Terrorism
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 07:28
U.S. Department of State teleconference on the designation of Nigerian terrorist groups Boko Haram and Ansaru.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 07:23
Today, the United States designated Nigeria-based groups Boko Haram and Ansaru as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists. In the last several years, Boko Haram and Ansaru have been responsible for thousands of deaths in northeast and central Nigeria, including dozens of attacks on churches and mosques, targeted killings of civilians, and the 2011 suicide bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja that killed 21 people and injured dozens more.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 07:21
U.S. Department of State spokesperson Jen Psaki on the designation of both Boko Haram and Ansaru as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 07:15
U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Jen Psaki on the release of two Americans held by pirates off the coast of Nigeria.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 09:11
A jihadist rebel group affiliated to al-Qaeda has joined calls for a mass mobilisation in the Syrian city of Aleppo to halt a government advance.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 08:47
The recent government advances also could give Assad's government a stronger position in proposed peace talks that the United States and Russia have been trying to convene since May.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 11:44
It should come as no surprise, then, that the people of Aleppo are more than happy to see him go, even if it is at the hands of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS).
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 11:42
Militants have security capacities such as access to security force vehicles, weapons, the uniforms that their members wear and the tools they use, in addition to identity cards and arrest or movement warrants if need be.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 11:21
Ghiyyeh is an official in the Islamic Action Front and is close to Sheikh Hashem Minqara, a local preacher in Tripoli who is pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 09:26
Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb (AQIM) released an "appeal to join ranks" through a video showing militants from different countries.