Hamas
Hamas claims increased contact with European countries
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Egypt
Special Report: Mursi’s downfall
Hundreds of Pakistani jihadists reported in Syria
Many of the fighters are from the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, the anti-Shia terror group that serves as muscle for al Qaeda.
Egypt
Mursi removal fuels Sinai Islamist militancy
Syria
Legal Fears Slowed Aid to Syrian Rebels
India
India – Sharia courts for Muslim women soon
Sudan
Tanzania wants stronger mandate for Sudan’s Darfur peacekeepers
Russia
Two suspected Islamist insurgents opened fire on a police car that was heading back to the village of Burshi in Dagestan, killing four police officers. The car was ambushed after the policemen had investigated a robbery.
Mali
The French military signed a deal to protect the new UN peacekeeping force in Mali against terrorist attacks. The body of slain French hostage Philippe Verdon, who was kidnapped by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in 2011, has reportedly been found in northern Mali. AQIM announced in March that it had executed him in […]
Syria
Syria Weighs Its Tactics as Pillars of Its Economy Continue to Crumble
Afghanistan
Ex-Afghan spy chief criticize US for ‘zero option’ on troops
Afghanistan
US Senators Admonish Obama Over Haqqani-ISI Relationship
Afghanistan
The Road to Ghazni: Bombs, battles and blockades
Free Syrian Army commander says al Qaeda is ‘welcome’
A member of the US-backed Supreme Military Council said that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is “welcome if they help us fight the regime,” just days after the ISIL murdered a senior Free Syrian Army commander.
Egypt
In Egypt’s Sinai, militants intensify attacks
Philippines
The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front signed a “wealth-sharing” deal that gives the militant Islamist group a 75 percent share of earnings from natural resources and metallic minerals in a region to be set aside for the Muslim minority in southern Mindanao; in addition, the government and the MILF will split energy earnings […]
Iran
US seeking direct nuke talks with Iran: report
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syrian rebels fear ‘side war’ as infighting spirals
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syrian Rebel Infighting Undermines Anti-Assad Effort
Kenya
Exclusive – Kenyan peacekeepers aided illegal Somalia charcoal export
2 ‘militants’ killed in US drone strike in Pakistan
Two unidentified militants were killed while riding a motorcycle in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. The strike is just the second in Pakistan this month.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
NGO: Syria rebels, Qaeda affiliates fight in northwest
Afghanistan
Education under attack from terrorists: Karzai
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 12 Pakistani Taliban fighters during a raid on a compound in Kandahar’s Arghistan district. Ten more Taliban fighters, including two “foreigners,” were killed in an airstrike in Logar.
Iraq
Iraq’s foreign minister said that his country is unable to effectively halt Iranian arms transfers to Syria. The provincial government in Anbar rejected Iranian companies’ bids to build roads and schools.
Egypt
The army reportedly killed five militants in an operation in the Sinai. The army used helicopters to target jihadists planning attacks in the Sinai. A Palestinian was arrested in connection with the recent bombing of a gas pipeline in the Sinai. Supporters of Mohammed Morsi said they plan to carry out more protests to condemn […]
Turkey
The Parliament amended Turkey’s code to restrict the army’s power to defending against foreign threats, in place of a provision that had been used to justify military coups. Foreign Minister Davutoğlu and Iran’s foreign minister jointly called for a ceasefire in Syria during Ramadan. Davutoğlu also urged that all foreign fighters leave Syria, including Hezbollah. […]
Sudan
Unknown assailants killed seven UN peacekeepers and injured 17 others in an attack on a UN patrol as it was heading back to its base in Nyala state. The head of the UN peacekeeping force recently warned of the deteriorating security situation in the country, which has already displaced over 300,000 people this year, “due […]
Tunisia
After Salafists attacked the performance of a play last week in El Kef about the assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid, police arrested 19 of the play’s actors for “indecent behavior.” The prosecutor has asked police to investigate the incident to see whether the charges, which can lead to six months in prison, will be […]
Free Syrian Army issues ultimatum to al Qaeda over murder of commander
A 24-hour deadline to turn over the al Qaeda commander has already passed. The FSA is using the incident to demand weapons from the West.