Shabaab comments on Egyptian coup
The al Qaeda affiliate chastises the Muslim Brotherhood for participating in the democratic process and urges the group’s members to wage jihad.
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Egypt
Islamists flay Egyptian ‘coup,’ Brotherhood attempts at democracy
Egypt
Egypt: A coup by any name
Hezbollah
The Lebanese mood shifts on Syria’s war
Lebanon
Tugged by Syria storm, Lebanon risks drifting into chaos
Syria
In official remarks, Bashar al-Assad called the overthrow of the Morsi government in Egypt a defeat for political Islam. The rebel Syrian National Coalition, which has been leaderless for months, is meeting in Istanbul today to name a new leader. A senior opposition source said the US and France are providing aid to rebel units […]
United States
US Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement
Egypt
Egypt crisis: why coup against the Muslim Brotherhood may not be the end for political Islam
Egypt
Adly Mansour, Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, was sworn in as the new president of Egypt. Authorities have reportedly issued some 300 arrest warrants for Muslim Brotherhood leaders. President Obama ordered a review of US aid to Egypt following Morsi’s ouster. Four alleged Hamas members who were purportedly planning a terror attack were […]
Lebanon
A military prosecutor charged Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmad Assir and his two sons, along with 34 other people, over recent clashes with the Lebanese army in Sidon. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said it is up to Lebanon to decide on the issue of arms held by Palestinian refugees in camps in Lebanon; Abbas said his […]
Somalia
The World Health Organization said that 71 people have been killed and more than 300 more have been wounded during recent fighting in Kismayo. Colonel Bare Hirale said he will retake Kismayo by force.
Al Qaeda
How Canada Day terror suspect ‘with little sense of morals’ went from talented punk guitarist to alleged jihadist
Tunisia
The leader of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party, Rachid Ghannouchi, condemned the overthrow of the Morsi government in Egypt as a “flagrant coup” and deplored the arrests of Muslim Brotherhood leaders. President Marzouki’s party, the secularist Congress for the Republic, also condemned the “military coup.”
Mali
Foreign Minister Coulibaly said elections scheduled for July 28 would proceed and that voter registration of Malian refugees in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania was underway. French soldiers are continuing to search for weapons and explosives left by jihadists in the mountainous Ifhogas region of northern Mali; “tons” have already been found, including Russian-made rockets.
Mohammed al Zawahiri weighs in on Egyptian political crisis
The younger brother of al Qaeda’s emir issued a statement on July 2 saying that a confrontation inside Egypt would favor the country’s jihadists. How Salafi jhadists respond to the ongoing crisis remains to be seen.
Spain
The High Court handed down prison sentences to eight members of an al Qaeda-linked jihadist recruiting cell based in Ceuta and Morocco. One member, Karim Abdesalam Mohamed, 39, described as “a point of reference for jihad” in Ceuta, had been involved in an attack on a local imam. Karim comes from the same neighborhood as […]
Letter from Nasr City cell member posted by Ansar al Sharia Egypt
Ansar al Sharia Egypt posted a letter in June from Tariq Abu-al-Azm, a former major in the Egyptian air force who is accused of being part of the Nasr City cell. The cell has multiple ties to al Qaeda.
Egypt
Army Ousts Egypt’s President – Morsi Is Taken Into Military Custody
Afghanistan
Taliban ignoring talks overtures: US official
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Pakistan at loggerheads over peace efforts
Iraq
Seven civilians and three insurgents were killed in bombings and fighting in Baghdad. Security forces captured five al Qaeda fighters in Kirkuk. Russia is selling Iraq $4.2 billion in weapons.
Boko Haram
Nigeria Weighs War, Amnesty for Boko Haram
Palestinian jihadist group claims credit for Arizona wildfire
A Palestinian jihadist made a dubious claim of responsibility for the ongoing wildfires in Arizona, which recently took the lives of 19 firefighters.
Egypt
Turkey’s Leadership Watches Uneasily as Egypt’s Brotherhood Stumbles
Egypt
John Bolton: US ‘made big mistake’ pushing out Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak
United States
The State Department said the US is “very concerned” about the situation in Egypt; refusing to take sides, the US called for the Morsi government to reduce the violence and be more responsive to the Egyptian people. About 500 Marines from a crisis-response unit have deployed to Spain and Italy. On July 5 the US […]
Hamas
Hamas manufacturing rockets capable of reaching central Israel
Egypt
Almost 100 sex assaults at Egypt protests, HRW says
Egypt
The army announced that President Morsi is no longer president and that the country’s constitution has been temporarily suspended. The head of the Constitutional Court has been appointed interim head of state. President Morsi had earlier proposed the creation of a “consensus government” in a bid to quell ongoing protests against his government. The army […]
Israel
Authorities announced the arrest of three Palestinians involved in drive-by shooting in March. The Shin Bet released its June report and noted that five rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed his ministers to not comment publicly on events in Egypt.