LONDON — Spain has dismantled a suspected Islamist cell in North Africa. The Spanish Interior Ministry reported the arrest of six suspects linked to Al Qaida in the Spanish (more…)
ANKARA — The Turkish intelligence community has determined an imminent threat from Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Officials said the intelligence community has detected plans by (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel has detected a major presence of foreigners in rebel militias on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights. Officials said up to 15 percent of (more…)
CAIRO — Libya could create a buffer zone along its border with Egypt. An Arab-backed renegade general was said to be planning a buffer zone between Libya and its (more…)
WASHINGTON — At a seminar, former CIA deputy director Michael Morell said Egypt was struggling to eliminate Al Qaida from Sinai. In an address to the Washington Institute for (more…)
CAIRO — A Western-sponsored rebel coalition in Syria has been linked to a plot to conduct attacks on the eve of presidential elections in Egypt. Security sources said the (more…)
CAIRO — Algeria has reported an enhancement of border security amid an Al Qaida offensive. Officials said the regime of President Abdul Aziz Bouteflika ordered a coordinated effort to (more…)
CAIRO — Egypt has reported the capture of more than 100 fighters from the Al Qaida-aligned Ansar Beit Maqdis. Officials said security forces have captured and interrogated 102 suspected (more…)
ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has reported foiling a major Al Qaida plot against the government as well as allied countries. Officials said the Saudi intelligence community detected and (more…)
