The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced yesterday that longtime Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu was transferred to his native Kenya. The Ugandan-born Kenyan national...
Ankara’s recent geopolitical gains go beyond just Syria.
Today’s Issue: | Security Forces Conduct Overnight Counterterror Operation, Seize Terrorist Funds, Arrest More Than 10 | 98th Division Operated in Southern Lebanon in Past Few Months, Maintaining Terms...
Turkey Mediates Ethiopia-Somalia Agreement: Turkey announced on December 11 that it mediated what President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called an “historic agreement” between Ethiopia...
Yesterday, the Somali National Army (SNA) of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) in Mogadishu was routed from the southern Somali town of Ras Kamboni. This battle was not with the SNA’s typical enemy—Shabaab,...
After rolling out the red carpet for Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Tamim Al Thani, the UK government announced plans to double joint UK-Qatar humanitarian assistance with a $100 million fund intended to...
In the latest issue of its Sada al-Malahem magazine, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) heaped significant praise on recent operations conducted by Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch in East...
Had UNIFIL carried out its mandate, many, if not most, of Israeli operations in Lebanon would not be necessary.
By attending a three-day summit in Russia and lending credence to Putin’s despotism, the U.N. secretary-general is effectively spitting in the faces of both Ukraine and Israel.
Over this month, the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s branch for West Africa, has publicized its da’wah (proselytizing) activities in local communities in Mali and Burkina...
Egypt delivered its second weapons shipment to Somalia in less than a month on September 23, signaling a potential escalation in the Horn of Africa. According to Reuters, the shipment,...
As tensions escalate between Egypt and Ethiopia over the latest filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Ethiopian Foreign Minister Taye Atske-Selassie urged UN officials to “take note of Egypt’s repeated threat to use force against Ethiopia” in a letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) dated September 6 ...
Egypt is reportedly sending 10,000 troops to Somalia, in a move that signals a potential major escalation in the Horn of Africa. On August 29, two Egyptian military planes carrying...
Yesterday, the US Treasury Department sanctioned three Islamic State facilitators based in Zambia, Uganda, and South Africa. The three have operated as part of a coordinated network that moves money between...
In a coordinated, multi-pronged offensive, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, assaulted multiple Somali National Army (SNA) bases across southern Somalia’s Lower Juba region yesterday. Each...
Over the last few days, jihadis have mounted two attacks inside prisons in Somalia and Niger. While the mutiny inside the Nigerien prison was successful, the Somali prison assault appears to have been...
If the Palestinian Authority can’t even control the West Bank, how will its troops fare in Gaza?
In May 2016, the Islamic State (IS) issued a eulogy for the infamous Sudanese jihadist Mohamad Makkawi Ibrahim through its weekly Al-Naba newsletter. The eulogy flew under the radar at the time but offers...
Yesterday, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, took responsibility for a suicide car bombing targeting Djiboutian and Somali troops at a military base in central Somalia. The blast was the 14th...