Syria
The Free Syrian Army Doesn’t Exist
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Al Qaeda in Iraq claims ‘storming’ operation in Baghdad
The Iraqi terror group said the attack was part of its “Destroying the Walls” campaign, which was announced by the group’s emir, Abu Du’a, last year.
Egypt
Protesters clashed with police and Muslim Brotherhood members outside party headquarters in Moqqatam. A military source said 40 Palestinian jihadists were involved in the August 2012 attack that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers. The Army warned citizens to be wary of people posing as army officers after authorities discovered fabrics to make police and army uniforms […]
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Total retreat of militants from Turkey to be complete before June 16 deadline: Report
Syria
In Aleppo province, rebels have seized several weapons depots after days of heavy fighting. In the south near the Golan Heights, rebels seized a military intelligence compound and command center from pro-Assad militias. President Assad made an appeal to BRIC nations to intervene in the conflict.
Turkey
The Al Nusrah Front, the Al Farouq Brigade, and the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Brigade, which controls the mountainous area in Syria’s Latakia province, helped with the recent arrest of five men suspected of bombing the border gate of Cilvegözü. Turkish authorities arrested Ziya T., the top suspect in the murder of Sarai Sierra, a US […]
Libya
Libya closed its embassy in Cairo because of recent Copt protests at the embassy against persecution of Christians in Libya. In its first prisoner exchange deal since the revolution, Libya signed an agreement with Iraq for prisoner swaps and judicial cooperation.
Mali
A French soldier was killed by an explosive device during a search for arms caches in the Ifoghas mountains. He is the fifth French soldier killed in the French-led military intervention in northern Mali that began in January. Dozens of al Qaeda-linked fighters have been killed in the intervention and others have fled to hideouts […]
Iran
Netanyahu’s pick for defense minister cautious on Iran
Syria
The Destruction of a Nation: Syria’s War Revealed in Satellite Imagery
Afghanistan
Afghan Clerics Warn US on Karzai Demands
United States
The US Military’s Africa Command warned that Nigeria-based Boko Haram is increasing its collaboration with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and said some elements of Boko Haram are looking to attack the US and Europe. Mohammed Rashed, who pled guilty to a 1982 airliner bombing and is linked to numerous other terrorist attacks, will […]
Syria
Rebels extended their control over parts of Ghouta, an agricultural area to the south and east of Damascus. Damascus airport remains closed to civilian traffic, but Iranian planes land every two to three days allegedly bringing arms to the Assad regime. A brigadier general and 20 soldiers defected.
Egypt
Seven Palestinians recently detained in Cairo for security reasons were deported to the Gaza Strip. Hamas’ Khaled Meshal met with the head of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, in Cairo; the two reportedly discussed recent allegations that Hamas members were involved in a terror attack last August that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers. Two former Mubarak […]
Afghanistan
Fareed helped in Afghanistan, but Denmark won’t help him
Al Qaeda propaganda arm confirms death of senior religious emir
The Al Fajr Media Center referred to Khalid bin Abdul Rahman al Husainan in terms used to describe dead leaders and fighters. Husainan was killed in a drone strike in late 2012.
CIA
CIA begins sizing up Islamic extremists in Syria for drone strikes
Afghanistan
US refuse to transfer high-risk prisoners to Afghan control
Afghan forces thwart unprecedented terror plot in Kabul
NDS forces raided a Haqqani Network safe house in eastern Kabul, killing five militants, capturing two others, and seizing a 7,800-kg truck bomb wired for detonation. The bomb’s destructive capacity had a radius of nearly one mile, according to Afghan officials.
Afghanistan
Hundreds Protest Against US in Wardak
Bulgaria
Marin Raikov, the new interim prime minister, said Bulgaria would not initiate a request to impose EU sanctions on Hezbollah, but would “present the objective facts and circumstances and let our European partners decide.” In February, Bulgaria said that Hezbollah was behind the July 2012 attack in Burgas. Bulgaria’s center-right government was replaced on March […]
Indonesia
Police in Jakarta killed three militants resisting arrest and arrested four others, and seized 14 pipe bombs, several guns, and over two pounds of gold jewelry. The militants are believed to be part of an Islamist terror cell in North Sumatra that robs banks and jewelry stores as a means of financing terrorism.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Christians told, ‘protest again and you will die!’
Iraq
Iraqi prisons leave women doubly vulnerable
United States
The Pentagon is adding 14 missile interceptors on the West Coast at a cost of $1 billion to bolster US defenses against a North Korean attack. President Obama told Israel that Iran was more than year away from developing a nuclear weapon, and said the US would try to resolve the problem diplomatically but would […]
Saudi Arabia
Arab nations to monitor jihadist websites
Cameroon
France using ‘all possible means’ to rescue Cameroon hostages
Iran
A Visual Breakdown of How Iran Censors the Internet
Egypt
Egypt and the Rewriting of Mubarak
Lebanon
War draws closer to Lebanon with Syrian threat of attack