Afghanistan
Afghan clerics’ guidelines ‘a green light for Talibanisation’
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Iraq
Iraq and Saudi Arabia show signs of improved relations after years of strain
Iran
President Ahmadinejad suffered a defeat in parliamentary elections as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei loyalists made substantial gains, winning over 75 percent of the seats. An Iranian court overturned the death sentence for an American accused of spying.
Qatar
Saudi, Qatari plans to arm Syrian rebels risk overtaking cautious approach favored by US
Syria
The Syrian military expanded its crackdown after eliminating the opposition in the Baba Amr district of Homs. China urged an end to violence but rejected any outside interference. Saudi Arabia said Syrians had a right to take up arms against the regime. US Senator McCain called for airstrikes.
Yemen
Al Qaeda militants serious threat as Yemen transitions away from Saleh
Yemen
The more than 60 Yemeni soldiers who were captured by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula yesterday have been taken to Jaar and are being forced to train AQAP fighters on heavy weaponry that was seized. Yemeni and US aircraft reportedly struck the AQAP camps.
Al Qaeda
Holder to make case for targeting Americans in terror hunt
Al Qaeda
Gulf Arabs Deny Arms to Syria Rebels
Algeria
Algeria Promises Libya It Will Rein in Gaddafi Family
Somalia
Shabaab fighters beheaded three young men who were accused of spying. The spokesman for the Kenyan military said his country would stay in Somalia until it is stable, but also indicated forces may be withdrawn by Oct. 31.
Nigeria
Three policemen were killed by “gunmen” in Kano, where Boko Haram has attacked security forces in the past. A senior US official said that the US will consider providing security assistance to Nigeria.
Libya
NATO – All Targets Struck in Libya Were Military
Jordan
Abu Qatada case: Jordan talks positive – Theresa May
Afghanistan
Pakistan Asks Taliban to Negotiate with Afghan Government
Taliban claim suicide attack outside Bagram Air Base
The Taliban claimed they carried out the attack to take “revenge” for the burning of Korans at the base more than two weeks ago. Another suicide bomber killed an Afghan intelligence official in Jalalabad.
Al Qaeda in Iraq executes 27 policemen in Anbar
The attackers were dressed in police uniforms and drove police vehicles, and even used fake warrants to disarm security forces in Haditha and Barwanah.
Iraq
Iraq Sunni tribes warn against arming Syrian opposition
Al Qaeda
US-Afghan Talks Falter on Detainee Transfer
India
Terror’s new weapon: Capsule bomb
Pakistan
Pakistan – Emboldened Taliban
Afghanistan
The US has suspended talks on a long-term strategic partnership over a disagreement on the transfer of detainees. Afghanistan’s army chief said “there will be a lot of trouble” if another Koran-burning incident occurs. The governor of Kunar escaped an assassination attempt.
Yemen
AQAP overran a military base near Zinjibar and killed 185 troops and seized heavy weapons. AQAP claimed it captured more than 70 soldiers. Thirty-two AQAP fighters were reported to have been killed.
AQAP overruns Yemeni Army base, kills 185 soldiers
A base in Al Koud was overrun. AQAP seized heavy weapons and turned them against the Yemeni troops, and claimed to have captured another 70 soldiers.
Libya
An Islamist mob desecrated graves at the Commonwealth WWII cemetery in Benghazi. Video of the incident shows armed men laughing as they shatter headstones and knock down a large cross. Libyan authorities offered an apology. The two-day attack desecrated the graves of more than 150 British soldiers.
Somalia
Shabaab said it captured the town of Diif on the border with Kenya and also said its “cartographers will soon redraw the geographical boundaries carved up by inebriated colonial masters in preparation for Islamic Khilaafa.” Shabaab and government forces clashed in the Karaan area of Mogadishu; the Somali government claimed it repelled the attacks.
Boko Haram plans ‘to eradicate Christians’ from areas in Nigeria
“We will create so much effort to end the Christian presence in our push to have a proper Islamic state that the Christians won’t be able to stay,” a spokesman said.
Nigeria
“Gunmen” killed four people in attacks in Maiduguri. Boko Haram’s spokesman said the terror group “will launch a number of attacks, coordinated and part of the plan to eradicate Christians from certain parts of the country.”
Kenya
Kenya’s hide-and-seek war with Al-Shabaab
Syria
Syrian rebels in Idlib bide their time