Egypt
Analysis: With Mideast cease-fire, US pins hopes on Egypt’s new Islamist government
Yearly Archives: 2012
Morocco
Police broke up an al Qaeda cell that was recruiting fighters and smuggling them across the Algerian border into Mali, where they would join either Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb or the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO). One of the arrested men was a Moroccan sent back from Mali to […]
Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai: Our Man in Kabul?
Denmark
Denmark – Mohammed drawing stolen
Afghanistan
Pakistan holds key to success in Afghanistan: US
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Lawmakers, Scholars React to Taliban Call for End to Executions
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Brave Tarana Returns to Ashura Massacre Site
Israel
Israel’s Iron Dome built with eye to the future
Iran
New wars possible, new borders too
Turkey
The deputy prime minister revealed that Turkey is paying for Iranian natural gas with gold bullion, circumventing restrictions on using US dollars for payments to Iran. Russia, Syria, and Iran have condemned Turkey’s request for Patriot missiles from NATO.
Fatah
Mahmoud Abbas pursues Palestinian UN bid after Gaza conflict
Egypt
Crisis over president’s powers exposes Egypt divisions
Tawhid and Jihad official praises fellow Gazan jihadists and calls for unity
A leading media official from Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem has praised his fellow Salafi jihadists in Gaza for their recent fighting against Israel. In addition, he has called for unity between the groups.
Denmark
Three men arrested in April on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack were sentenced to 18 months in prison on weapons charges. One defendant said the weapons were intended for Syrian rebel fighters; another, a Jordanian, was an al Qaeda sympathizer.
Pakistan
Pakistan – JI stages rally against Israeli attacks on Gaza
Pakistan
Pakistan – Country ‘muted’ to fight terror
Qatar
As cyberwarfare heats up, allies turn to US companies for expertise
Syria
Rebels captured a key military base along the northern Syria-Iraq border, bringing the region under their control. Rebels south of Damascus fought to unite fragmented areas into a single liberated zone. Fighting raged within Damascus.
Egypt
President Morsi issued a decree granting himself broad new powers over the judiciary. The action sparked mass demonstrations across the country by both protesters and supporters. Protesters attacked the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Alexandria. Morsi defended his new powers.
Nigeria
The Nigerian military offered rewards for information leading to the arrest of Boko Haram’s top leaders. The military offered $312,500 for the group’s emir, Abubakar Shekau; $156,000 each for four senior leaders; and $62,500 for 14 commanders.
Hamas
Israel Hamas conflict: ceasefire a sign of Middle East’s new political reality
Somalia
Two Somali troops were killed as the soldiers clashed amongst themselves in Mogadishu. “Gunmen” killed a local businessman in Beledweyne; Shabaab is suspected of carrying out the attack.
Hamas
Middle East shifts may weaken Iran’s influence with Palestinians
Hamas
Qatar’s aid and Iran’s arms compete in battered Gaza
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Ocalan, Figurehead of Kurdish Independence in Turkey, calls the Shots From Prison
Hamas
For Israel, Gaza Conflict Is Test for an Iran Confrontation
Denmark
Mr Khader goes to Washington
Lebanon
Lebanon’s Sunnis flock to Salafist sheikh’s banner
France
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine jailed since 1984 for the murders of a US military attache and an Israeli diplomat, was paroled. The US ambassador criticized the decision, and the French government has filed an appeal.
Africa
Mock military operation in Ethiopia simulates all too real African conflict