Iraq
Iraq executed Abu Talha, a senior aide to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, and sentenced a Saudi al Qaeda in Iraq leader to death. A tribal sheikh was killed in an IED attack in Diyala.
Iraq executed Abu Talha, a senior aide to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, and sentenced a Saudi al Qaeda in Iraq leader to death. A tribal sheikh was killed in an IED attack in Diyala.
Bashar al-Assad’s Syria offers Iran a springboard into the Arab Middle East
Abu Talha was a senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader, a member of Ansar al Islam, and a potential successor to Abu Musab al Zarqawi.
Ten “tribesmen” were killed during clashes with Shia Houthis in Hajjah province. Tribesmen and Salafists accused the Houthis of using child soldiers. The government killed 270 civilians during Arab spring protests.
Architect of Egypt’s NGO crackdown is Mubarak holdover
Signs build that Iran sanctions disrupt food imports
Heavy shelling continued for the fifth day in the city of Homs; up to 100 people have been killed in the last 24 hours as tanks enter the city. The EU reached an agreement to impose sanctions on Syria’s central bank.
In Afghanistan, a new approach to teaching history: Leave out the wars
CIA digs in as Americans withdraw from Iraq, Afghanistan
A Shabaab suicide bomber killed nine Somalis in Mogadishu. Puntland’s president warned that war with Somaliland is possible due to fighting in Buhodle.
What does it mean to be Alawite, and why does it matter in Syria?
Higher speeds, hired guns drive Somali piracy cost
Afghanistan Willing to Agree to Transfer of Taliban Prisoners to Qatar
The suicide attack took place at a hotel that is frequented by members of the Somali parliament.
Al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah al Lubnani said that despite US airstrikes in Pakistan, “time is in our favor.”
Egypt PM dismisses US aid threat over activists’ trial
NATO, Afghan and Pakistan officials to hold border talks
Afghanistan Wants to Become Main Transit Route in Central Asia
Radical Muslim Americans Pose Little Threat, Study Says
US Is Planning to Halve Its Staff at Iraq Embassy
The strike took place in a village known to harbor terrorists that is a stronghold of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
Ahmed Hussein Mahamud, a Somali American, pled guilty to conspiring to provide money and recruiting personnel for Shabaab.
Osama, Zawahri and I had same teacher: Hafiz Saeed
Talks with the Taliban: US keeps Pakistan in the loop
Pakistan – Resume NATO supply for better deal, says Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar
We do not deal with Pakistan through lobbyists: US
Meet the mule-bot
Christian Emde and Robert Baum, Muslim converts from Solingen, Germany, admitted to terrorism charges and will be deported. Authorities found jihadist material on their computers, including bombmaking instructions. A man linked to a banned terrorist had provided tickets for the two Germans to visit Birmingham and London.
Ahmed Hussein Mahamud, a Somali-American from Westerville, Ohio, pled guilty to providing material support to Shabaab. Mahamud raised money for Shabaab and recruited Americans to wage jihad in Somalia.
More than 55 people were killed during clashes between Shia Houthis rebels and Sunni Salafists in Hajjah province. Three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives escaped from a prison in Lawdar.