Syria
Security forces killed eight Syrians. Refugees in the north said that security forces are torturing and executing anyone suspected of opposing the regime.
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Afghanistan
Defence ministers reaffirm commitments to Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Russia eyes bigger role in Afghanistan, wants to rebuild: envoy
Afghanistan
Britain cannot risk early military withdrawal in Afghanistan, Liam Fox says
Al Qaeda
40 names appear on terrorists’ hit list
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda’s new boss: the US hunt for al-Zawahiri begins
Somalia
More than 50 people were killed during clashes between Shabaab and clans from the Shabelle Valley. Slain al Qaeda and Shabaab leader Fazul Mohammed was carrying a fake South African passport when he was killed last week.
Afghanistan
The Egyptian doctor who globalized his caliphate crusade
Guantanamo
Attorney general and senator clash on where to try terror suspects
Afghanistan
Gates stresses the importance of ties with Pakistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Report sees danger in local allies
Afghanistan
Pentagon: Wait until Fall 2012 to end Afghanistan troop boost
Pakistan
Pakistan-US security relationship at lowest point since 2001, officials say
Al Qaeda
Zawahiri faces hurdles as bin Laden successor
Afghanistan
Karzai to step down as Afghan leader in 2014 – Gates
Nigeria
A suicide bomber killed one person and wounded several more in an attack on a police station in Abuja. Boko Haram is suspected of carrying out the attack.
Indonesia
A court found Abu Bakar Bashir guilty of “committing a criminal act of terrorism” by supporting a terrorist group in Aceh, and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. Bashir is the co-founder and spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Zabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Khost, Paktika, Logar, and Jawzjan. The Taliban beheaded two men in Farah and killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
Pakistan
The Taliban launched an attack from Afghanistan into the Bajaur tribal agency, killing five people. Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen chief Fazle-ur-Rahman Khalil lives openly in Islamabad.
Iraq
Several Iranian troops are said to have been killed in a minefield on the Iraqi side of the border in the north. Gunmen killed a Kuwaiti, an Indian, and a Turk in an attack on a home in Hillah. An insurgent was killed in a premature detonation.
Al Qaeda
British targets found near body of al-Qaida leader
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
The US government added Othman al Ghamdi to its list of specially designated global terrorists. Ghamdi is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay and is now a top military leader for the terror group in Yemen.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda appointed Ayman al Zawahiri as the emir of the terror group. The official statement was released by As Sahab, al Qaeda’s media arm.
Harakat-ul-Mujahideen chief lives in open near Islamabad
Fazle-ur-Rahman Khalil, the man Osama bin Laden consulted before issuing his infamous fatwa against the US, lives comfortably near Islamabad.
Taliban launch another attack from Afghanistan into northwestern Pakistan
Five people in Bajaur were killed in the latest Taliban attack that was launched from Afghanistan.
State Department designates former Gitmo detainee turned AQAP commander
The State Department designated former Gitmo detainee Othman al Ghamdi as a global terrorist today. Al Ghamdi is an “operational commander” in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Al Qaeda appoints Ayman al Zawahiri successor to bin Laden
In an official statement released by As Sahab, al Qaeda’s media arm, Zawahiri was named emir. Al Qaeda said it would continue to fight with the Taliban in Afghanistan and support jihad in theaters across the globe.
Al Qaeda
Terror leader lives freely near Pakistani capital
Hizb-i-Islami
UN to decide removal of Taliban names from blacklist
Libya
White House defends continuing US role in Libya operation