India
Hafiz Saeed still using Pakistan for ‘hate India’ campaign: SM Krishna
Yearly Archives: 2012
Afghanistan
Karzai urges Saudi, Pak role in ending war
Afghanistan
Denmark Reaffirms Support to Afghan Forces
Egypt
Egypt’s high court nullifies parliamentary elections; military may take over lawmaking
Libya
Death in Libya Shows Problems With Loose Weapons
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Hundreds of women petition king for right to drive
Yemen
Yemeni troops are reported to be advancing on Shaqra, a coastal town in Abyan that has been under al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s control for the past year. Seven people were killed by land mines in Zinjibar.
Mali
Tuareg rebels from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and Islamist fighters from Ansar Dine clashed at a checkpoint near Timbuktu. The fighting occurred after MNLA members attempted to run an Ansar Dine checkpoint; five people were wounded.
Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters killed two highway policemen and wounded three others in Maiduguri. General Abdulsalami Abubakar, the former military ruler of Nigeria, said Boko Haram members are “misguided.”
Germany
A police operation involving 1,000 officers raided homes of radical Salafi Islamists suspected of plotting against the state and seized “a comprehensive quantity of evidence.” The organizations targeted are the Die Wahre, the Dawa FFM, and the Miliatu Ibrahim, which has already been banned. Reports say there are about 4,000 active Salafists in Germany.
US drones strike in Miramshah’s bazaar, kill 3 militants
The strike is the second in 24 hours. The US has attacked targets in Miramshah’s bazaar four times since the beginning of March 2010; two top-level al Qaeda leaders were killed in those strikes.
Pakistan
US drones killed four “militants” in North Waziristan. The Taliban bombed a school in Kohat. US Defense Secretary Panetta said aid to Pakistan should be conditional, but is not for halting payments.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a farmer in Faryab accused of being a “spy” and an ISAF soldier in the south. Fourteen schoolgirls were poisoned in Kabul. One day after ISAF said it would not conduct airstrikes on homes, the US Department of Defense said strikes on homes could occur.
Iraq
Seventy Iraqis, including Shia pilgrims and five soldiers, were killed in a series of coordinated bombings and attacks in Baghdad, Hillah, Karbala, and Balad. Al Qaeda in Iraq likely executed the attack. Two AQI fighters were arrested in Wasit.
Yemen
The military said 30 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in three airstrikes in Azzan. At least one of the strikes was conducted by US drones in Azzan; nine AQAP fighters were killed.
Al Nusrah Front
The Al Nusrah front claimed credit for a suicide attack in Idlib on June 1 that targeted a military base. Al Nusrah claimed it followed the suicide attack by ambushing Syrian troops who were attempting to conduct a rescue mission; the convoy was hit with seven IEDs.
Syria
The US accused Russia of arming the Assad regime. Russia defended its arms sales and accused the US of arming rebels. Saudi Arabia and Qatar supplied weapons to rebel forces. The Syrian army continued toattack the town of Haffa with helicopters and tanks as rebel forces withdrew.
Al Qaeda
Islamist militants taking advantage of chaos in Mali
Afghanistan
High-Security Luxury Hotels Tap into Conflict Zone Market
France
Italy: Ten suspects arrested over international anarchist attacks
Somalia
Ethiopian soldiers and Somali militias abandoned the towns of Mahas and Wabho in the Gedo region; Shabaab has retaken control of the towns and arrested seven people. The government claimed it defeated a Shabaab attack in Qoqani; Shabaab claimed it killed six Kenyan and five Somali soldiers.
Russia
US says Russian-made weapons are killing Syrians on ‘an hourly basis’
Tanzania
Security officials captured Emrah Erdogan, who is wanted by the Kenyan government for joining Shabaab in Somalia. Erdogan, a German national who is also known as Salahuddin al Kurdi, attended terrorist training in Waziristan, Pakistan.
Taliban
US troops return to Afghanistan’s lost province
Al Nusrah front claims latest suicide attack in Syria
The terror group said the “special martyrdom-operation” included a suicide attack inside a Syrian military camp and was followed up by an ambush that included seven IEDs.
AQAP vows to fight ‘in the cities of the enemy and its capitals’
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said it would begin “quick operations and painful strikes” against the Yemeni state now that the group has lost control of several major strongholds.
Al Qaeda
Sept. 11 ‘mastermind’ wants to wear military-style clothing at Guantanamo trial
Egypt
New Egypt constitution body faces fresh challenge
France
Syria: France calls for UN to enforce Annan plan
North Waziristan drone strike kills 4 ‘militants’
The strike took place near Miramshah, a stronghold of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.