European Union
US exempts Japan and EU nations from Iran oil sanctions
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Arab League
Attacks Hit Iraq as It Prepares to Host Arab League
Shabaab
Somalia national theatre reopens after 20 years
Afghanistan
Five disasters we’ll face if US retreats from Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan committee calls for end to US drone strikes
Afghanistan
US says Afghan mission is winding back
Tajikistan
US report criticizes Turkey for serious limitations on religious freedom
Chechnya
Information War Highlights Intensified Fighting In Chechnya
US may make concessions on night raids in Afghanistan
US officials are considering allowing Afghan judges to review and approve proposed raids.
Iraq
Forty-six Iraqis were killed in a series of suicide attacks and car bombings in Karbala, Kirkuk, Baghdad, and other cities. Security forces detained a senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader in Baqubah.
Yemen
Security forces said they captured six Somalis in Abyan who were working with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The Red Cross visited 72 Yemeni soldiers who are currently in AQAP custody after being captured in Al Koud two weeks ago.
Somalia
Shabaab and Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a battled in Dhuso Mareb; Shabaab claimed it killed 15 ASWJ fighters; AWSJ claimed it killed more than 100 Shabaab fighters. Somali forces took control of the town of Dif on the Kenyan border.
Taliban commander wants Pakistan’s nukes, global Islamic caliphate
Omar Khalid also wants to secure the release of al Qaeda prisoners in Pakistan and impose sharia in the country.
Afghanistan
US Readies for Spring Clash With Taliban
Afghanistan
Afghan progress on track, insists top general
Saudi Arabia
Sweden – Secret documents reveal further Saudi arms cooperation
France
Authorities believe the same gunman who shot three French soldiers last week also murdered three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school in Toulouse and filmed the school murders. France’s terrorism alert is at its highest level.
Indonesia
Indonesia: Govt aims to bolster Internet security
France
New York police tighten security at Jewish sites
Afghanistan
Afghan killings suspect owes $1.5M in fraud case
Afghanistan
Obama focused on defeating al-Qaida in Afghanistan: White House
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two policemen in an IED attack in Herat. Afghan officials claimed that ISAF forces killed three women and children in a night raid in Faryab; ISAF said the civilians were used by the IMU as human shields.
Pakistan
Police claimed that Lashkar-e-Islam leader Mangal Bagh was killed in Khyber; Bagh’s spokesman denied the report. A tribal lashkar executed three Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber.
Iran
US Simulation Forecasts Perils of an Israeli Strike at Iran
France
Manhunt in France for racist serial killer as four shot dead in Jewish school
Afghanistan
US envoy expects setbacks in Afghanistan
Pakistani Islamist warlord Mangal Bagh rumored killed in Khyber
Pakistani police claim Bagh was killed during an operation in the contested tribal agency. Bagh’s spokesman denied the report.
Syria
Syria’s conflict has significance far beyond its borders
Syria
Report: Syria Arms Imports Surge Thanks To Russia
Syria
Heavy fighting broke out in Damascus. Clashes were reported in the affluent Mezze neighborhood, where embassies, security buildings, and homes of members of Assad’s inner circle are located. The government blamed Saudi Arabia and Qatar for bomb attacks in Damascus and Aleppo.