Bahrain
Plans for Gulf’s biggest Catholic church stir backlash in troubled Bahrain
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Lawmakers Concerned at Rise of Illegal Militia
Indonesia
Indonesia: Director says terrorism suspects graduated from his school
Sweden
Official Swedish websites targeted in cyber attack
Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said the major world powers had not done enough to deter Iran’s nuclear program and that they needed to set “a clear red line.” The US moved ahead on additional steps to restrain Iran.
Afghanistan
Obama gets ahead of himself on Afghanistan pull-out
Iraq
Factbox: Syria’s Kurds part of wider ethnic group
Yemen
US drones accidentally killed 13 Yemeni civilians in the Sept. 2 airstrike in Rada’a. The drones targeted a car transporting al Qaeda fighters but missed the intended target.
Turkey
Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party attacked checkpoints in Beytussebap near the border with Iraq and Syria, killing 10 members of Turkish security forces and injuring seven more. About 20 militants have been killed in the clash, which is ongoing. The militant group has increased its attacks since the outbreak of the Syrian conflict.
Egypt
For the first time on Egyptian state television, a woman wearing a head scarf presented the headline news, breaking a longstanding rule requiring secular dress. Debate arose over whether this was part of an effort by Egypt’s new president to encourage a more Islamic Egyptian society.
Al Qaeda
Kenya: Security tightened in churches after Mombasa attacks
Somalia
Kenyan warships continue to shell Shabaab positions in and around Kismayo. Security forces are pursuing Shabaab remnants in Marka. Islamist cleric and Shabaab supporter Abubaker Shariff Ahmed was arrested and charged with inciting violence.
Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram fighters killed a policeman and two civilians, and burned down a police station and a church in New Marte. “Terrorists’ killed two civilians in Maiduguri.
Algeria
Diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria ‘nearly impossible’, says new UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi
Egypt
Egypt’s sexual harassment of women ‘epidemic’
Pakistan
Security forces killed nine Taliban fighters in Bajaur and seven more in South Waziristan. The Taliban killed three people in an attack on a US Consulate vehicle in Peshawar, attacked military convoys in North Waziristan, and bombed a CD shop in Mardan.
Afghanistan
The US has suspended the training of the Afghan Local Police due to the spike in green-on-blue attacks. The Taliban killed five border policemen in an IED attack in Nuristan and a district council member in Helmand. Security forces captured a Taliban fighter who killed two US troops in Helmand, and detained a suicide bomber […]
Combined forces arrest Taliban insurgent wanted for deadly ‘green-on-blue’ attack
A combined force detained a wanted Taliban fugitive who had shot and killed two British ISAF members on May 13. He was attempting to joint the Afghan National Army when he was arrested.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two Iraqi soldiers in an IED attack in Tuz Khurmatu. Two more Iraqi policemen were killed in a bombing in Kirkuk.
Iran
Iran and North Korea have signed an agreement to cooperate in science and technology. Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khamenei said North Korea and Iran had “common enemies.”
Yemen
Khaled Batis, the mastermind of the 2002 attack on the Limburg oil tanker, was killed in a US drone strike on Aug. 31. The US killed five AQAP fighters in a drone strike in Rada’a.
Syria
Rebels set off two bombs inside the Syrian army’s General Staff headquarters in Damascus. Government aircraft entered Iraqi airspace to bomb rebel positions along the border. Large numbers of refugees have fled to Jordan. More than 5,000 Syrians died in August, the highest monthly number to date
Egypt
In a continued shakeup of its military, Egypt’s new defense minister retired 70 army generals as well as members of the former ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. The move followed last month’s firing of the defense minister and army chief of staff.
Somalia
Heavy fighting has been reported in Afmadow as Shabaab forces again attacked Somali and Kenyan bases in the town. A Kenyan military spokesman said that three soldiers who disappeared during fighting in Miido have been found; it is unclear if they are alive or dead. Somalis are fleeing Kismayo as an AMISOM and Somali offensive […]
Kenya
Said Abubaker Shariff Ahmed, a Shabaab-linked cleric who is wanted by the Kenyan government, claimed the police have formed a “hit squad targeting Muslim clerics and other Muslims perceived to be extremists.” Ahmed is accused of fomenting riots in Mombasa after Sheikh Rogo was killed.
Egypt
Morsi’s bold debut strikes a chord in Egypt and the US
Syria
Syria rebels appear to be targeting air bases
Nigeria
The governor of Yobe urged the residents of Damaturu, the state capital, not to flee in the face of the Boko Haram threat. The government said that Algeria and Mauritania are needed to resolve the Islamist takeover of northern Mali.
US drone strike kills AQAP operative involved in Limburg tanker attack
Khaled Batis, the mastermind of the 2002 attack on the Limburg oil tanker, was killed on Aug. 31. The US also carried out a drone strike in Rada’a today; 13 civilians were reported killed.
Mali
Islamist militants from the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in Africa killed an Algerian diplomat in northern Mali, in retribution for Algeria’s refusal to engage in a prisoner swap. The group said it would resist any attempts to retake the north of Mali, but that it would advance on Mali’s capital only if provoked by […]