‘Civil war’ in Syria as fighting reaches Damascus
Rebel forces concentrate on Damascus during “Operation Volcano.”
Yearly Archives: 2012
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in attacks in the south and east. The Interior Ministry denied Taliban claims that policemen have been defecting.
United States
9/11 Flashback: US Flight Schools Still Unknowingly Training Terrorists?
Iraq
Syrian rebels seize all border posts with Iraq
Russia
The grand mufti of Tatarstan who opposed Saudi-funded Wahabi clerics and Salafist textbooks was badly wounded in a car bombing. His deputy was assassinated in a shooting at his home.
Al Qaeda
Disillusioned German Islamists Returning Home to Germany
Syria
Will Syria Regime Look for a Yugoslavia-Style Breakup?
Hezbollah
Uprising in Syria puts Hezbollah on the defensive
Iraq
Iraq said it would sue Syria’s former ambassador after he said he helped jihadists enter Iraq starting in 2003. Oil exports are down for the third straight month after reaching a peak in April.
Yemen
A senior counterterrorism police colonel who targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in Yemen was assassinated in a car bombing in Aden. AQAP is thought to have carried out the attack.
Kenya
Five people were wounded in a grenade attack in Wajir, near the Somali border. Three suspected Shabaab fighters were detained for the recent murder of a policeman near Mandera.
Mauritius
Sergey Denisenko and Andrei Kosolapov, two associates of jailed arms trafficker Viktor Bout, have been running a weapons smuggling operation from Mauritius. The island nation was used to funnel arms to Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Suicide bomber targeted Israeli tourists in Bulgaria
A suicide bomber dressed in Western clothes and wearing a large backpack is seen scouting the scene of the attack just prior to killing seven people, including five Israeli tourists.
Iran
Another cyber espionage campaign found targeting Iran
Bulgaria
Seven people were killed in a blast on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at the airport in the city of Burgas. One witness said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber; the report has not been confirmed.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed 10 civilians in an IED attack in Arakzai. Security forces killed nine Taliban fighters in Chitral. Tribesmen and clerics in North Waziristan said polio vaccinations would be halted until the US ends drone strikes in Pakistan.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 25 Taliban fighters during operations nationwide. Nine Afghan soldiers and seven Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Helmand. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east and destroyed 22 NATO fuel and supply trucks in an attack in Samangan province.
Somalia
Somali pirate kingpins enjoy impunity: U.N. experts
North Korea
North Korean leader cements control over army
Syria
Assad’s brother, the muscle behind the throne
North Waziristan tribesmen, clerics endorse polio vaccination ban until drone strikes end
The tribal leaders support Hafiz Gul Bahadar’s ban on polio vaccinations despite the fact that their own children are at risk.
Yemen
Two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and an Army officer were killed in separate clashes. Police arrested members of an “Iranian spy cell” run by the IRGC. President Hadi urged Iran to cease interfering in Yemen.
Somalia
Security forces killed 11 Shabaab fighters during clashes in Bardhare. President Sharif has been sheltering a wanted pirate leader, according to a UN report. President Sharif accused the UN group that issued the report of being “against peace in Somalia.”
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Scores of Africans recruited by Mali Qaeda offshoot
Tunisia
Tunisia has not ‘fallen into hands of Islamists’: president
Algeria
The Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa has freed two Spanish and an Italian hostage. The three aid workers were kidnapped in Tindouf, Algeria in October 2011. A man who was arrested in connection with the kidnapping was freed by the Algerian government.
Libya
In parliamentary elections, the National Forces Alliance (NFA), a moderate Islamic coalition, won the largest number of seats, 39 out of 80. The Islamic Muslim Brotherhood won 17 seats.
Afghanistan
Afghan forces take over security charge of Kandahar
Philippines
Police captured Hadjer Arasani, an Abu Sayyaf operative, during a raid in the city of Lamitan in Basilan province. Arasani was involved int he kidnapping of six Jehovah’s Witnesses and the murder of a police officer.
Thailand
Two Islamist fighters, a soldiers and two civilians were killed during fighting in the Rueso district in Narathiwat province. The Islamist fighters attacked a military checkpoint in the district, but were repelled.