NATO
Confrontation over?: All set to unblock NATO supply routes
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Pakistan
Pakistan – Fatwa against female NGO workers condemned
Pakistan
Pakistan – Security enhanced in villages
Afghanistan
US mulling sending Afghanistan general to head Europe troops
Al Qaeda
Libyan Islamist quits militia to enter politics: aide
Al Qaeda
Yemenis choose jihad over Iranian support
Egypt
Egypt vote won’t push the generals aside as army will continue to have big say
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a member of Faryab’s provincial council and eight Afghans. Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters in Paktika and Faryab. The Mullah Dadullah Front claimed credit for yesterday’s assassination of a senior member of the Afghan High Peace Council.
Iran
A senior UN nuclear agency official urged Iran to allow access to a suspected nuclear weapons site. A drawing created by a purported witness depicts a nuclear weapons testing chamber. Recent satellite photos show an effort to clean up the site.
Iraq
Insurgents killed five Iraqis in bombings in Fallujah and a policeman in a bombing in Kirkuk. Iraq is poised to overtake Iran as the number one oil producer in OPEC.
Syria
The opposition claimed a military victory in the city of Rastan. The rebel Free Syrian Army said they killed 23 government troops and destroyed several armored vehicles. Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said the UN-sponsored peace plan was failing.
Lebanon
The Syrian conflict spilled into Lebanon. Five people have been killed and 100 wounded in three days of sectarian street fighting in Lebanon’s second largest city of Tripoli.
Yemen
Seven Yemeni soldiers and 16 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in airstrikes and fighting near the cities of Zinjibar, Lawdar, and Jaar. Yemeni officials said two Saudi fighters were killed during recent airstrikes in Marib. AQAP bombed an LNG pipeline in Shabwa.
Egypt
The brother of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri denied reports that al Qaeda was active Egypt. Recent reports claimed that al Qaeda has hundreds of fighters in the country, mainly in the Sinai Peninsula.
Somalia
Security forces captured Ali Bakaari, a Tanzanian national who is a senior Shabaab leader in Kismayo. The National Security Service detained a Shabaab fighter as he planted a bomb near Mogadishu.
Algeria
An Algerian Islamist leader threatened a Tunisian-type revolt. The threat came after parliamentary elections in which opposition parties claimed widespread fraud by the government.
Afghanistan
Afghan Local Police program falls short, study finds
Omani jihadist killed in US airstrike in ‘Khorasan’
Abu Hamza al Omani and several other unnamed “brothers and supporters” were killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan on May 5.
Norway
Describing Norway anti-Semitism problematic
Al Qaeda
Ex-Member of Somali Terrorist Group Helps a US Prosecution
Hezbollah
Iran ‘could order Hezbollah hit on Israel’
Pakistan
Fighting in Khyber uproots hundreds of thousands
Caucasus Emirate
Russia Again Alleges Georgian Connivance With Chechen Militants
Italy
Italy: Intelligence key to thwarting a surge in terror attacks says minister
Al Qaeda
Egypt: Zawahiri’s brother denies Al-Qaeda active in country
Al Qaeda
US trains African soldiers for Somalia mission
Maldives
Maldives president reneges on deal for early elections
Al Qaeda
Pakistani officer accused of terrorism calls for ties to US to be cut
Mullah Dadullah Front claims assassination of Afghan High Peace Council member
The powerful Taliban subgroup is led by former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mullah Zakir, and is closely tied to al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
Afghan forces to take more control from Nato: Karzai