Syria
Prospects for the latest UN-sponsored peace plan faded as violence spread. Government forces shelled the city of Homs, killing 30. Turkey protested after Syrian government forces fired at a refugee camp across the border.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Afghanistan
Qatar to Establish Embassy in Kabul
Iraq
US policy on Iraq questioned as influence wanes, Maliki consolidates power
Lebanon
Gunfire from Syria crosses 2 borders as conflict deepens; at least 1 killed
Egypt
Omar Suleiman accuses Islamists of sending him death threats
Yemen
Twenty-three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, nine Yemeni soldiers, and a tribesman were killed in a clash in Lauder in Abyan province. AQAP killed two soldiers in Aden. Yemeni troops loyal to the former Air Force commander looted the Al Dailami airbase.
Mali
Sahara states at odds over Mali rebels
Somalia
Shabaab killed 12 civilians and two soldiers in an IED attack that targeted a military patrol in Baidoa. AMISOM said it is establishing four bases in central and southern Somalia.
Nigeria
The death toll in yesterday’s suicide attack near a Christian church in Kaduna rose to 36; a suicide bomber carried out the attack. the The Joint Military Task Force defused a car bomb in Kano.
Indonesia
Voters in Indonesia’s Aceh cast ballots for governor
Special operations forces kill newly appointed IMU leader for Afghanistan
Osmani Sahib led the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s operations for only 12 days before being killed during a combined Afghan and Coalition special operations raid in Faryab province. His predecessor, Makhdum Nusrat, was killed on March 26.
Iran
Israel ‘would not be able to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme with pre-emptive air strike’
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia’s Syrian jihad
Afghanistan
Status of Afghan women threatens Hillary Clinton’s legacy
Jamaat-ud-Dawa
Pakistan wants ‘concrete evidence’ on Mumbai suspect sought by US
Pakistan
Pakistani helicopter gunships killed 14 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Pakistani military is still searching for 135 soldiers who are trapped after an avalanche on the Siachen Glacier.
NATO
US offers financial aid against reopening of NATO supply route
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Western powers to demand closure of Iran’s best-protected uranium facility
Iran
US intelligence gains in Iran seen as boost to confidence
North Korea
North Korea moved ahead with plans to launch a long-range rocket despite international warnings. North Korea announced plans last month to launch a communications satellite during the April celebrations of the birth of North Korea’s founder Kim Il Sung.
Afghanistan
The US and Afghanistan signed an agreement with respect to night raids; Afghanistan has been given veto authority. Security forces killed and captured dozens of Taliban commanders and fighters during raids. The Taliban killed three civilians in an IED attack in Paktiya.
Mali
Witness – Islamist Fighters Execute Tuareg in Mali
Iraq
Security forces dismantled a 25-member Anasr al Islam cell that conducted robbers and attacks in Baghdad; Ansar al Islam is allied with al Qaeda in Iraq. Former Saddam deputy Izzat Ibrahim al Douri appeared on a video and urged Baathists to fight the government.
Syria
The government demanded written guarantees from opponents before withdrawing troops. The opposition refused. The leader of the Free Syrian Army said the peace plan deal will fail. Government forces shelled rebel areas near the Turkish border.
Afghanistan
Afghans, US sign deal on night raids
Yemen
US drones killed eight AQAP fighters in Shabwa; Yemeni aircraft killed 16 AQAP fighters in Al Koud. The international airport in Sana’a was reopened one day after the former chief of the air force shut it down in protest for being dismissed.
Mali
President Toure formally resigned, in a deal with coup leaders, leaving the parliamentary speaker to take over. Islamist fighters cut the throat of a member of a secular group in the northern city of Gao, where Islamists led by Ansar Dine, which is affiliated with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, are gaining ground. Islamists […]
Somalia
One of Prime Minister Ali Abdiweli’s advisers and a member of parliament were among those killed in the April 4 suicide attack at a theater in Mogadishu. Ten people were killed during clashes between Shabaab and a government-backed militia near El Bur.
Nigeria
Boko Haram killed more than 20 people and wounded dozens more in several bombings outside of a church in Kaduna on Easter day. A suicide bomber appears to have been deployed as part of the attack.
Boko Haram kills 20 Christians in Easter Day bombings
Boko Haram has previously stated it seeks “to eradicate Christians” from areas in Nigeria and has attacked churches on religious holidays.