Hamas
As region changes, Hamas movement shifts
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Iran
Iran warned Saudi Arabia against raising oil production to replace embargoed Iranian oil. Iran asked India to pay for oil in yen to help circumvent sanctions.
Syria
The Arab League extended its monitoring mission for another month and declined an opposition request to refer the matter to the UN. Saudi Arabia withdrew from the mission, saying the “Syrian government did not execute any of the elements of the Arab resolution plan.”
Syria
In Syrian City, a Calm That Few Expect to Last
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Fatah is unsettled by Hamas head Meshaal stepping down
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Rights group urges West to get over Islamist aversion
Egypt
With parliament opening, Egypt’s Brotherhood strikes a cautious tone over Islamic agenda
Libya
Protesters attacked the ruling NTC headquarters in Bengazi, calling for more transparency. The Vice President of the NTC resigned after the attacks. ENI, the largest foreign oil producer in Libya, said it was producing oil at close to pre-war levels.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Aasia Bibi’s case: Weighed down by guilt, blasphemy accuser mulls pulling back
Pakistan
Taliban video highlights revenge on Pakistan military
Somalia
Shabaab pressed more than 200 young men in Afgoye into their military to wage jihad against Somali and African Union forces. “Gunmen” abducted an American engineer and beat his driver in Galkayo.
Afghanistan
Pakistan Military Harasses Afghan Truckers at Border
Al Qaeda
Kabul backs Taliban prisoners’ transfer to Qatar
Nigeria
The death toll in Boko Haram’s rampage in Kano has risen to 178 and is expected to climb. Boko Haram spokesman Abul Qaqa said that the group is retaliating for government attacks against its members in Kano.
Afghanistan
Afghan soldier ‘killed French troops over US abuse video’
Afghanistan
Canada – Shafia’s curses shouldn’t be taken literally, defence witness tells court
Israel
Israeli leader condemns Palestinian Muslim cleric
Al Qaeda
US official: Taliban should say they want peace
Algeria
Algeria has begun the trial of Mukhtar Belmukhtar, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s leader in southern Algeria. Belmukhtar and four other AQIM fighters are being tried in absentia for acts of terrorism. Five other AQIM fighters on trial are in custody.
Al Qaeda
US has made no decision on Taliban prisoner transfer
Al Qaeda
How Pakistan helps the US drone campaign
Al Qaeda
In bin Laden town, father mourns another militant
British Shabaab operative killed in airstrike in Somalia
Bilal al Berjawi, a British citizen of Lebanese origins, “was from the early people who came to jihad in Somalia.” Shabaab said he was killed today in a US drone strike. He was second-in-command to slain al Qaeda leader Fazul Mohammed.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan official says US military will be allowed to return, but not CIA drones
Iran
After threats, Iran plays down US naval moves
United States
A Palestinian group called Masada al-Mujahideen claimed it started a brush fire near Reno, Nev. on Jan. 18. The group announced “the expansion of the location of the war … to the inside of America and soon to other places.” An elderly man turned himself in to authorities yesterday, expressing remorse for having accidentally started […]
Peru
Peru gov’t bans trips abroad for terror convicts
Bangladesh
Security forces arrested five members of the banned group Hizb-ut-Tahrir who are suspected of plotting with some members of the military to overthrow the government and impose sharia law.
Afghanistan
President Karzai said that he has negotiated with members of the Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin. The Taliban killed five policemen in Herat, four civilians in Helmand, and an ISAF soldier in the south.
Hamas
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal ‘to step down’