Al Qaeda video highlights fighting in Ghazni
As the US and its NATO allies continue to draw down forces in Afghanistan and seek to negotiate a peace agreement with the Taliban, al Qaeda continues to highlight its operations in Afghanistan.
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Thailand
Security forces and militant Muslim rebel groups, including Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), have verbally agreed to a Ramadan ceasefire. Under the agreement, Thai forces will not take “aggressive actions” and the rebel groups will refrain from “armed attacks, bombings and ambushes” against Thai forces, in the provinces of Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat, and Songkhla. The agreement […]
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed three people in an attack at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul. Three insurgent commanders were among eight people killed during fighting in Kunduz.
Syria
Syrian rebels vowed to retaliate for the killing of Free Syrian Army commander Kamal Hamami yesterday in Latakia by gunmen from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Accounts differed as to how he was killed. US officials confirmed that Israel carried out a strike against Yakhont missiles near Latakia on […]
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed 31 people in an attack at a cafe in Kirkuk. Security forces captured four al Qaeda in Iraq fighters in Sharqat and an al Qaeda leader and two aides in Kirkuk.
US officials confirm Israeli strike on Yakhont missiles in Syria
US officials have confirmed that Israel recently carried out a strike against Yakhont missiles near Latakia, Syria on July 5. This is the fourth reported strike by Israel against Syria since the start of the uprising against Bashar al Assad.
Pakistan
Siege by Taliban Strains Pakistani Girls’ Schools
Afghanistan
Afghan army struggles with lack of reach
Egypt
Supporters of former President Morsi held rallies in Cairo calling for his reinstatement. A policeman was killed in another attack by unidentified gunmen in the Sinai. The army claimed it thwarted a “wide-scale plot” to cause chaos and confusion. Military sources said operations against jihadists in the Sinai are expanding. The army dropped leaflets in […]
Israel
With upheaval in Arab world, IDF facing future of threats unlike any in the past
Syria
In rural Syria, a rare peace threatened by sectarian war
Somalia
A Shabaab suicide car bomb killed at least three civilians when it exploded after targeting a convoy of African Union peacekeepers near the UN Development Programme base in Mogadishu. The blast destroyed nearby shops and damaged an AU vehicle. In a separate attack, insurgents threw a grenade into a downtown hotel, killing two people and […]
Nigeria
A court denied bail to Mustapha Fawaz, Abdallah Thahini, and Talal Ahmad Roda, three Lebanese Hezbollah members who are suspected of plotting attacks on Israeli and Western targets in Nigeria; a fourth suspect remains at large. The military lifted a phone blackout in Adamawa state that had been imposed in May when Adamawa, Yobe, and […]
Tunisia
President Marzouki replaced Othman Battikh, former Mufti of the Republic, with controverisal cleric Hamda Saied, who is said to favor polygamy, which has been banned in Tunisia since 1956. Critics of the move said Battikh was dismissed because of his denunciation of calls for jihad in Syria. The President appointed Brigadier General Mohamed Salah Hamdi […]
Pakistan
Video: ‘The Taliban have failed’, brave schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai tells UN
Pakistani Taliban establish ‘base’ inside Syria
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has sent experts in warfare and information technology to Syria to establish a base, aid in joint operations, and monitor the fighting there.
Indonesia
As many as 150 inmates escaped from the overcrowded Tanjung Gusta prison in Medan on Sumatra after fires and rioting broke out. Two prison staff and three inmates died in clashes, and security forces are trying to round up the escaped inmates, at least six of whom are convicted terrorists; some 55 inmates are said […]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
New front opens in Syria as rebels say al Qaeda attack means war
Al Qaeda
Money, guns flowing from Kuwait to Syria’s most radical rebel factions
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three civilians and two policemen in two separate IED attacks in Helmand province. The Obama administration’s top spokesman confirmed that the “zero option,” where no US troops would be stationed in Afghanistan after 2014, is still being considered.
Iraq
Insurgents killed at least 44 Iraqis in a series of bombings and attacks in Baghdad, Anbar, Mosul, Tikrit, Kirkuk, and Muqdadiyah. Among those killed were 14 policemen and four Awakening fighters. Suicide attacks were carried out in Muqdadiyah and Mosul.
Al Qaeda
Hezbollah fears attacks from al-Qaeda-linked groups
Egypt
Egypt to question Morsi over Hamas-linked jailbreak
Libya
How Libya sends weapons to Syria’s rebels.
China
NSA’s Snowden case review focuses on possible access to China espionage files, officials say
Iran
The Terror Threat and Iran’s Inroads in Latin America
Syria
Rebel groups and NGOS in Libya are donating weapons and aid to the Syrian opposition. Salafist-controlled NGOS and private donors in Kuwait are sending guns and money to al Qaeda-linked forces in Syria, including the Syrian Islamic Front, which has refused to join the Free Syrian Army. The Islamic state of Iraq and al-Sham released […]
Egypt
Military officials denied reports suggesting they had killed 32 Hamas members in the Sinai. A Coptic merchant was found beheaded in the Sinai. Egypt is reportedly looking to suspend its peace accord with Israel in order to wage a massive campaign against jihadists in the Sinai. A leader in the Egyptian Gama’a al-Islamiyya said his […]
Israel
Authorities denied reports that a rocket from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office denied Israel was prepared to release 40 Palestinian prisoners in the hopes of persuading Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to negotiations. Amid upcoming budget cuts, Defense Minister Ya’alon said that “[b]attles of army against the army … are […]
Egypt
Deterioration in the Sinai