Iraq
Global terrorism survey finds surging attacks
A study by UK-based Institute for Economics and Peace finds there were nearly 10,000 terrorist attacks in 2013, 44% more than the year before.
Tag: al-Qaeda
Greater Middle East
Peshmerga come to aid of Kobani: strings attached?
Peshmerga fighters have joined the battle for Kobani, with Turkish acquiescence. But will Ankara and the West wrest a political price for this aid from Syria's Kurdish resistance?
Central Asia
Uighur leaders to al-Qaeda: No, thanks
Uighur exile leaders were quick to disavow an article in al-Qaeda's media service portraying harsh oppression of Muslims in "East Turkistan," or Xinjiang.
Iraq
US air-strikes fueling growth of ISIS?
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that ISIS has recruited more than 6,000 new fighters since the US-led air-strikes began.
Greater Middle East
US expands Syria air-strikes; Israel downs fighter
As the US struck both ISIS and Nusra Front positions in Syria, Israel shot down a Syrian fighter plane it said had violated its airspace over the Golan Heights.
North Africa
AQIM renegades pledge fealty to ISIS
A new armed group calling itself the "Soldiers of the Caliphate in Algeria" has split from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and sworn loyalty to ISIS.
Iraq
Best hope to destroy ISIS: indigenous resistance?
Indigenous resistance forces on the ground are fighting ISIS—but receive no solidarity from "progressives" in the West who make the question entirely about the US role.
Iraq
ISIS: will US intervention fuel sectarian war?
If Washington is perceived as leading an alliance that includes Iran and Hezbollah, this will augment the propaganda assistance loaned to ISIS with every US missile that falls.
South Asia
India: Qaeda sees fertile ground for sectarian war
Ayman al-Zawahri's announcement of "al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent" comes amid growing attacks on Muslims in Northeast India as well as Burma and Bangladesh.
Africa
Somalia: Shabab leader dead in US drone strike?
A drone strike targeted Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane as US-backed Ethiopian forces launched a new drive to beat back the insurgent group in Somalia.
Iraq
ISIS gets an air force after fall of Syrian base
ISIS supporters posted photos to Twitter of fighters from the militant group in control of warplanes, missiles and tanks seized after the jihadists overran the Syrian air base of Tabaqa.
Iraq
Syria: US intervention —against ISIS?
In a Pentagon press conference, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that ISIS cannot be defeated unless the US or its partners take them on in Syria.