Iraq
A suicide bomber killed three Iraqis in Fallujah. Eight more people were killed in attacks elsewhere in Iraq. Royal Dutch Shell broke ground on a natural gas field in Basrah.
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Afghanistan
Afghan Forces Will Lead All Military Operations in Two Months: MoD
Israel
Israel wary about possibility of U.S. arming Syrian rebels
United States
Carjacking victim in bombing case speaks out
United Kingdom
Police search for men who left suspect van at Gatwick
Iran
Iran’s Basij Force Says It Has Come Under Cyberattack
Israel
Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Israel will be a bi-national state if peace talks with the Palestinians are not renewed. Former Prime Minister Olmert warned that Hezbollah may already possess chemical weapons. France’s Ambassador to Israel said Hamas will remain on the EU’s terror list. Israel partially reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing, which had been […]
Palestinian Territories
Five Hamas members were arrested by PA security forces in the West Bank. PA Foreign Minister al Maliki said the Palestinian leadership plans to halt efforts to join the ICC to give efforts to restart peace talks a chance. The move was criticized by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. A Fatah official called for the […]
Egypt
A blogger and activist known for criticizing President Morsi was detained by authorities. Authorities destroyed a large smuggling tunnel used to smuggle cars and other goods near Rafah. A weapons smuggling attempt through the Sallum terminal was also thwarted.
Afghanistan
The Taliban assassinated a member of the High Peace Council in Helmand and captured 28 policemen in Faryab. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Ghazni. Pakistani and Afghan troops clashed in Nangarhar.
Somalia
General Abas, the Somali military commander in the south, said the security situation in Kismayo is deteriorating. A female suicide bomber was captured while attempting to attack a Kenyan base in Kismayo.
Libya
Some 170 detainees escaped from Sebha prison yesterday; some have returned voluntarily to their cells, but a large number have disappeared. Rogue militias calling for the passage of a law barring former Gaddafi regime officials from holding office continue to blockade the Foreign and Justice Ministries in Tripoli. The UN called for dialogue.
Mali
The Pentagon said the US has sent about 10 military personnel to Mali to provide “liaison support” to French and African troops in the battle against Islamists in the north, and that 12 other US military personnel are assigned to the US embassy in Bamako. Gilles Le Guen, a French jihadist recently captured north of […]
Al Qaeda
The al Qaeda Franchise Threat
Slain MSC in Jerusalem member slams Hamas, calls on Muslims to partake in jihad
In a video containing excerpts from his will, Hithem Ziad Ibrahim Masshal, a member of the MSC in Jerusalem who was killed yesterday, slammed Hamas and called on Muslims to partake in jihad.
Russia
A court in the southwestern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don is hearing the case of Ali Taziyev, a.k.a. Magas, a top commander in the Caucasus Emirate Islamist insurgent group. He was arrested in 2010, and faces 24 charges of terrorism, including planning the assassination attempt against Ingushetia leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov in 2009. A bomb detonated in […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: UK’s best armoured vehicle overcome by Taliban for first time
Al Nusrah Front
Insight: Rebel gains in southern Syria sharpen Jordan’s dilemma
Taliban assassinate member of Afghan High Peace Council
The Taliban have now assassinated three senior members of the peace council since the end of the summer of 2011. The attack was likely executed by the Mullah Dadullah Front.
IAEA
What could U.N. sleuths unearth at Iran’s Parchin base?
Pakistan
Pakistan – Security situation in the country bleak: Chief Justice
Pakistan
Targeting militants: Balochistan operation commences today