UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi announced an agreement for a four-day ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The Assad regime has agreed to the ceasefire, while rebels groups said they would cease fire provided the government forces stop shooting first.
Security officials said they uncovered an al Qaeda plot to retake Jaar and other areas of Abyan province. Intelligence officials detained six men who were transferred from Iraqi prosons.
Another Somali journalist was gunned down; 16 Somali reporters have been killed so far this year. Kenyan troops captured a female Shabaab commander and 72 fighters in Kismayo. Police displayed four Shabaab assassins in Mogadishu.
After a week of fighting, government forces took control of the last pro-Qaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid. More than 100 wanted persons, including former members of Khamis Qaddafi’s 32nd brigade, were captured.
The Joint Military Task Force said that Boko Haram is planning to conduct “massive attacks” during the Eid al Kabir holiday. The JTF said Boko Haram has “invited foreign mercenaries to assist them” in attacking military and civilian targets.
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The strike in the Taliban-controlled Pakistani tribal agency is the first in 13 days. The area where the strike occurred is under the influence of the Haqqani Network.
The African Union lifted the suspension imposed on Mali this spring and wants Mali to hold elections by next April. The AU plans for “the early deployment of an African-led international military force” to help Mali recover areas seized by Islamists, but is willing to negotiate with Malian rebel groups.
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Insurgents killed nine Iraqis in a series of bombings in Baghdad. Security forces detained 28 suspected “terrorists” during raids in Basrah, Babil, Salahadin, and Kirkuk.
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