Israel
IDF assessment: Syria thinks Olmert wants to launch war
Yearly Archives: 2007
Palestinian Territories
UK: Hamas boycott called counterproductive
Al Qaeda
Pentagon: Gitmo Saudi Prisoner ‘Professor’ Has Ties to Usama, Sept. 11 Plotter
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Azerbaijan: ‘Alternative Islam’ Takes Several Forms
Iraq
Gun battle disturbs Iraqi official™s visit to Baqubah
Iraq
US prepares to plug hole left by British troops in Basra
Sudan
Darfur force ‘to be all-African’
Iraq
Bush to bolster Iraq troop surge as antiwar lobby gives ground
Iraq
Residents fear Shiite civil war after convoy attack
Philippines
The military ordered a full scale offensive against Abu Sayyaf and “rogue” MNLF allies in Basilan and Sulu. President Arroyo ordered Gen. Esperon, the chief of the army to relocate his headquarters to the southern city of Zamboanga on Mindanao Island to take charge of the military operation. Gen. Esperon has arrived in Jolo along […]
Al Qaeda
Yemeni rebels given 48 hours to accept peace timetable
Indonesia
Hizbut Tahrir, an Islamist group that advocated the return of the caliphate and is banned in most Middle Eastern countries, held a rally in Jakarta. An estimated 80,000 Indonesians attended the rally, which was held at a sports stadium.
Iraq
Hundreds mourn assassinated Iraq officials
Iraq
Italy probe unearths huge Iraq arms deal
Afghanistan
Fighting in eastern Afghanistan resulted in over two dozen Taliban fighters and four NATO soldiers killed. A clash between Afghan forces and the Taliban in Qal-e-Naw on Friday resulted in 20 Taliban fighters and seven Afghan troops killed.
Palestinian Territories
Hamas, Fatah use TV in power struggle
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Bush war adviser says draft worth a look
Pakistan
The Pak-Afghan peace jirga agreed to fight the Taliban and al Qaeda but is prepared to follow the fighting with negotiations and reconciliation. The North and South Waziristan tribes boycotted the jirga. The Taliban beheaded two “Afghan spies” near Miramshah in North Waziristan.
Turkey
Twelve Turkish soldiers were wounded in a roadside bomb attack conducted by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The attack occurred near the Iraqi border, and Turkish troops have launched an operation in an attempt to capture the bombers.
Pakistan
Militancy prevents Pakistan’s globalisation: Musharraf
Hezbollah
Hezbollah buys frontier land to attack Israel
Turkey
Turkey agrees to put off incursion as Iraq agrees to subdue PKK in phases
Al Qaeda
Lebanese Fatah al Islam on US terror blacklist
Somalia
Muslim insurgents killed three government officials north of Mogadishu. Two reporters were murdered during an IED attack and in a shooting.
Pakistan
The Foreign Office dismissed concerns about the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. The Taliban in South Waziristan demanded 10 of their operatives be freed in exchange for 15 kidnapped soldiers. The military killed three civilians after a convoy struck an IED in North Waziristan, while the ISPR claimed these were actually al Qaeda operatives killed […]
Afghanistan
Four Taliban were killed and two captured during two assaults on Firebase Anaconda in Uruzgan province on Saturday. Five Canadian soldiers were lightly wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar. The Taliban claimed it will release two South Korean hostages.
Thailand
Muslim insurgents ambushed security forces in at least six locations in Yala province from Friday night to Saturday morning, injuring one soldier. Police and the army detained eight suspected Muslim insurgents in Narathiwat province.
Thailand
Thailand’s Muslim insurgency is spinning out of control
Philippines
Philippine commandos land on Jolo, residents flee
Iraq
Shiite militia grows bolder in Iraq