Yearly Archives: 2012

Afghanistan

| March 19, 2012

The Taliban killed two policemen in an IED attack in Herat. Afghan officials claimed that ISAF forces killed three women and children in a night raid in Faryab; ISAF said the civilians were used by the IMU as human shields.

Pakistan

| March 19, 2012

Police claimed that Lashkar-e-Islam leader Mangal Bagh was killed in Khyber; Bagh’s spokesman denied the report. A tribal lashkar executed three Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber.

Iran

| March 19, 2012

US Simulation Forecasts Perils of an Israeli Strike at Iran

France

| March 19, 2012

Manhunt in France for racist serial killer as four shot dead in Jewish school

Syria

| March 19, 2012

Syria’s conflict has significance far beyond its borders

Syria

| March 19, 2012

Report: Syria Arms Imports Surge Thanks To Russia

Syria

| March 19, 2012

Heavy fighting broke out in Damascus. Clashes were reported in the affluent Mezze neighborhood, where embassies, security buildings, and homes of members of Assad’s inner circle are located. The government blamed Saudi Arabia and Qatar for bomb attacks in Damascus and Aleppo.

Hezbollah

| March 19, 2012

New Hezbollah arms, training jeopardize Israel’s aerial supremacy: report

Al Qaeda

| March 19, 2012

What War and Militancy Left Behind: Swat Valley Struggles Back To Its Feet

Egypt

| March 19, 2012

A court freed Ayman al Zawahiri’s brother, Mohammed, and five others from prison. Mohammed, a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, has been convicted of involvement in the assassination of President Sadat and plotting against the state.

Yemen

| March 19, 2012

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has moved a female Swiss hostage from Hudiyah to their stronghold in Abyan province. AQAP is demanding a $1.2 million ransom to secure her release.

Somalia

| March 19, 2012

Shabaab killed six people in a mortar attack on the presidential palace in Mogadishu. Shabaab also claimed it killed several Kenyan troops in an ambush in the south. Shabaab is rumored to have arrested Omar Hammami.

Nigeria

| March 19, 2012

Talks between the government and Boko Haram have stalled after details of the negotiations were leaked to the press. The head of the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria, who served as the mediator between the two, has resigned and blamed the government for talking to the press.

Indonesia

| March 19, 2012

Detachment 88 killed five “Islamic extremist terrorists” who were plotting to bomb a bar, a bank, and a jeweler’s shop in Bali. The five terrorists were gunned down at a hotel; police found weapons but did not discover explosives.

Germany

| March 19, 2012

The trial began of Ahmad Wali Siddiqui, a German-Afghan citizen charged with membership in both al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Statements by Siddiqui after his capture in Afghanistan in July 2010 led to the disruption of an al Qaeda plot to conduct Mumbai-type attacks in Britain, France, and Germany.

France

| March 19, 2012

A gunman on a scooter shot “at least” four people outside a Jewish school in Toulouse, killing three children and an adult. Authorities believe the shootings are linked to the recent killings of three French soldiers nearby. President Sarkozy suspended his election campaign in reaction to the attacks.

Syria

| March 18, 2012

A car bomb exploded near a security building in the northern city of Aleppo. The supply of black market weapons to rebels has been depleted. Iraq said it would not allow Iran to transit weapons to Syria.