Hamas
Hamas ties to Syria and Iran in flux as region shifts
Yearly Archives: 2012
Thailand
Insurgents killed four soldiers and wounded one more in a roadside bombing in Narathiwat. The soldiers had been providing security at a Buddhist festival. Since 2004, insurgents have killed over 5,000 people in Thailand.
Afghanistan
The US is investigating charges that the Afghan Air Force is involved in drug smuggling. The Taliban killed nine policemen in Uruzgan. Security forces captured two IMU leaders in Badakhshan.
Iran
Satellite images of Iran indicate attempts to clean up radioactive traces left by tests of nuclear-weapon triggers. Turkey cut oil imports from Iran.
Libya
Gaddafi hid arms in Libyan embassies across globe
Al Qaeda
All quieter on al Qaeda’s English front
Syria
Syria’s deputy oil minister announced his defection to the opposition, the highest-ranking official to do so. Echoing a Chinese statement, Russia called for an immediate end to violence. In a Homs suburb, 62 people were killed. The Syrian army sent reinforcements to the northwestern province of Idlib.
Yemen
The military killed seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Zinjibar. The governor of Abyan accused security services and political officials of turning the province over to AQAP.
Nigeria
Two hostages, one British and one Italian, were killed during a failed rescue attempt; they were being held by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The government has charged a man with serving as a key link between Boko Haram and al Qaeda. A leader of Muslims in Port Harcourt denied that mosques and schools […]
Indonesia
Indonesia: Hitmen offer services in blogs
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Mafia groups threaten trade with Pakistan: ACCI
Afghanistan
US commanders says there are no plans to turn Afghan war over to CIA control after 2014
Tunisia
Arab Spring Fails to Allay Women’s Anxieties
IAEA
Israel Skeptical About New Nuclear Talks With Iran
Afghanistan
Corruption Remains Intractable in Afghanistan Under Karzai Government
Iran
Israel asks US for arms that could aid Iran strike
Afghanistan
Afghan Air Force Probed in Drug Running
Afghanistan
US probes allegations Afghan Air Force involved in drug running
ISAF captures 2 IMU leaders in northeastern Afghanistan
The two Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders are responsible for suicide attacks in northern Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has reportedly moved a base in Timiaouine in northern Mali to a mountainous area in Algeria. AQIM has relocated due to fighting between Touregs and the Malian government.
Pakistan
Pakistan possesses up to 110 nuclear weapons, report says
China
AP Exclusive: Iran may be cleaning up nuke work
Al Qaeda
Foreign militants fighting in Syria battlefields
Hizb ut-Tahrir
Bigger plot: ‘HuT has formed a shadow govt for Pakistan’
Al Qaeda
Abu Qatada talks moving in right direction, says Theresa May
Syria
Syria Christians worry about life after President Bashar Assad
Afghanistan
Afghan Women Seen Losing Ground
Denmark
‘The attacks against me are working’: Lars Vilks
India
An Indian journalist working for an Iranian news agency was arrested in connection with last month’s car bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat. Israel has accused Iran of being behind the attack.
Russia
A female suicide bomber, or ‘black widow,’ killed five Russian policemen near the village of Karabudakhkent in Dagestan. Kavkaz Center claimed that 10 policemen were killed in the blast.