taji
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US Military
US Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says
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United States
The US and partner nations have carried out six airstrikes in Syria and one in Iraq against the Islamic State since yesterday morning. A US drone strike today on the compound of a Taliban commander in North Waziristan, Pakistan killed at least eight foreign militants, reportedly including a “high-value target.”
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United States
A US appellate court denied requests by the attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to delay the trial and move it out of Boston. Abu Anas al Libi a.k.a. Nazih Abdul Hamed al Ruqai, a senior al Qaeda operative and suspect in the 1998 US embassy bombings, has died in the US less than two weeks before his trial was to begin in New York. A co-defendant, Khaled al Fawwaz, faces trial on Jan. 12.
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Iraq
US advisers in Iraq stay out of combat but see fighting edging closer
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United States
The US and partner nations carried out 29 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and 23 in Iraq on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. US prosecutors asked that convicted al Qaeda-linked terrorist Abu Hamza be sentenced to life in prison. The Obama administration imposed sanctions on several North Korean officials and groups for a cyberattack on Sony Pictures.
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Iraq
Obama Envoy John Allen: No ‘Short-Term Solutions’ for Stopping Islamic State
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Iraq
How the Air Campaign Against ISIS Grew
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Afghanistan
Afghans take over full security charge, mortars kill 20 civilians
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Boko Haram
With Schoolgirls Taken by Boko Haram Still Missing, US-Nigeria Ties Falter
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United States
The US and partner nations have conducted 14 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and 11 in Iraq since Dec. 30. The US has transferred five Guantanamo detainees to Kazakhstan. They are Asim Thabit Abdullah Al-Khalaqi, Muhammad Ali Husayn Khanayna, and Sabri Mohammad al Qurash, all Yemenis; and Adel Al-Hakeemy and Abdallah Bin Ali al Lufti, who are Tunisian. US troops in Iraq have begun training Iraqi forces, aiming to turn out 5,000 trainees every six weeks. The Pentagon confirmed that Tahliil Abdishakur, head of Shabaab’s intelligence and security wing, was killed in a Dec. 29 US airstrike in…
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Afghanistan
As US-led combat mission ends, Afghan women fear oppression
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United States
The US and partner nations carried out eight airstrikes in Iraq and seven in Syria against the Islamic State. US and Somali officials confirmed that a US airstrike yesterday in Somalia killed Abdishakur a.k.a. Tahliil, the head of Shabaab’s Amniyat, or secret service, along with another militant. The Treasury Department levied sanctions on nine individuals and entities in Iran. The US military is planning to station 150 tanks and armored vehicles in Europe, possibly in Poland, Romania, or the Baltic states, for the training of US forces.
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US targets ‘senior leader’ for Shabaab in southern Somalia
The US has launched multiple airstrikes and raids against Shabaab’s leadership cadre over the past decade.
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Afghanistan
US airstrikes remain crucial to Afghan forces in Taliban battles
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United States
The US and partner nations carried out 12 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and six against the group in Iraq. The US launched an airstrike in southern Somalia targeting a senior Shabaab leader. The State Department criticized a draft resolution on statehood that the Palestinians are planning to submit to the UN. Although the US’ combat mission in Afghan is formally over, Secretary of Defense Hagel has said that the US military will provide “limited combat enabler support” to Afghan forces starting in January.
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Islamic State
In Battle to Defang ISIS, US Targets Its Psychology
