Syria
Rebels attempted to capture a military base near a strategic highway connecting Damascus with Aleppo. Twenty people were killed in Aleppo when government forces shelled a neighborhood bakery.
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Kuwait
The government banned public gatherings. The ban followed clashes between riot police and Islamist demonstrators who oppose changes to electoral laws.
Somalia
Somali pirates hijacking fewer merchant ships
Palestinian Territories
For the first time, a head of state visited Hamas-ruled Gaza. The Emir of Qatar called for Palestinian unity and pledged $400 million in aid.
Somalia
Shabaab killed four Ugandan soldiers in an ambush near Baidoa. Shabaab threatened to attack Britain over the extradition of Abu Hamza al Masri to the the US.
ECOWAS
Offensive to retake north Mali unlikely till 2013
Shabaab threatens Britain over extradition of Abu Hamza al Masri
“The nightmare that surreptitiously looms on British shores is bound to eclipse the horrors of 7/7 and 21/7 combined,” Shabaab said on its Twitter account.
Hamas
Qatar visit breaks Gaza ice, delights Hamas
Salafi-Jihadists in Gaza to continue efforts to establish Islamic Emirate
Efforts to establish an Islamic Emirate in the Gaza Strip are continuing, according to a leading Salafi-Jihadist in Gaza.
Tunisia
Saif-Allah Benahssine a.k.a. Abu Iyadh, the leader of the al Qaeda-linked Ansar al Sharia in Tunisia, called on the government to release 144 people, including two other Ansar al Sharia leaders, who were arrested after the attack on the US Embassy in September. Benahssine is wanted for inciting the attack. The US has urged Tunisia […]
Mali
The exiled mayor of Gao said 60 to 100 Algerian and Sahrawi fighters had arrived in the town. Residents of Timbuktu and Gao said hundreds of fighters, mainly Sudanese and Sahrawis, had come into the area to help hold it for the Islamists. Tuareg rebels, who have been allied with the Islamists, called the reports […]
Mujahideen Shura Council details recent rocket attacks against Israel in new video
The Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem has released a new video detailing its recent rocket attacks against Israel and threatening to “fight you [Israel] as long as we hold…weapons in our hands.”
Afghanistan
Kabul slams Grossman’s remarks on Durand Line
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three policemen in Khost, three civilians in Paktika, and a tribal leader in Helmand. Security forces killed a Taliban district leader and military commander in Wardak.
Syria
Is Syria’s regime spreading turbulence as a survival tactic?
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian elections: Despite Hamas boycott, Fatah fares poorly
cyberwar
Online tools to skirt Internet censorship overwhelmed by demand
Libya
Instability grips Libya a year after Gaddafi’s fall
Israel
Israeli air strikes killed two Palestinian militants in northern Gaza. The militants had been firing mortar shells at an Israeli tank.
Lebanon
The Lebanese army launched security operations to open roads and clear gunmen from the streets. The army is trying to suppress violence sparked by the assassination of a prominent intelligence chief. At least seven people were killed in Beirut and Tripoli overnight. The army urged political leaders to show caution.
Thailand
Friendly Thailand stares down the barrel of rising gun crime
Yemen
Said al Shihri, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s deputy emir, denied reports that he was killed in a drone strike last month. Three Yemeni soldiers were killed in an explosion at a base in Aden.
Islamic State of Iraq offers condolences for top Salafi leaders in Gaza
In a statement released on jihadist forums, the Islamic State of Iraq has offered its condolences for the recent deaths of Abu al Walid al Maqdisi and Ashraf al Sabah in the Gaza Strip.
Afghanistan
Afghan MPs Criticise Zardari ‘Delay’ of Insurgent Raid
AQAP deputy emir denies reports of his death in US drone strike
Said al Shihri called the reports of his death “a rumor to cover the killing of the innocent, unarmed Muslims in Yemen” that was propagated by the Yemeni government after civilians were killed in a drone strike.
Afghanistan
Afghan security force’s rapid expansion comes at a cost as readiness lags
Austria
One shady operator provides glimpse of supply line to Iran
Hezbollah
Gunbattles flare in Lebanon as political crisis deepens
Jordan
Abu Muhammad al-Tahawi, an al Qaeda-linked Jordanian Salafist cleric, said Jordanian Salafists had planned an attack in Israel and were getting closer to fighting in Israel “via Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.” The Jordanian Salafist movement has sent 250 fighters to Syria, and some are leaders in Damascus, Aleppo, Deraa, and Idlib.
Egypt
Saad al-Katatny, newly elected head of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, said the party’s goal is to institute sharia law. Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohammed Badie called on Muslims worldwide to “liberate” Jerusalem, saying “[t]he jihad for the recovery of Jerusalem is a duty for all Muslims” and the conquest of the city […]