Unsteady peace in war-torn north Yemen
Jane Novak offers background on Yemen’s Sa’ada governornate, plagued by years of armed conflict.
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Iraq
Video – Mosul: IED Hunting
Iraq
US Airstrikes Kill 6 Sunni Fighters; 3 GIs Die in Iraq Roadside Bombing
Afghanistan
Two coalition soldiers among 10 killed in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
France expected to send extra troops to Afghanistan
Palestinian Territories
Egypt holds talks with Gaza Islamists on truce
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian talks in Yemen await Hamas response
Pakistan
Bhutto party announces candidate for Pakistani PM
Yemen
Hamza al Dhayany was named as a suspect in Tuesday’s mortar attack on the US Embassy in Sana’a. Al Dhayany was the driving instructor for a suicide car bomber who murdered eight Spanish tourists in Marib in 2007. An explosion and fire occurred Saturday at a hotel frequented by western tourists in Sana’a. The two […]
Russia
Unidentified gunmen assassinated Haji Abalishov, chairman of the Dagestan Broadcasting Committee, in a walk-by shooting in Mahachgala. Another TV journalist from Dagestan was found stangeled to death in his Moscow apartment a few hours earlier. A bomb exploded on Friday at a police checkpoint in Ingushetia, bordering Chechnya, but no one was hurt.
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All eyes on Mosul in US-Iraqi drive to oust al-Qaeda – Feature
Afghanistan
Afghan police arrested three individuals and confiscated 1.5 tons of opium in eastern Nangarhar province. Afghan police and US advisers stormed a Taliban stronghold in Zabul, killing three Taliban and arresting three others. The district governor of the Khanaqa district in northern Jowzjan province was killed in a knife attack this morning. A highway commander […]
Mali
Three Malian soldiers were killed and around 20 were captured by Tuareg insurgents who attacked a military supply convoy near the northeastern border with Algeria. The fighting took place in the northern area of Mali’s Kidal region where al Qaeda kidnappers are reported to be holding two Austrian tourists seized last month in Tunisia.
Algeria
A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is mediating over two Austrians held by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and is hopeful they will be freed soon. Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer has also reportedly called Gaddafi himself to help in the affair. A meeting between the kidnappers and the negotiators had taken place in […]
Iraq
Iraqi Shiites Given Grim Warning
Israel
Israel: Airliners Get Missile Defenses
Iraq
3 US soldiers killed near Baghdad
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida blamed in failed US site attack
Afghanistan
Afghan police and US troops kill three Taliban
Pakistan
Pakistan to Try New Approach to Militants
Iraq
Signs of Iran’s Hand in Iraq
Iraq
Iraqi forces battle rogue Shiite militants
Afghanistan
Nicolas Sarkozy to bolster force in Afghanistan with 1,000 extra troops
Iraq
Video – Sadr Admits His Failure
Palestinian Territories
Palestinians to get armored vehicles
Afghanistan
Blast kills soldier from NATO force in Afghanistan
In Pictures: The Spear Brigade
Bill Roggio is embedded with the Military Transition Team for the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division in western Mosul.
Pakistan
The Taliban bombed three police checkposts and a girls’ school in Darra Adam Khel. Security forces seized three illegal FM radio stations and detained 16 Taliban, including a wanted commander in Swat. A curfew has been imposed in Khairpur after 10 were wounded during sectarian clashes.
Iraq
US aircraft killed six members of a mortar team in West Rashid. Coalition forces detained al Qaeda operatives during raids in Sharqat and Mosul. The Baqubah SWAT detained 25 suspected insurgents. Iraqi security forces detained five suspected insurgents during three raids. Iraqi soldiers and the Mahdi Army clashed in Al Kut; two police and two […]