Yearly Archives: 2012


Egypt

Egypt’s Islamist president faces backlash from allies over new cabinet


Iran

Syria has expanded chemical weapons supply with Iran’s help, documents show






Somalia

Militiamen reportedly killed a senior Shabaab commander in Ufurow in Bay. Shabaab announced that it is interrogating three “spies.” Shabaab forces attacked an army base in Hudur.


Nigeria

Two Boko Haram fighters were killed after attacking a Joint Task Force vehicle in Maiduguri. Security forces detained 25 suspected Boko Haram members after the attack.


United Kingdom

A group of British Islamists called off a plan to protest “the evil of the Games” outside Olympic Park, alleging that police had told the group not to go through with it. Spokesman Mizanur Rahman vowed more protests and said Muslims should not participate in the Games.



Philippines

Government troops attacked an encampment of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group on Basilan island. In the ensuing clash, 16 militants and 20 troops were killed.


Thailand

A group of 20 militants ambushed an army patrol in Pattani province, killing four soldiers and wounding two more. On July 18, a group of 25 militants in Narathiwat province attacked homes and a military outpost, killing two civilians and one soldier; two civilians and four soldiers were wounded in the attacks.



Pakistan

Pakistan – KP governor orders arrest of female aid worker’s killers




Afghanistan

Special operations forces killed two insurgents while targeting an al Qaeda-linked leader in Ghazni. Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters in Paktika. The Taliban condemned the destruction of ISAF bases.



Syria

Insight: Cautious on Syria, Obama moves to help rebels


Iraq

Fifteen government officials in Baqubah quit after receiving death threats from al Qaeda in Iraq. Security forces detained 19 wanted men in Kirkuk.


Syria

In Aleppo, government and rebel forces prepared for the “mother of all battles” as the US, UK, and France warned of a potential massacre. The former head of the UN monitoring mission said it is just a matter of time before President Assad’s regime falls.


Iraq

Nervous Iraq keeps its eye on neighbouring Syria


Somalia

Shabaab claimed it killed seven Kenyan troops in an ambush in Kulbiyow, and killed four soldiers in an IED attack in Baidoa. A bomb was detonated at a police checkpoint outside of Mogadishu’s Police Academy, where Somali delegates are writing a new constitution.


Nigeria

Boko Haram fighters killed four people, including two policemen, during an attack on a police station in Gubio. the police station and a local government office were burned down during the attack.


Russia

Russian security forces stormed a house in Dagestan where Islamic militants were hiding with women and children, killing at least seven suspected militants. A woman who came out of the house feigning surrender detonated an explosive belt, killing only herself. Security forces also killed two militants in Kabardino-Balkaria.


United States

The head of the National Security Agency and the US Cyber Command said computer attacks on US infrastructure increased 17 fold between 2009 and 2011. He assessed that the current level of preparedness for the increasing number of foreign cyberattacks on critical US infrastructure is 3 on a scale of 10. The Air Force said […]