Afghanistan
Security forces killed an al Qaeda-linked insurgent leader in Nuristan. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the west. Twenty security guards in Uruzgan surrendered to the Taliban.
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Syria
Defecting general calls for Syrians to start preparing for post-Assad government
Al Qaeda
Malian refugee: They slit open a man’s stomach
United Kingdom
US sets up round the clock Olympic threat monitoring
Al Qaeda
Pakistan: Let us hit drone targets
Hezbollah
Analysis: In Syria crisis, stakes high for Hezbollah
Egypt
Egypt’s Brotherhood seeks balance on Islamic law
Iran
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei said that economic sanctions would not compel the country to halt its nuclear program. Iran increased the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges in operation. Iran’s nuclear facilities were hit by a computer virus.
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s political front, the Islamic State of Iraq, claimed credit for the July 23 bombings and attacks that killed more than 100 people. The government has barred Chevron from operating in Iraq after it negotiated deals with the Kurdish Regional Government.
Syria
Rebel forces in Aleppo prepared for the coming battle as government forces sent armored reinforcements to the city. Rebel forces took control of a police station in central Aleppo. Turkey closed its borders with Syria to commercial traffic.
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda Insinuating Its Way Into Syria’s Conflict
Yemen
An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula bomb maker and two of his sons were killed in a premature detonation at their home. Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen denied reports that a Saudi diplomat kidnapped by al Qaeda has been released.
Iran
Iranian nuclear facilities are hit by AC/DC virus
Somalia
Ethiopian troops arrested two senior Somali police and military officers in Baidoa. Somali forces fought amongst themselves in Mogadishu. The UN said US drone operations over Somalia pose a threat to civilian flights.
Shabaab
Drone operations over Somalia pose danger to air traffic, UN report says
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Violence against women on the rise in Farah
Canada
Top level British secrets ‘compromised by Canadian spy’
Kenya
The High Court reversed a 2010 ban on the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC), a secessionist group that seeks to establish an independent state on Kenya’s coastline. The MRC spokesman called the court’s ruling a “Ramadan gift.” The MRC is said to be infiltrated by the al Qaeda-linked Shabaab, and is funded by wealthy Arab donors.
Bulgaria
Witnesses to last week’s suicide bombing in Burqas told investigators that the bomb was detonated remotely by a controller. Local media are reporting that the bomber came from Belgium and may have been Belgian.
Special operations forces target al Qaeda-linked leader in Nuristan
Kanjar, an insurgent leader affiliated with both the Taliban and al Qaeda, was killed during a raid in the Waygal district.
Germany
Four members of a German al Qaeda cell headed by Abdeladim El-K., a Moroccan who had trained in Pakistan in 2010, went on trial. The cell was involved in a plot to conduct Mumbai-type attacks in Europe that had been approved by Osama bin Laden.
Al Qaeda in Iraq claims nationwide attacks that killed more than 100 Iraqis
The Islamic State of Iraq said the offensive was launched “in application of the directives of Sheikh Mujahid Abu Bakr al Baghdadi,” the terror group’s emir.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Taliban Threaten Panjwai Residents for Turning to Government
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed seven children in an IED blast in Ghor, an American and two Afghan engineers in Bamiyan, and an ISAF soldier in the east. A police commander and 15 policemen in Farah defected to the Taliban. Security forces killed an IMU leader in Kunduz.
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Racking up the bill: Thousands of NATO containers stranded
Afghanistan
Afghans embrace social media as NATO pullout nears
Yemen
Yemeni warplanes killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in airstrikes in the Al Mahfad area in Abyan province. AQAP is said to have regrouped in Al Mahfad after losing control of several areas in Abyan and Shabwa.
Nigeria
The leader of the Middle Belt Youths Focus warned that it would retaliate if Boko Haram and allied Muslim herdsmen continue to attack Christians. The Joint Military Task Force ended operations in Jos that sought to root out those conducting attacks in the region.
Afghanistan
Afghan NDS Detains 241 Suicide Bombers in Two Years: Taheri
Tajikistan
Government troops launched an operation in Gorno-Badakhshan province against forces led by former warlord Tolib Ayombekov, in retaliation for the killing of an intelligence official. The clashes have killed 30 militants and as many as 20 government troops, including a special forces commander.