businessinsider.com: Kenyan officials said Saturday they had tightened security across the country in the wake of a terrorist attack that has underscored the challenges Kenya faces as it tries to rein in the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab group next door in Somalia. The attack on Nairobi‘s upscale Westgate shopping mall killed at least 39 people and wounded about […]
By Associated Press, Published: September 2 JERUSALEM — Behind an official wall of silence, Israel is signaling it wants the U.S. to strike Syria sooner rather than later, fearing that continued inaction could hurt American credibility in the region. Yet at the same time, Israel appears to have little desire […]
Summary The threat of experienced militants returning to Europe from combat in North Africa and the Middle East is fueling debate about immigration and integration in Europe and strengthening xenophobic and nationalist sentiments. It is not a new phenomenon for Europeans to travel abroad to fight. Reports have circulated for […]
By ERIC SCHMITT The New York Times July 27, 2013 WASHINGTON — A rising number of radicalized young Muslims with Western passports are traveling to Syria to fight with the rebels against the government of Bashar al-Assad, raising fears among American and European intelligence officials of a new terrorist threat […]
Last week, a 12-member delegation from the Syrian opposition visited Saudi Arabia, for an unprecedented two-day official meeting. Saudi authorities had consistently declined to meet the opposition, despite repeated requests. This was partly because the kingdom has opposed Muslim Brotherhood dominance in the Syrian National Council and then the National […]
AFP | Apr 03, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES LONDON — As many as 600 Europeans have joined the rebels fighting government forces in Syria, according to a British study. Jihadists from 14 European countries including France, Germany, Britain and the Netherlands are among those to enter the conflict, according to […]
AFP | Mar 02, 2013 | 23:09 Updated: Mar 02, 2013 | 23:09 DEIR EZZOR, Syria — Victory in Syria’s civil war is still up for grabs, but some rebel […]
DUBAI — Days before his overthrow, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received a senior visitor from the United Arab Emirates, one of several Gulf monarchies long supportive of the most Arab populous country and its veteran strongman. What transpired between Mubarak and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahayan is […]
Sky’s Stuart Ramsay meets an increasingly influential group which says jihad is spreading and will not stop at Syria. By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent The number of Jihadist groups flooding […]
By AFP NAIROBI Once his reputation was of a feared fighter, an American-born extremist who left small town of Alabama to wage war alongside Al-Qaeda-linked Somali Islamists and who called […]
A conference of religious leaders is set to meet in January in Afghanistan specifically to publicize the fact that suicide bombing violence is not in the Quran. By Scott Peterson, Staff writer / December 24, 2012 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR KABUL, AFGHANISTAN Suicide bombers in Afghanistan have shown little restraint: Wedding […]
by Taylor Luck | Dec 13, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A Jordanian national has been tapped to lead jihadist forces in Syria, Islamist sources unveiled on Thursday. According to a Syrian Islamist source, the Jabhat Al Nusra Li Ahl Al Sham coalition has named Mustafa Abdul Latif Al […]
by Taylor Luck | Dec 08, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Authorities have arrested six jihadists along the northern border over the past 48 hours, officials said on Saturday, amid a reported rise in attempts by Islamic militants to infiltrate Syria. According to a security source, authorities arrested four […]
ALEPPO, Syria — Protests in Syria’s northern city Aleppo against the Free Syrian Army highlight the waning influence of mainstream rebel groups and the rise of more disciplined and better-equipped […]
by Taylor Luck | Nov 11, 2012 | 22:48 AMMAN — A Jordanian jihadist has been killed in southern Syria, to Islamist sources, as the government reportedly increased security along the northern border to curb the rising flow of Islamist militants. The local jihadist movement said 37-year-old Amad Natour was […]
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch Swiss intelligence services have observed an increase in the number of trips made out of Europe for jihadist purposes, with the internet playing a central role […]