Afghanistan
The military said that 14 Afghan soldiers were killed in attacks and bombings in Helmand, Kandahar, Paktika, Kabul, and Kunar. Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters during a clash in Jawzjan province.
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Egypt
A security officer was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Sinai. Authorities are reportedly preparing to launch a major operation in the Sinai “to clean it up from terrorist and criminal cells.” Eleven militants were arrested following an attack on a checkpoint near el Arish. Unidentified assailants attacked a gas pipeline between Jordan and […]
Libya
Hundreds of demonstrators from across the country gathered in Algeria Square in Tripoli to protest the influence of armed unofficial militias. The Interior Ministry is still under siege by a militia. The government is trying to lure militiamen into employment with the police and military, and plans to send 19,500 security force members for training […]
Afghanistan
Insurgents increasing in east Afghanistan, but Afghan army sees gains
Tunisia
Salem Abid, a Salafist who was previously convicted of making explosives and trying to escape from prison, was provisionally released while his case is on appeal. A court postponed its verdict in the appeal of Tunisian feminist Amina Sboui, a member of FEMEN, who is being held on charges of spray-painting a cemetery wall, possessing […]
Nigeria
Schools in Yobe state were ordered to be closed after suspected Boko Haram militants attacked a school dormitory with guns and bombs yesterday, killing 42 people. The military killed 22 Boko Haram militants during a raid in Yobe on July 4. Yobe state authorities asked the military to restore mobile phone service, which has been […]
Philippines
The US warned its citizens against traveling to Mindanao or the Sulu archipelago because of “continuing threats … due to terrorist and insurgent activities.” Earlier this week US diplomatic staff were told not to travel to Davao, Cotabato, or Zamboanga in Mindanao. Australia and Canada also warned of new threats of terrorism and kidnapping in […]
Al Qaeda
Brother denied meeting with Dr Shakil Afridi
Afghanistan
Karzai wants US to protect Afghanistan from Pakistan
Pakistan
Four people were killed in a bombing in Lahore. An al Qaeda military commander, a Haqqani network leader, and two other jihadist leaders are reported to have been killed in the July 2 drone strike in North Waziristan.
United Kingdom
Al Qaeda-linked cleric Abu Qatada was deported to Jordan to face retrial on terrorism charges. Under a treaty reached between the UK and Jordan in March, any evidence obtained through torture will be inadmissible. Some doubt that Qatada will be convicted.
Iraq
The military claimed it killed al Qaeda in Iraq’s finance minister and three of his aides during an operation in Anbar province near the border with Syria. The al Qaeda finance minister was not named.
Egypt
IDF on Sinai border: Security coordination with Egypt continues despite political upheaval
Egypt
Jihadists continued to launch attacks against security posts in the Sinai. Prominent Sunni cleric Yusuf al Qaradawi issued a fatwa calling on Muslims to support ousted former president Mohammed Morsi. Gunmen shot dead a Coptic priest in the Sinai. Egypt’s president backed away from named Mohammed el Baradei as prime minister.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s New Interior Backs Version of Hezbollah Role in Burgas Terror Attack
NSA
In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of NSA
Syria
The rebel Syrian National Coalition chose a new leader, Ahmad Assi Jarba, a Syrian dissident with close ties to Saudi Arabia; he has previously been charged with obtaining arms for the Free Syrian Army. Both state and opposition media reported a clash near the Turkish border in the town of al-Dana between rebels and an […]
Yemen
Three soldiers were killed in an IED attack in the capital of Sana’a. The government said that a reporter was arrested for threatening the prime minister, and accused him of being tied to al Qaeda.
Somalia
A government official claimed that senior Shabaab leader Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansour is negotiating with the administration in Bakool after clashes there killed seven. Shabaab claimed it killed four Ugandan soldiers and that government troops are defecting.
Egypt
Egypt Crisis Finds Washington Largely Ambivalent and Aloof
Egypt
Egypt’s Christians face arson, beatings, and forced conversions amid upheaval
Egypt
Egypt’s ElBaradei named interim PM .
Al Qaeda ‘paramilitary commander,’ Haqqani Network leader reported killed in recent drone strike
Abu Saif al Jaziri is an al Qaeda “paramilitary commander”; Maulana Akhtar Zadran is from the same tribe as Mullah Sangeen, who works closely with al Qaeda and is thought to be holding the only US soldier who has been captured in Afghanistan.
Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 29 students as well as a teacher in an attack on a boarding school near Potiskum in Yobe state. The attackers set the school on fire, then shot students as they tried to flee; a number of students were burnt to death, and some reports put the death […]
Tanzania
Authorities in the southern Mbeya region arrested Iqbal Ahsan Ali, a British man wanted by the UK on terrorism charges. He was carrying a fake Tanzanian passport along with a valid British one. A growing Islamist movement in Tanzania with links to Shabaab has authorities concerned.
Ansar al Sharia Egypt in the Sinai
A group calling itself Ansar al Sharia Egypt has announced its formation in the Sinai and has threatened violence in the wake of recent events. It is not clear if the organization is truly a new front, or simply a covert part of an already established group with the same name.
Mali
The government lifted the state of emergency that had been imposed since Jan. 12, the day after the start of the French intervention to recover territory seized by Islamists in the north. Authorities are scrambling to prepare for presidential elections on July 28; some 500,000 Malians are still displaced from the turmoil that began over […]
United States
A test of the long-range missile interceptor system failed today; the last successful intercept by the system, which has had a 50% test success rate, was in 2008. In March the Pentagon announced plans to add 14 more interceptors to the system at a cost of $1 billion. The investment is intended to show the […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan military forces fighting in mountainous border still face aggressive fight
Afghanistan
Pakistan accused of aiding Nangarhar rebels