Kenya
Five people were wounded in a grenade attack in Wajir, near the Somali border. Three suspected Shabaab fighters were detained for the recent murder of a policeman near Mandera.
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Mauritius
Sergey Denisenko and Andrei Kosolapov, two associates of jailed arms trafficker Viktor Bout, have been running a weapons smuggling operation from Mauritius. The island nation was used to funnel arms to Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Suicide bomber targeted Israeli tourists in Bulgaria
A suicide bomber dressed in Western clothes and wearing a large backpack is seen scouting the scene of the attack just prior to killing seven people, including five Israeli tourists.
Iran
Another cyber espionage campaign found targeting Iran
Bulgaria
Seven people were killed in a blast on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at the airport in the city of Burgas. One witness said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber; the report has not been confirmed.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed 10 civilians in an IED attack in Arakzai. Security forces killed nine Taliban fighters in Chitral. Tribesmen and clerics in North Waziristan said polio vaccinations would be halted until the US ends drone strikes in Pakistan.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 25 Taliban fighters during operations nationwide. Nine Afghan soldiers and seven Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Helmand. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east and destroyed 22 NATO fuel and supply trucks in an attack in Samangan province.
Somalia
Somali pirate kingpins enjoy impunity: U.N. experts
North Korea
North Korean leader cements control over army
Syria
Assad’s brother, the muscle behind the throne
North Waziristan tribesmen, clerics endorse polio vaccination ban until drone strikes end
The tribal leaders support Hafiz Gul Bahadar’s ban on polio vaccinations despite the fact that their own children are at risk.
Yemen
Two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and an Army officer were killed in separate clashes. Police arrested members of an “Iranian spy cell” run by the IRGC. President Hadi urged Iran to cease interfering in Yemen.
Somalia
Security forces killed 11 Shabaab fighters during clashes in Bardhare. President Sharif has been sheltering a wanted pirate leader, according to a UN report. President Sharif accused the UN group that issued the report of being “against peace in Somalia.”
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Scores of Africans recruited by Mali Qaeda offshoot
Tunisia
Tunisia has not ‘fallen into hands of Islamists’: president
Algeria
The Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa has freed two Spanish and an Italian hostage. The three aid workers were kidnapped in Tindouf, Algeria in October 2011. A man who was arrested in connection with the kidnapping was freed by the Algerian government.
Libya
In parliamentary elections, the National Forces Alliance (NFA), a moderate Islamic coalition, won the largest number of seats, 39 out of 80. The Islamic Muslim Brotherhood won 17 seats.
Afghanistan
Afghan forces take over security charge of Kandahar
Philippines
Police captured Hadjer Arasani, an Abu Sayyaf operative, during a raid in the city of Lamitan in Basilan province. Arasani was involved int he kidnapping of six Jehovah’s Witnesses and the murder of a police officer.
Thailand
Two Islamist fighters, a soldiers and two civilians were killed during fighting in the Rueso district in Narathiwat province. The Islamist fighters attacked a military checkpoint in the district, but were repelled.
Taliban destroy 22 NATO trucks in Afghan north
The attack took place in Samangan, where a suicide bomber killed 23 people, including top Afghan officials, in an attack just four days ago.
Suicide bomber kills Syrian defense minister, top security officials
Both the “Brigade of Islam” and the Free Syrian Army claimed credit for the attack that killed the defense minister, his deputy, and President Assad’s national security advisor, and seriously wounded the interior minister and the chief of the national security office.
Syria
Israel Says Syria Pulls Troops from Golan to Suppress Revolt Elsewhere
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Syrian Opposition Group Leader: ‘The Islamists are Seizing Power for Themselves’
Egypt
In the new Egypt, beards appear where they were once banned
Iran
Iran official admits sanctions are hurting
Iran
US ‘building missile defence radar’ in Qatar
Libya
Libya’s Jibril beats Islamists in vote, no majority
Afghanistan
Twelve Taliban fighters, four policemen, three civilians, and an ISAF soldier were killed in fighting. The Afghan soldier who murdered four French troops in Kapisa earlier this year has been sentenced to death. More than 100 Taliban fighters in Badghis reconciled with the government.
Iran
Hillary Clinton: US will use ‘all elements of American power’ to stop Tehran developing nuclear weapons