Iran
Iran-Based Hackers Traced to Cyber Attack on U.S. Company
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four US soldiers in Kandahar and three Georgian soldiers and three civilians in Helmand in IED attacks over the past 24 hours. The Taliban forced 40 schools in Zabul to shut down. More than 150 schoolgirls and five teachers were poisoned in Herat.
Lebanon
Lebanese Alawites fear they will be casualty of civil war in neighboring Syria
Afghanistan
Taliban Keep Up Campaign to Win Public Support
Egypt
The Muslim Brotherhood’s silence
Egypt
Egyptian imam slams hardline TV fatwas for spreading hatred
Afghanistan
Tensions Rise Between Kabul and Berlin Ahead of Withdrawal
Iraq
Insurgents killed 11 people in attacks on liquor stores in Baghdad, three Awakening fighters in Tarmiyah, and a cleric in Basrah. Police arrested five al Qaeda fighters north of Hillah.
Syria
A Syrian rebel attempted to defend his mutilation of the bodies of government fighters, shown on video. The Al Nusrah Front executed three captured army officers in Raqqa. The UN Human Rights Commissioner called for an investigation of alleged human rights abuses by rebel fighters. A new Syrian opposition group, called the Union of Syrian […]
Tunisia
The fugitive head of Ansar al Sharia in Tunisia, Abou Iyadh, threatened war against the government for cracking down on jihadists. Sami Essid, another of the group’s leaders, confirmed that Ansar al Sharia’s third annual conference will take place on May 19 in Kairouan; a spokesperson said the group expects some 30,000 to 40,000 people […]
Somalia
The parents of Shabaab’s emir and a top commander were detained by the authorities in Somaliland. Security forces detained two Shabaab propagandists in Baidoa. Two soldiers were killed in an internecine clash in Baidoa.
Nigeria
President Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the northeastern states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa due to the rising incidence of attacks by the al Qaeda-linked terror group Boko Haram and other Islamist groups. Gunmen armed with AK-47s and shouting “Allahu akbar” attacked a Christian farming village in Kaduna state on Sunday, killing at […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – TAPI pipeline to spur regional uplift: US
Germany
A Somali man was arrested at a refugee center in Giessen and is accused of acting as a bookkeeper for pirates who hijacked the tanker Marida Marguerite in May 2010 and held the crew for six months until a multimillion-dollar ransom was paid. Last year another Somali involved in the Marida Margerite hijacking, Mohammad Saaili […]
United Kingdom
Prime Minister Cameron said Britain intends to double its nonlethal aid to the Syrian opposition over the next year. The Defence Ministry announced plans to lengthen tours of duty for British troops in Afghanistan to facilitate the security handover to Afghan forces in 2014.
Indonesia
Police shot and killed a suspected Islamist terrorist in West Java after he tried to bomb a police station and shoot a policeman. The suspect was seeking to retaliate for a recent series of raids in West Java, Banten, Central Java, and Lampung that resulted in the deaths of three suspected terrorists and capture of […]
United States
The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of Associated Press phone records in an investigation likely tied to the disclosure of a foiled al Qaeda plot in May 2012. Federal officials warned about a new wave of cyberattacks originating in the Middle East that are primarily targeting the administrative systems of major US energy companies; […]
Yemen
Security forces detained three al Qaeda operatives in Sana’a and disrupted a bomb plot in Aden. Two Red Cross workers, one from Kenya and the other from Switzerland, were kidnapped in Jaar.
France
In Timbuktu, conflict shatters a city’s soul
Free Syrian Army
Savage Online Videos Fuel Syria’s Descent Into Madness
IMU suicide bomber targeted top police commander in Quetta
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan said yesterday’s attack, which killed eight people, was executed by a man whose daughter carried out a suicide bombing last year.
Palestinian Territories
Two Palestinian terrorists were wounded at a training facility in the northern Gaza Strip. Three Palestinians preparing to ignite a series of Molotov cocktails were detained by Israeli security forces before being handed over to Palestinian authorities. Hamas and Islamic Jihad condemned the Palestinian Authority for holding secret talks with Israeli leaders, which were revealed […]
Egypt
Gamaa Islamiyya called on the US to delist it as a terror organization. The group also called for the release of Omar Abdel Rahma, the blind Sheikh. A tribal leader in the Sinai said the security situation may lead to the Bedouin forming their own army to secure the area.
Syria
Turkey’s Erdogan to air policy differences with Obama
Afghanistan
Taliban Shuts 40 Schools In Southern Zabul Province: Officials
Libya
Two RPG missiles hit the offices of the Port Authority in Tripoli. An explosives-rigged car blew up near a hospital in Benghazi, killing nine people. A small bomb exploded outside a Benghazi police station. No suspects have been apprehended for any of these attacks.
Afghanistan
Pakistan’s next premier an Islamist comeback kid
Nigeria
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video purporting to show Nigerian women and children taken hostage by the group. He also claimed the group had carried out the May 7 attack in Bama and the April 16 attack in Baga. A federal judge sentenced Azim Aghajani, an Iranian, and Usman Abbas Jega, a Nigerian, […]
Algeria
The Religious Affairs Ministry noted the emergence of Salafist, Wahhabi, Shiite, Ahmadi, and Takfirist movements in Algeria in recent years, and warned about the influence of the Ahmadi sect and international Zionism. The Algerian military claimed that in 2012 it killed 200 insurgents active in al Qaeda battalions, including emirs and senior leaders, and another […]
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Syrian conflict threatens to spark ethnic upheaval in Turkey