Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Swears Allegiance To Islamic State
On August 6th, the Pakistan-based jihadist organization Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, previously covered here, released a video of its leader...
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Islamic State Spreading To Sudan?
Libyan newspaper Alwasat reports that a convoy carrying over 70 militants has arrived in the Islamic State held Libyan city...
More Proof Of Russian Involvement In Ukraine
A document published by the Ukrainian Security Service back on June 16th claims that there are 15 Russian Battalion Tactical...
Obama Tries To Make Secret Deal With Iran
According to Iranian newspaper Hamshahri, President Barack Obama recently sent a private message to Ayatollah Khamenei and the rest of...
Niger Attacked By Boko Haram
Militants believed to be connected to Boko Haram attacked several towns in Niger, as well as a two suicide bombings...
Turks Concerned Over Kurdish Counter-Offensive
Thousands of refugees fled northern Syria for safety in Turkey as Syrian Kurdish led forces (consisting of the YPG and...
Cui Bono From the OPM Hack?
December's hack of the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) personnel files reportedly also reached other branches of the American government,...
Burundi Elections Postponed
Last month on the Free Fire blog we spoke about the upcoming elections in Burundi and the growing international calls...
Islamic State Seizes Power Plant at Sirte
As of Tuesday, Islamic State fighters seized control of a power plant west of the Libyan city of Sirte after...
Russian Sanctions Upheld
At the G7 summit in Germany this weekend, the participating nations agreed to continue economic sanctions against Russia for their...
Ukrainian Cease Fire In Jeopardy
Over the past few days, Ukrainian forces repelled an attack by approximately a thousand pro-Russian separatist fighters in the town...
Is Russia About To Abandon Assad? Probably Not.
A report from the London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat citing "anonymous Western diplomatic sources" states that Russia has been changing...
Jihad In Post-Soviet Central Asia
Recently on the Free Fire blog, there was a report on the defection of Colonel Gulmurod Halimov, the head of...
China Stations Weapons In South Sea Islands
With the recent discovery that the Chinese are deploying artillery to at least one of the islands, it appears extremely...
Tajikistani Special Forces Officer Defects To IS
After his disappearance in late April, the commander of Tajikistan's counter-terrorist police force OMON has resurfaced as a member of...
Yet More Evidence Of Russian Action In Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law Thursday making reports on military casualties, in particular those incurred during “special operations.”...