Terrorism
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 11:09
But Egyptian security officials claim the "terrorist group is derived" from Morsi's Islamist Muslim Brotherhood which won all elections after the 2011 ouster of Hosni Mubarak.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 11:06
Al-Qaida's general command has said it has no links with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in an apparent attempt to assert authority over the Islamist militant groups involved in Syria's civil war.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 11:05
The Defence Ministry statement said most of the 57 militants had been killed in the outskirts of Ramadi, giving few details.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 10:46
There is a new threat in the terrorist hotbed of Africa, and the U.S. military can do much more to combat it. Poaching of endangered elephants and rhinos has become a conservation crisis, and profits from wildlife crimes are filling the coffers of terrorist organizations. The twin crises should be cause for alarm for military leaders, not just conservation groups. They need to start working together before it is too late.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 10:40
Hezbollah MP Ali Fayyad Sunday said confronting jihadist groups needed to be set as a priority for the next government and held responsible takfiri groups, and those justifying their acts, for the deadly weekend suicide bombing in the northeast of Lebanon.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 10:36
An Egyptian court has sentenced 16 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi to five years in prison, with labor, over violence that erupted in Nasr City’s Mostafa al-Nahass Street on December 27.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 10:32
A Sinai-based militant group inspired by al Qaeda, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, claimed responsibility on Saturday for a failed rocket attack on Israel's Red Sea resort city Eilat a day earlier.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 08:27
Withdrawal may signal ‘green light’ for upsurge in rocket fire; Israeli minister warns IDF may invade Gaza if attacks don’t stop.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 08:25
The Egyptian army says 13 militants have been killed in an air strike targeting an al-Qaeda-inspired group in northern Sinai.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 08:19
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has big plans for Tunisia and Libya, and the terror organisation intends to use Ansar al-Sharia to achieve its goal.