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.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Syria
Bashar al-Assad’s Syria offers Iran a springboard into the Arab Middle East
Iraq executes Zarqawi aide
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.
Yemen
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.
Egypt
Architect of Egypt’s NGO crackdown is Mubarak holdover
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Signs build that Iran sanctions disrupt food imports
Syria
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.
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, a new approach to teaching history: Leave out the wars
Al Qaeda
CIA digs in as Americans withdraw from Iraq, Afghanistan
Somalia
A Shabaab suicide bomber killed nine Somalis in Mogadishu. Puntland’s president warned that war with Somaliland is possible due to fighting in Buhodle.
Syria
What does it mean to be Alawite, and why does it matter in Syria?
Somalia
Higher speeds, hired guns drive Somali piracy cost
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Willing to Agree to Transfer of Taliban Prisoners to Qatar
Suicide bomber kills 9 in Mogadishu
The suicide attack took place at a hotel that is frequented by members of the Somali parliament.
Al Qaeda ‘still standing in Khorasan’ despite US drone strikes: jihadist
Al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah al Lubnani said that despite US airstrikes in Pakistan, “time is in our favor.”
Egypt
Egypt PM dismisses US aid threat over activists’ trial
Afghanistan
NATO, Afghan and Pakistan officials to hold border talks
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Wants to Become Main Transit Route in Central Asia
Al Qaeda
Radical Muslim Americans Pose Little Threat, Study Says
Iraq
US Is Planning to Halve Its Staff at Iraq Embassy
US drones kill 10 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan strike
The strike took place in a village known to harbor terrorists that is a stronghold of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
More Minneapolis ties to Shabaab
Ahmed Hussein Mahamud, a Somali American, pled guilty to conspiring to provide money and recruiting personnel for Shabaab.
Al Qaeda
Osama, Zawahri and I had same teacher: Hafiz Saeed
Pakistan
Talks with the Taliban: US keeps Pakistan in the loop
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Resume NATO supply for better deal, says Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar
Pakistan
We do not deal with Pakistan through lobbyists: US
United States
Meet the mule-bot
United Kingdom
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.
United States
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.
Yemen
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.