Afghanistan
The Taliban killed eight civilians in an IED attack in Khost, four more in a mortar attack in Wardak, three soldiers in Badghis, a policeman and a tribal leader in Herat, and a policeman in Paktika.
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Israel
Defense Minister Ya’alon praised Egyptian efforts to stem smuggling attempts between Egypt and Gaza. Ya’alon also said that Israeli intervention in the Syrian civil war would be counterproductive. Authorities discovered two Palestinians trying to enter Israel via a tunnel under the security barrier in the West Bank. Israeli authorities fear such tunnels may be used […]
Palestinian Territories
Hamas denounced the Palestinian Authority for its recent campaign to arrest Hamas members in the West Bank. Hamas called on the PA to end security cooperation with Israel. Sweden is considering reducing its aid to the Palestinian Authority.
Hamas
The Gaza border region: “A totally different sector”
Al Nusrah Front
Syria ‘hub for terrorist activities,’ ‘threat to Canada’
Al Nusrah Front releases first official messages in 2 months
Al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front has released four new messages, the first such productions in two months. The Al Nusrah Front and Islamic State of Iraq suspended their propaganda operations after a dispute erupted in early April. Ayman al Zawahiri ruled on the dispute in a letter and their propaganda operations have now been restarted.
Foreign support of the insurgency in Kandahar: sorting fact from xenophobia
Evaluating Afghan claims of foreign support for Afghanistan’s insurgency requires an understanding of the local context of history, nationalism, and xenophobia.
NSA
US Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms
Tunisia
Human rights and civic associations estimate that some 3,000 Tunisians have gone to Syria to fight with the Free Syrian Army or the Al Nusrah Front; the Interior Ministry says the number is over 500. Islamist rebels in the Jebel Chaambi area, including members of Ansar al Sharia and the Uqba Ibn Nafaa Battalion, are […]
Germany
The Foreign Ministry said Germany would stick to its position of not providing weapons to a country in a civil war, despite the US decision to step up arms to Syrian rebels in the wake of confirmation that the Assad regime had used chemical weapons. Germany has been providing bulletproof vests and first aid supplies […]
United Kingdom
Prime Minister Cameron said the UK has assessed that ” elements affiliated to al-Qaeda in the region have attempted to acquire chemical weapons for probable use in Syria.” He also said the UK agreed with the recent US assessment that the Assad regime had used chemical weapons in Syria.
NSA
Lawmakers: Terrorists change tactics after leaks
Syria
US Is Said to Plan to Send Weapons to Syrian Rebels
United States
The White House promised to step up military aid to Syrian rebels after confirming that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons, including sarin gas, in small-scale attacks. Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency, said the NSA’s broad electronic records gathering program has disrupted dozens of terrorist attacks, including an attempt to […]
Afghanistan
The interior ministry claimed that 50 Taliban fighters were killed in operations throughout Afghanistan. Six Afghan policemen were killed in a suspected insider attack in the Musa Qala district in Helmand.
US to arm Syrian rebels after chemical weapons ‘red line’ is crossed
President Obama’s deputy national security adviser said that the US will provide military and other aid to the Supreme Military Council and the Syrian Opposition Coalition, despite that fact that these groups have supported the Al Nusrah Front in the past.
Canada
Canada ramps up its Iranian experiment
Argentina
Exporting Terror in America’s Backyard
Syria
The UN reported that over 5,000 people have been killed in Syria every month since July 2012, and that the death toll has risen to at least 93,000; over 80% of those killed are men. More than 1,700 children under the age of 10 have died; some have been tortured. Both regime forces and rebels […]
Sweden
Sweden mulls sending troops to Golan Heights
Jordan
U.S. Proposes No-Fly Zone Inside Syria
Iraq
Security forces killed three al Qaeda in Iraq fighters in an operation in Abu Saida near Baqubah. Al Qaeda is suspected of executing a candidate for office in Ninewa; the gunmen used a silenced weapon.
Yemen
Tribesmen killed a Yemeni soldier and bombed an oil export pipeline in the Sarwah region near Sana’a. Security forces captured a Yemeni and a Saudi al Qaeda fighter in Sheikh Othman in Aden province.
China
U.S. Fears Edward Snowden May Defect to China: Sources
Syria
Starved for Arms, Syria Rebels Make Their Own
Hamas
Hamas-ruled Gaza suffers drop in aid from Iran, foreign charities because of Syrian civil war
Israel
Israeli authorities arrested a Palestinian affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad in possession of explosives. While in Poland, Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel is prepared to do whatever is necessary to prevent a second Holocaust.
Egypt
A military spokesman denied reports that suggested authorities had discovered the identity of those behind the recent kidnapping of seven security personnel in the Sinai. An Israeli official recently met with Egyptian officials to discuss the security situation in the Sinai. A senior official said citizens are free to go to Syria to fight and […]
Palestinian Territories
Hamas said PA security forces arrested eight of its members in the West Bank. Palestinian Authority TV honored three terrorists serving a combination of 166 life sentences. Fatah official Nabil Shaath warned that the Palestinian leadership cannot guarantee that a new intifada will not break out.
Georgia closes 3 bases in Helmand after suicide attack kills 7 soldiers
Georgia’s defense minister said that bases are being closed in response to Taliban attacks, handing the Taliban a propaganda victory.