Kenya
Three policemen and three civilians were wounded in an IED attack inside of the Dadaab refugee camp near the Somali border. The attackers targeted a police vehicle guarding aid workers.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram fighters in Maiduguri attacked a government office, a police station, and a factory. Two Indians at the factory were killed, and one more was wounded. Another civilian and at least two policemen were also killed in the attacks.
Sweden
A court freed an Uzbek couple suspected of aiding in the attempted murder of an Uzbek imam who is wanted by Uzbekistan on terrorism charges. The court found the evidence insufficient and the investigation faulty.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda in Iraq threatens attacks in US
Jordan
Jordan Is Anxious as Syrian Refugees Flood In
Syria
Turkey Seals Border With Syria to All but Refugees
Afghanistan
Revealed: Dr Afridi sought asylum in US, says investigators
Afghanistan
NATO supply trucks surge at Pakistan border
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Non-starter: Panel to oversee peace talks with Taliban dismantled
Taliban
‘New generation’ of tech-savvy Taliban fighters
Afghanistan
Security forces killed an al Qaeda-linked insurgent leader in Nuristan. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the west. Twenty security guards in Uruzgan surrendered to the Taliban.
Syria
Defecting general calls for Syrians to start preparing for post-Assad government
Al Qaeda
Malian refugee: They slit open a man’s stomach
United Kingdom
US sets up round the clock Olympic threat monitoring
Al Qaeda
Pakistan: Let us hit drone targets
Hezbollah
Analysis: In Syria crisis, stakes high for Hezbollah
Egypt
Egypt’s Brotherhood seeks balance on Islamic law
Iran
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei said that economic sanctions would not compel the country to halt its nuclear program. Iran increased the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges in operation. Iran’s nuclear facilities were hit by a computer virus.
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s political front, the Islamic State of Iraq, claimed credit for the July 23 bombings and attacks that killed more than 100 people. The government has barred Chevron from operating in Iraq after it negotiated deals with the Kurdish Regional Government.
Syria
Rebel forces in Aleppo prepared for the coming battle as government forces sent armored reinforcements to the city. Rebel forces took control of a police station in central Aleppo. Turkey closed its borders with Syria to commercial traffic.
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda Insinuating Its Way Into Syria’s Conflict
Yemen
An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula bomb maker and two of his sons were killed in a premature detonation at their home. Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen denied reports that a Saudi diplomat kidnapped by al Qaeda has been released.
Iran
Iranian nuclear facilities are hit by AC/DC virus
Somalia
Ethiopian troops arrested two senior Somali police and military officers in Baidoa. Somali forces fought amongst themselves in Mogadishu. The UN said US drone operations over Somalia pose a threat to civilian flights.
Shabaab
Drone operations over Somalia pose danger to air traffic, UN report says
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Violence against women on the rise in Farah
Canada
Top level British secrets ‘compromised by Canadian spy’
Kenya
The High Court reversed a 2010 ban on the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC), a secessionist group that seeks to establish an independent state on Kenya’s coastline. The MRC spokesman called the court’s ruling a “Ramadan gift.” The MRC is said to be infiltrated by the al Qaeda-linked Shabaab, and is funded by wealthy Arab donors.
Bulgaria
Witnesses to last week’s suicide bombing in Burqas told investigators that the bomb was detonated remotely by a controller. Local media are reporting that the bomber came from Belgium and may have been Belgian.
Special operations forces target al Qaeda-linked leader in Nuristan
Kanjar, an insurgent leader affiliated with both the Taliban and al Qaeda, was killed during a raid in the Waygal district.