Counterterrorism
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 08:58
The Egyptian armed forces have destroyed ten hideouts of suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula and arrested four suspects as part of an ongoing campaign against Islamist insurgents in the region.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 08:48
A suspect in the killings of two prominent Tunisian opposition figures has died in a clash with security forces, the interior ministry says.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 07:22
Four Somali nationals appeared in court Tuesday (February 4th) to face charges of an alleged attack at a cafe at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, which police had initially dismissed as an exploding light bulb.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 07:21
Security forces in Somalia's Beled Hawo town on Monday (February 3rd) arrested more than 20 people in connection with the explosion at a coffee shop on Sunday that killed three people and injured at least five, UN-funded Radio Bar-Kulan reported.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 13:34
He said the member countries will support each other in preventing terrorist acts and improving the fight against them as well as in implementation of preventive measures and information exchange.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 13:27
Four men from Kazakhstan are on trial in their home country on terrorism charges after allegedly going to war-torn Syria to join in the fighting there, a local news agency reported Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 13:20
On 12 February the CIS Anti-Terrorist Center will host a session of heads of national counter-terrorism centers.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 13:11
The Lebanese Army said Atrash admitted during interrogation with Military Intelligence to having ties to Al-Qaeda-linked groups and that he transported suicide bombers into Lebanon.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 10:30
The drone attacked suspected Al-Qaeda sites in the province's Al-Mahfad district, the source said, without providing further details.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 10:29
The decree appeared aimed at stemming the flow of Saudi fighters going to Syria, which is believed to have drawn hundreds of young Saudis, and has worried some in the kingdom that fighters could return radicalised.