Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood inherits U.S. war gear
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Al Nusrah Front launches complex suicide attack in Syria
The al Qaeda-linked terror group has now claimed credit for 42 of the 51 suicide attacks that have taken place in Syria in the past 12 months.
Egypt arrests al Qaeda-linked Benghazi suspect
Egypt has arrested Muhammad Jamal al Kashef (a.k.a. Abu Ahmed), a terrorist with direct, longstanding ties to al Qaeda’s leadership. Some of the terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya were trained in his camps. He is also part of the jihadist network that incited protesters in Cairo earlier that same day.
France
Two Muslim organizations, the Algerian Democratic Union for Peace and Progress (RDAP) and the Organisation of Arab Union, are suing a French satirical magazine for €780,000 in costs and damages stemming from the publication of cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohammed on Sept. 19. The lawsuit accuses the publisher and cartoonists of defamation and stirring up […]
Afghanistan
Rural Afghan town feels caught between U.S. and Taliban
Caucasus
Journalists In Daghestan Face New Threat
Syria
Intel chair warns US must act if Syria moves to use chemical weapons
Al Qaeda religious leader thought killed in US drone strike
Khalid bin Abdul Rahman al Husainan, a senior religious scholar for al Qaeda who is also known as a Abu Zeid al Kuwaiti, is believed to have been killed in a recent drone strike in Pakistan.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Nangarhar. The suicide bomber who seriously wounded the head of the National Directorate of Security used a bomb hidden in his underwear.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq denied that its emir, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, was captured. A court sentenced two al Qaeda leaders to death. Security forces arrested 12 al Qaeda fighters in Fallujah and nine more in Wasit.
Turkey
About 400 NATO troops from the US and the Netherlands gathered near the Syrian border to assist with the installation of Patriot missile batteries as a defensive measure against possible Syrian bombardments. The Interior Minister said Kurdistan Workers’ Party militants are “human after all.”
Afghanistan
Terror Fight Shifts to Africa
Iraq
Army general who oversaw Iraq drawdown tapped to be top US commander in Middle East
Yemen
Prison guards foiled an escape by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula prisoners. Twenty-five AQAP leaders and fighters were discovered while tunneling under a prison in Aden.
Syria
Chemical weapons risk: Syrian missiles and shells
Ansar Dine
Mali: Report on Situation in Areas Close to Frontline
Russia
Russia recalibrating position on Syria’s Assad
Lebanon
Lebanon’s Tripoli begins to look like Syria
Palestinian Territories
Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal visited Gaza for the first time in 45 years. “I hope God will make me a martyr on the land of Palestine in Gaza,” he said.
Syria
Noting the importance of the Damascus airport to the Assad regime, rebel forces declared it a “legitimate target” and continued their attempts to capture it. Government forces attacked rebel positions in Damascus suburbs to prevent rebel forces from encircling the city. The US and Russia agreed to mediation talks on the future of Syria.
Egypt
Large pro and anti-Morsi demonstrations continued and spread beyond Cairo. Refusing to cancel a vote on a draft constitution, President Morsi called for dialogue. Opposition leaders refused. The Muslim Brotherhood’s main office in Cairo was burned.
US adds West African group, 2 leaders, to terrorism list
The US government has added the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Tawhid [Unity] and Jihad in West Africa and two of its leaders to the list of global terrorists and entities. The group has named one of its units fighting in Mali after Osama bin Laden.
Libya
Travels with a Bomb Disposal Unit through War-ravaged Libya
Pakistan
In Pakistan, Moves To Ban A Tribal Marriage Custom
Islamic State of Iraq denies its emir captured
The al Qaeda political front said that Abu Bakr al Baghdadi al Husseini al Qurshi “is in the best state of being among his family and his brothers.”
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Mali peace talks: Tuareg and Islamist leaders ‘chatted, cracked jokes’
Afghanistan
Afghan spy chief ‘wounded by underpants bomber’
Afghanistan
Taliban Group attends Paris Conference on Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghan Spy Chief critically injured by underpants bomber
Afghanistan
Afghan-Tajik Counter Narcotics Op Detain 13 Smugglers