A US raid captures Taliban in North Waziristan?
Five Taliban or Haqqani Network fighters were grabbed in North Waziristan, according to unconfirmed reports.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Caucasus
US designates North Caucasus insurgency as terrorist organization
Denmark
Lors Doukayev, a Belgian of Chechen origin, was convicted of attempted terrorism for setting off a letter bomb accidentally in a Copenhagen hotel on Sept. 10, 2010. He had intended to target a Danish newspaper on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Iran
Syria to end nuclear secrecy
Pakistan
Pakistan – Army, ISI partly infected with cancer: Altaf
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden’s cover ‘was blown by one his closest allies’
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Islamists seize a Yemeni city, stoking fears
Afghanistan
US medics brave fire to save lives in Afghan war
Iraq
Insurgents killed two soldiers in Baghdad and two civilians in Mosul. Khalid al Obaidi, an Iraqiya politician who is a candidate to lead the defense ministry, was wounded in an IED attack in Mosul.
Taliban claim attacks in western Afghan city of Herat
The Taliban detonated a car bomb in the city while a suicide assault team attacked the Italian-manned Provincial Reconstruction Team base.
Yemen
The Yemeni air forces bombed the city of Zinjibar after six soldiers were killed in an al Qaeda ambush. Security forces killed 20 people after opening fire on protesters in Taiz.
Syria
Security forces killed 11 people in attacks in towns near Homs on May 29. The government agreed to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency inspection of a nuclear site at Al Kibar.
Is Pakistan going to attack the Taliban in North Waziristan?
According to The News, the answer is yes, but the operation would be limited in scope.
Nigeria
A bombing at a market in a military barracks in Bauchi killed 12 people, including 10 soldiers. Boku Haram is suspected of carrying out the attack.
Afghanistan
Haqqani insurgent group proves resilient foe in Afghan war
Afghanistan
Shift in Taliban tactics alarms Afghanistan government
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Yemen unrest spreads south
Afghanistan
NATO report sees slow progress in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Attacks on Pakistan Navy raise questions
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Islamic militants fight Yemen troops for control of city, locals say
France
France unsure about Pakistan’s nuclear deterrent: WikiLeaks
Afghanistan
Government report absolves a Karzai in Afghan bank fraud
Syria
Kurdistan: the other Iraq
Tunisia
Tunisia: Birthplace of the Arab Spring fears Islamist insurgence
NATO
Libya: Coalition forces prepare two-pronged blitz to finish off Gaddafi
Afghanistan
Local officials in Helmand claimed ISAF killed 14 civilians in an airstrike in Now Zad. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Zabul, Khost, and Balkh. Afghan intelligence claimed Pakistan’s ISI is supporting the Taliban’s Badar offensive.
Iraq
Prime Minister Maliki indicated he would consider allowing US trainers and advisers to stay past the December 2011 withdrawal deadline. Insurgents killed an Iraqi soldier in Baghdad and a civilian in Diyala.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has taken control of Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Abyan. More than “300 Islamic militants and al Qaeda men” are reported to have stormed the city after government forces left earlier this week.
Iran
Egypt’s state security service is interrogating an Iranian diplomat who is suspected of “spying for a foreign country to harm the interests of Egypt.” Iran has denied the diplomat was arrested.
Syria
Security forces have launched operations against anti-regime protesters in the towns of Rastan and Talbisa, just north of Damascus. Two people have been reported killed as tanks and helicopters were deployed.