Mauritania
Mauritanian police intercepted a weapons shipment on the Malian border near Fassala. Mauritanian businessmen were shipping the weapons to Ansar Dine, the Islamist group in control of northern Mali.
Yearly Archives: 2012
US adds 8 Lashkar-e-Taiba members to terrorism list
The US Treasury Department designated eight Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leaders today, including the point man for the November 2008 attack on Mumbai. Also designated was the son of LeT chieftain Hafiz Saeed.
Afghanistan
A once-tranquil corner of Afghanistan turns deadly
Afghanistan
Afghan Army Chief Blames Neighbouring Countries for Insider Attacks
China
Chinese Banks Funneled Money to Iran, Prosecutors Believe
Haqqani Network
US confirms killing of Haqqani leader in Pakistan
Free Syrian Army
Syrian Group in US Seeks to Arm Rebels
Pakistan
Christians demand separate province in Pakistan to protect them from persecution
Al Qaeda
Hunting for Islamist insurgents with the Mali Army
IAEA
Iran doubles underground nuclear capacity: IAEA
Pakistani Taliban ‘chopped off the heads’ of 7 Pakistani soldiers in South Waziristan
Taliban spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan said the Pakistani soldiers were beheaded “as Shariah directs them to do with enemies of Islam.”
Video eulogizes Turkish fighters killed in Afghanistan
A Turkish jihadist site eulogized seven Turkish fighters previously killed in Afghanistan, in a video released on Aug. 15 by the Fursan Muhammad Information Group.
Pakistan
TTP plotting prison break in Faisalabad: Report
Afghan soldier kills 3 ISAF troops in Uruzgan province
In the 10th attack by Afghan security forces on Coalition troops so far this month, an Afghan soldier shot and killed three ISAF troops in the south. The green-on-blue attacks this month have already killed 25 Coalition troops and wounded six more.
Pakistan
Pakistan A-bomb scientist tries politics
Libya
In Libya, Extremists Vandalizing Sufi Shrines With Impunity
Sweden
Swedish intelligence agency to cut jobs due to ‘financial strain’
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed five Afghan soldiers in Kunar. The Taliban killed four civilians in an IED attack in Ghazni. “Gunmen” assassinated the head of Ghazni’s provincial council. President Karzai dismissed the head of the NDS.
US drone strike kills Saudi ‘militant’ in Yemen
A Saudi known as Salim Mubarak al Saiary was one of two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters reported killed in a strike in an area between Marib and Hadramout provinces.
India
The supreme court upheld the 2010 death sentence of Mohammad Kasab, the lone surviving attacker of the 2008 Mumbai assaults. The LeT operative was convicted of more than 80 charges.
Iraq
Insurgents killed an Army general, a policeman, and a Sunni cleric in Baghdad, and four policemen in Kirkuk. The government executed five “terrorists.”
Iran
A Revolutionary Guards commander said Iran was “fighting in every aspect of the war” in Syria. Iran called for a ceasefire in Syria. The cyber-espionage campaign targeting Iran and other areas of the Middle East widened.
Syria
Appearing on state TV, President Assad said government forces were gaining ground but that more time was needed to win the civil war. A car bomb exploded during a funeral procession for slain Assad supporters, killing 27 people.
Georgia
Eleven “militants” and three special forces soldiers were killed during fighting in the village of Lapanquri near the border with Dagestan. Six more fighters are said to be surrounded.
Russia
A border guard in Belidzhi in Dagestan shot and killed at least seven soldiers, some of whom were members of a rapid response unit. Wahhabi extremists are suspected in the attack.
Yemen
A US drone strike killed two al Qaeda fighters, including a Saudi, in a strike in an area between Marib and Hadramout provinces. The government claimed it needs $11 billion in foreign aid.
Somalia
Shabaab claimed it killed more than 50 Somali and African Union soldiers in bombings and attacks yesterday in Mogadishu and Marka. Shabaab forces ambushed Somali troops in Afmadow; the military claimed four Shabaab fighters were killed.
Egypt
The military said it would continue its offensive against Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula; Salafist groups said that the offensive had been called off. President Morsi promised to respect Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel.
Libya
Admitting the government’s weakness, Libya’s interior minister said he would not risk a confrontation with hardline Islamic militant groups responsible for a series of sectarian attacks. A Salafist group recently bulldozed Sufi shrines in Tripoli and Zlitan.
Algeria
Algerian helicopter gunships killed six suspected fighters from the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa as they attempted to enter the country from Mali. The military is boosting security along the border with Mali.