Syria
Britain’s prime minister offered Syrian President Assad “safe passage” out of Syria. The Syrian air force has grounded 70 percent of its pilots due to their questionable loyalty.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Somalia
Security forces detained dozens of suspected Shabaab fighters during an operation in Mogadishu. US officials believe that Uganda will not withdraw its forces from Somalia.
Nigeria
The Joint Task Force killed four suspected Boko Haram fighters during a raid in Gashua. The Chief of Army Staff claimed that Boko Haram has killed more than 3,000 people in Nigeria.
Afghanistan
Kabul clerics oppose local police force
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Herat Provincial Council Claims Security is Failing
Egypt
Egypt: Bishop says police failed to protect church land from Salafi attack
Ennahda
Moderation not necessarily the recipe for Tunisia’s ruling Ennahda
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia Positions Itself For Larger Afghan Role
Syria
David Cameron: let Syrian president escape to stop slaughter
Mali
Military advisers from Africa, Europe, and the UN have submitted a plan to ECOWAS for a military intervention to wrest northern Mali from radical Islamists; once approved, the plan will go to the UN later this month. It calls for a force of over 4,000 mainly West African troops, to be based in Koulikoro.
Al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bomber kills 31 at Iraqi Army base in Taji
The suicide bomber attacked a group of Army recruits outside of a base just north of Baghdad.
Turkey
A Turkish court is trying four former Israeli military officers in absentia for the deaths of nine Turks on a Gaza-bound ship in 2010. Israel dismissed the trial as propaganda. The Turkish Justice Ministry denied allegations that some 76 journalists have been jailed this year as part of a governmental effort “to silence critical journalists […]
Afghanistan
Afghan corruption, and how the US facilitates it
Libya
NATO members need to step up, says UK defense minister
Libya
Missing clip of 60 Minutes shows Obama did NOT call attack on embassy in Libya terrorism
Afghanistan
Kabul Threatens to Expel Foreign Critics Over Report
Al Salafiyya Al Jihadiyya denies jihadists responsible for deaths of 3 Egyptian policemen
In a statement posted on jihadist forums on Monday, Al Salafiyya Al Jihadiyya denied that jihadists were responsible for the recent killing of the three Egyptian policemen in the city of el-Arish in the North Sinai governorate.
Pakistan
An anti-Taliban commander was killed in Buner and an ANP leader was gunned down in Charsadda. Security forces killed five “terrorists” in Khyber. A suicide bomber killed only himself in Mohmand.
Israel
Israel announces plans to boost Iron Dome missile interceptor
cyberwar
The real Iranian threat: Cyberattacks
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Mali Islamist group under pressure to break with Al-Qaeda
The Haqqani Network
The US added Qari Zakir to the list of global terrorists. He serves as head of the Haqqani Network’s suicide operations in Afghanistan and the operational commander in Kabul, Takhar, Kunduz, and Baghlan provinces, and runs the network’s training program. The United Nations added the Haqqani Network to its sanctions list and added Qari Zakir […]
US adds Haqqani Network suicide operations chief to list of global terrorists
Qari Zakir is the head of the Haqqani Network’s suicide operations in Afghanistan as well as the group’s operational commander in Kabul, Takhar, Kunduz, and Baghlan provinces. He is considered to be a close advisor to Siraj Haqqani, and also runs the network’s training program.
Afghanistan
Afghan forces make tenuous gains in Helmand
Mali
More People Displaced By Turmoil in Mali Than Previously Estimated – UN Refugee Agency
Free Syrian Army
Libya the main funder of the Syrian opposition
Pakistan
Excessive internet bans worrisome for Pakistan
Afghanistan
Kandahar Ulema Council Chief Rejects Arrest Allegation
Afghanistan
Afghan Local Police are Effective, Not Subversive: Sultani
Al Qaeda
Storm: I wasn’t alone: Former PET double agent says that two other Danes joined him at al-Qaeda linked university in Yemen