January 8, 2018 Special Analysis
ISIS Claims Church Attack In Cairo On December 29, 2017, the Islamic State (ISIS) published a statement claiming responsibility for the church attack the same day in Cairo, Egypt. At least eight people were killed in the attack when gunmen opened fire on the Mar Mina Coptic Church in Cairo’s …
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January 8, 2018 Special Analysis
EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Claims Its German Suicide Bomber Attacked Kurdish Forces In Syria On December 31, 2017, the Islamic State (ISIS) Al-Barakah (Hasakah) Province claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on Kurdish forces in Syria, reporting that it was perpetrated by a fighter of German origin, as indicated by his name, …
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January 3, 2018 Eurasia, Special Analysis
Report: Muhammad Sa’d Al-Sai’di, Who Reportedly Authorized Al-Rawda Mosque Mega Attack, Has Been Appointed Mufti For ISIS Sinai According to reports, the Islamic State (ISIS) in Sinai has appointed Muhammad Sa’d Al-Sai’di, aka Abu Hamza Al-Qadi, as its main jurist. Al-Sai’di, who hails from the area of Ra’s Sadr in …
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January 3, 2018 Eurasia, Special Analysis
EXCLUSIVE: Continued Threats By Popular Front For Liberation Of Palestine (PFLP) To Target U.S. Nationals In Israel Abu Jamal, the spokesman of the Martyr Ali Mustafa Brigades, the Military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), has voiced another threat to target U.S. nationals in Israel …
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December 29, 2017 Eurasia, Special Analysis
Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen: Claim Of Responsibility For Attack On Joint Patrol Of U.S., Puntland Soldiers, Carries Out Attack On U.S.-Trained Somali Government Special Forces On December 20, 2017, Shahada News Agency, the news agency of Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen, posted on its Telegram channel an Al-Shabab claim of responsibility for an IED …
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December 29, 2017 Eurasia, Special Analysis
Pro-ISIS Media Operative Releases Graphic On Telegram With Hanukkah Threat To Berlin On December 15, 2017, pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media operative Almani released a graphic on Telegram featuring an armed militant in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate and a large menorah that is in flames. HTS Appeals To Military, Medical …
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December 20, 2017 Special Analysis
EXCLUSIVE: Following Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement, Group In Al-Salt, Jordan Warns Americans Not To Enter The Town Amid protests against U.S. President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. recognizes of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a group in Al-Salt, Jordan posted, on Facebook, a message to the U.S. Embassy in Amman warning Americans …
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December 18, 2017 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Iraqi-Syrian borders are totally secured by the Iraqi Army after the liberation of Iraq from Islamic State, said the head of Anbar Council. “The security situation in Anbar province is reassuring,” Ahmed al-Alwani was quoted by IKH News as saying on Sunday.
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December 18, 2017 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Iraqi troops killed eight terrorists and destroyed four Islamic State hotbeds during a military operation to pursuit IS militants in a border area between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces, a municipal official said. In an exclusive interview to Baghdad Today on Sunday, Sadeq al-Husseini, the head of Diyala council’s security committee, …
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December 18, 2017 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Monday called on Iraq’s central government and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq to resume dialogue. Speaking at a joint news conference with KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani in Berlin, Gabriel underlined Germany’s financial support for Iraq in future would depend on …
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