Israeli commandos seized control of a cargo ship carrying dozens of medium range rockets early Wednesday that officials say was bound for Gaza. The ship carried Syrian-made M-302 rockets with a range of up to 200 kilometers–or about 125 miles, Israel Defense
A prominent Al Jazeera anchor with close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement praising the murders of police officers and advocating attacks on journalists who stand with Egypt’s current government. Ahmed Mansour’s statement was reported Saturday on the
The Egyptian army is conducting a wide military operation in the Sinai to crack down on Islamic movements that use the area as a launching pad for terrorist operations. As part of that campaign, soldiers have exchanged fire with a
Their 2008 convictions have been upheld on appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up the case. So five men convicted of illegally routing millions of dollars to Hamas through a Dallas-based charity are trying the only ploy
Hizballah continues to entrench itself in the Syrian civil war, while facing a string of radical Sunni bombing attacks in its Lebanese strongholds. The terrorist organization is also facing renewed international backlash regarding its alleged role in the murder of
U.S. Senator John Kerry met with leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party in Egypt this weekend, and told Egypt’s interim government that the U.S. welcomed the results of Egypt’s first democratic elections. Voters gave the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and
The FBI is investigating whether a suicide bomber killed in Saturday’s bombing of an African Union military base in Mogadishu is Abdisalan Ali, 22, a U.S. citizen from Minneapolis. At least 10 people died in the attack carried out by
When demonstrations against Syrian President Bashar Assad began in late March, few expected them to last very long given the dictator’s longstanding use of torture and repression to silence dissent. But more than seven months later a revolution has spread
A criminal complaint issued last week alleging members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States triggered bi-partisan outrage in Washington and international condemnation. The plot, had it not been interdicted
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued an open letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller last week calling for reform of Bureau training materials the ACLU claims are biased against Muslims. The ACLU letter cited a July article by Spencer
British intelligence officials say there could be 200 potential suicide bombers in the country, many waiting to strike during the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Senior intelligence officials called the figure a “conservative estimate” and that the network behind them
Arab League officials are promising to provide $200 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) if a congressional hold on similar U.S. funding continues. U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., placed a hold on the transfer of $200 million in aid to
Jihadi forum Ansar al-Mujahideen recently published a new e-book, The Just Scale – On the Permissibility of Killing the Infidels’ Children and Women, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Each of its eight chapters presents alleged proof
Note: This story is based on reporting with sources knowledgeable about the Awlaki operation, including three law enforcement and intelligence officials. Anwar Al Awlaki, killed Friday morning in an American strike in Yemen, has been on the U.S. radar for
Another sting operation by federal law enforcement officials has led to the arrest of an American citizen from a Boston suburb who thought he was arming remote controlled planes to bomb the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol. Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, is
In congressional testimony Wednesday, Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies provided the intrepid Washington press corps what should be an important scoop: that one of the largest recipients of U.S. foreign assistance, the Palestinian Authority, is
Syrian security forces continue to brutalize the civilian population, bringing the death toll to more than 2,600 since protests against President Bashar Assad’s government began in late March, according to the United Nations. But Russian officials, troubled by the prospect
Egyptian commandos helped rescue six guards inside the Israeli embassy in Cairo early Saturday morning, after dozens of people among thousands of protestors stormed the building. The crowd had smashed through a newly-erected security wall and was separated from the
The Obama administration’s collaboration with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in combating “Islamophobia” may soon “result in the delegitimization of freedom of expression as a human right,” Hudson Institute scholar Nina Sheawrites at National Review Online. In March, the
Weapons are disappearing from Libyan government storehouses, raising concerns that they could end up in the hands of militants across Africa and beyond. In addition to the growing arms issue are concerns of how and when to release frozen government
Al-Qaida’s new senior leader is trying to co-opt Syria’s revolution with a message of anti-Americanism and hate, in a new video translation recently released to jihadi forums. Zawahiri: Syria, are you listening? Hello? “Peace be upon you while you teach
The latest New Yorker fills in a lot of the blanks from the May 1 Navy SEAL raid in Abbottabad that killed Osama bin Laden. Nicholas Schmidle’s 8,400-word report starts with a call for more intelligence on bin Laden’s possible
The U.S. Department of Treasury has announced the designation of several Iran-based al-Qaida agents and their facilitators which are part of a network “operating under an agreement between al-Qa’ida and the Iranian government.” The action, which targets Iran’s government as
The UK-based group Viva Palestina (VP) is sponsoring its second week long summer program in Lebanon beginning this weekend featuring radical speakers, including members of terrorist organizations. The “Summer University of Palestine 2011” is hosted by Viva Palestina Arabia, the
