According to reports in early June, Syrian authorities claim to have disrupted an attack by radical Syrian Islamists near Ummayad Square in Damascus, possibly targeting government buildings. A team of 10 armed militants allegedly opened fire against a Syrian police patrol around dawn after being... MORE

AL-ZARQAWI RELEASES NEW AUDIOTAPE CRITICIZING SHIITES Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, released a new four-hour long audiotape on June 1, in which he launches an aggressive verbal attack against Shiites. Al-Zarqawi labels Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani as the "leader of infidelity and... MORE

The Malaysian government recently announced that between March 16 and April 3 they had arrested 12 individuals who were part of the Darul Islam (DI) organization; authorities allege that they were planning a string of bombings (The Star, May 31). The Malaysian authorities went to... MORE

During the afternoon of June 2, Toronto residents were shocked to learn of the arrest of 17 would-be Islamist terrorists accused of planning an attack on the downtown headquarters of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS), as well as other targets such as the... MORE

Jordanian authorities announced on May 23 the arrest of a suspected member of al-Qaeda in Iraq in a sting operation launched by its General Intelligence Department (GID) and the 71st counter-terrorism battalion of Jordan's special forces (al-Ghad, May 24). Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli (also known as... MORE

On May 24, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden issued a speech via an audio file presented by the "al-Sahab Foundation for Media Production," which has issued authentic statements from al-Qaeda in the past. The statement was posted and then quickly circulated around forums such as... MORE

Al-Zarqawi's Aide Captured, Pro-U.S. Leader of Karabila Tribe Assassinated Kassim al-Ani, a senior aide to al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was apprehended in Baghdad on May 28. Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman Kassim al-Mosawi informed the media of the capture, calling al-Ani one of the most... MORE

Mullah Dadullah Evades Capture Once Again On May 19, General Rahmatullah Raufi, an Afghan army commander in the south, announced the possible capture of Mullah Dadullah, one of the Taliban's key military leaders, during an operation in Kandahar province (PakTribune, May 22). After the announcement,... MORE

Turkish authorities continue to search for clues to last week's deadly shooting attack by Alparslan Arslan that claimed the life of Turkish Council of State Judge Mustafa Yucel Ozbilgin and seriously wounded five of his colleagues in Turkey's highest administrative court. Arslan, who himself is... MORE

Recent pronouncements by a Spanish judge who has led high-level inquiries into al-Qaeda in Spain, Baltazar Garzon, and the head of France's domestic security service, Pierre de Bousquet, imply that Iraqi foreign fighters are already returning to Europe to re-establish or establish new networks to... MORE