The Taliban killed six civilians, including a baby, in an IED attack in Khost, and killed two more in an IED attack in Helmand. Afghan soldiers killed a British soldier and wounded another in Helmand, and wounded a Spanish soldier in Badghis. ISAF captured an IMU weapons facilitator in Kunduz.
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After halting reports on raids against al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan for nearly a month, ISAF reported that two IMU weapons facilitators have been captured in the past week.
The military transferred Tareq al Fadhli, the al Qaeda-linked tribal leader in Abyan, to Aden and placed him under house arrest. The Houthis reportedly are attempting to take control of the port city of Midi.
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Three people were killed in the city of Sidon during a battle between supporters of Hezbollah and hardline Sunni cleric Ahmed al Assir. The fighting was the latest clash caused by the sectarian tension spilling over from Syria.
Syrian rebel groups meeting in Qatar formed a national coalition to fight against the Assad regime. Government forces bombarded a town near the Turkish border recently captured by rebels.
Israel fired “warning shots” into Syria after a mortar shell struck an Israeli post in the Golan Heights. It was the first time Israel fired into Syria during its 19-month civil war. Israel said it may launch an incursion into Gaza after a recent escalation of cross-border attacks.
An ISAF soldier was also wounded in the insider, or green-on-blue, attack. There have been 42 such attacks this year, resulting in the deaths of 60 ISAF personnel.
Since Wednesday, Egyptian authorities have reportedly arrested a number of wanted jihadists operating in the Sinai Peninsula. The brother of one of the arrested has threatened to carry out attacks if his brother, Ahmed Allam el Hefny, is not released.
The US Air Force stationed a detachment of 10 troops at a base in central Poland to support US fighter plane squadrons that come to Poland to train Polish pilots on F-16s. Poland has long requested a US military presence, and this is the first permanent posting of US soldiers on Polish soil.
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Two Afghan soldiers were captured after opening fire on Spanish troops with the Provincial Reconstruction Team; one Spanish soldier was wounded in the attack.
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Al Qaeda in Iraq killed the head of the Awakening forces in Abu Ghraib, as well as his wife and son. Security forces recaptured nine al Qaeda fighters who had escaped from prison and captured two fighters near a weapons depot in Abu Ghraib.
Two aides to Tareq al Fadhli, a tribal leader in Abyan, were killed after pro-government militiamen attacked his home. Al Fadhli has been linked to al Qaeda and fought in Afghanistan.
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Paramilitary National Guard units deployed into new areas around the country, stepping up efforts to suppress political unrest. The guards would be patrolling in “strategic locations” where arson attacks and clashes with opposition demonstrators had occurred.
Palestinians and Israeli army units traded fire in Gaza. Four Palestinians were killed and 25 wounded; four Israeli soldiers were also wounded.
Two car bombs exploded in the southern city of Daraa, killing at last least 20 government soldiers. British Prime Minister Cameron proposed arming the Syrian rebels. Jordan has stepped up its support of the rebels.
Two people were killed as Shabaab and government forces clashed in Garbaharey. Uganda again threatened to withdraw from AMISOM and pull out its forces from Somalia.
There have been two suicide attacks against the Syrian military in the past six days, and 40 such attacks in less than a year.
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