Belgium
Drone strikes have ‘minimal’ impact on militant recruits: Report
Monthly Archives: May 2013
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US Tracked Foreigners Leaving for Canada
Afghanistan
Coalition Plays Down Afghan Reports of Major Battle in Helmand
Syria
Senate panel backs arming Syria rebels
Afghanistan
The Taliban launched small-scale attacks against several police outposts in the Sangin district in Helmand province; 26 Taliban fighters, including “Pakistanis and Chechens,” and 10 policemen were killed in the clashes over the past two days. Six security guards at a dam in Herat were killed in an IED attack. Eighty schoolgirls were poisoned in […]
United States
Terrorism Statistics Reports Assigned To Academic Group
More Palestinian kidnapping plots thwarted by Israel
Israeli authorities announced the arrest of 14 Palestinian terrorists from two separate terror cells operating near Hebron. One cell, which was tied to Hamas, had nine members and was planning a kidnapping operation. The other cell, affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, had five members.
Iraq
More than 20 Iraqis were killed in a series of bombings and attacks across the country. Three Iraqi soldiers were killed in a complex suicide assault in Tarmiyah. Security forces arrested three wanted terrorists in Samarra. An al Qaeda operative was sentenced to life in prison for attacks that killed civilians.
Egypt
Authorities increased the number of roadblocks in the Sinai as an operation to free seven kidnapped security personnel could be launched at any moment. Family members of those kidnapped joined a police protest in Rafah. The alleged death of one Islamist militant in the Sinai via airstrike was denied by security officials. Authorities announced the […]
Palestinian Territories
A senior Palestinian official said the legal work to apply for Palestinian membership in 63 UN agencies, conventions, and treaties had been completed. PA security forces reportedly arrested three Hamas members in the West Bank. A Hamas official reiterated that the group was willing to close down smuggling tunnels in exchange for the creation of […]
Israel
In response to fire from Syria, the IDF destroyed a Syrian army position. IDF Chief Gantz warned that Assad “will have to bear the consequences” for continued attacks against Israeli forces in the Golan. Home Front Defense Minister Erdan said it was only a matter of time before missiles are fired at Israel’s major population […]
Somalia
Shabaab claimed it killed seven Kenyan troops in Fahfahdhun and five African Union “crusaders” in Mogadishu. The military commander in Juba said that there are no government troops in the former Shabaab stronghold of Kismayo.
Nigeria
Nigeria formally asked neighboring Niger to help combat Islamists in the northeastern region. Under a 2012 bilateral defense pact, Niger must come to Nigeria’s military aid when asked. The Nigerian military claimed to have arrested 120 militants at the funeral of a slain Boko Haram commander in Maiduguri. Curfews have been relaxed in Yobe and […]
Book excerpt: Chemical attack in Iraq
From ‘Fallujah Awakens’: a chlorine truck bomb deployed by insurgents against the village of Albu Aifan on March 16, 2007.
Kazakhstan
Trial began in Atyru for eight local men arrested on terrorism charges between December and January. Security forces have targeted Islamic terrorists in operations in Atyru and other towns in western Kazakhstan in recent months.
Russia
Russian security forces killed Dzhamaleil Mutaliyev, whom they described as the “right hand man” of Caucasus Emirate leader Doku Umarov, during a shootout in the Ingush town of Nazran. Mutaliyev was killed along with another militant, Alikhan Ozdoyev, after refusing to surrender during a night raid in Nazran.
United States
US Takes Steps to Add Security at Embassies
Algeria
Islamist politician calls for ailing Algerian president to show self after 3 week absence
Afghanistan
Afghan peace lost in transition worries
Brazil
Brazilian police in Curitiba arrested Hamzi Ahmad Barakat, a Lebanese citizen with ties to Hezbollah, on charges of setting up front companies to defraud Lebanese immigrants. In 2006 the US designated Barakat a terrorist for using a store in Paraguay to help fund Hezbollah, which the US considers a terrorist group. Barakat’s brother Assad Ahmad […]
Afghanistan
Applying Early Lessons to Build Afghan Security
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed the head of the provincial council in Baghlan and 13 Afghans. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in Paktika and two more in Wardak.
Yemen
US drones killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters as they drove a motorcycle in the Khobza area of Baydah province. The strike is the second in four days. General Ahmed Ali Saleh, the former commander of the Republican Guards, was sworn in as ambassador to the UAE.
Iraq
Eighty-seven Iraqis were killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad, Balad, Basrah, and Samara; 48 of those were killed in a series of blasts at markets in Baghdad. The bodies of 13 Iraqis, including eight policemen, who were kidnapped last week, were found; the men were executed.
Syria
Some 30 Hezbollah fighters were killed in clashes yesterday with rebels in Qusair, less than 10 miles from the Lebanese border, increasing fears the conflict will spill over outside Syria. Opposition sources said the clashes in Qusair yesterday killed 100 people. State media claimed that the town center had been regained by the Syrian military […]
US drones strike again in Yemen, kill 2 AQAP fighters
Two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed while driving a motorcycle in the central province of Baydah. The strike is the second reported in Yemen in four days.
Afghanistan
Taliban aims victory after NATO pullout from Afghanistan: Azimi
Egypt
Eritrean tells of Sinai torture for ransom
Sweden
Youths burn 100 cars in north Stockholm riots
Iran
Evidence Of Iranian Arms Provided To Syria In The Past 18 Months