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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
The World’s Most Dangerous Terrorist
Yemen
The US killed six al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike that targeted a vehicle as it traveled in the Al Mahfad area in Abyan province. The strike is the first in seven weeks. An intelligence report from the United Kingdom described AQAP as al Qaeda’s “most innovative” affiliate.
Syria
Rebels clashed with regime and Hezbollah forces near the Khalid bin al-Walid mosque in Homs, but were pushed out, leaving most of Khaldiyeh in regime control. Some 29 people, mainly children and women, were killed yesterday when a regime missile aimed at Islamist and rebel forces in Aleppo missed its target. Helicopters yesterday bombarded Kurdish […]
Libya
Unidentified attackers set off bombs a few minutes apart outside a Benghazi courthouse and near the Benghazi Justice Ministry, injuring 10 people. Officials claim to have recaptured about 100 of the 1,117 inmates who escaped from Benghazi’s Kuafiya prison yesterday. Other reports say 1,200 escaped initially. Libya has closed the Emsaad border crossing to prevent […]
Afghan forces kill Taliban shadow district governor in Faryab province
An Afghan security forces operation in northern Faryab province resulted in the death of a Taliban shadow district governor and a Taliban military commander. This marks the sixth time that a Taliban-designated shadow administrator has been killed since June.
Mali
Malians voted to elect a new president today, in the first elections since a military coup in March 2012 triggered an Islamist takeover of much of the northern part of the country. French, Malian, and UN troops are providing security for the election process. Turnout today was said to be high, and the process has […]
US launches 1st drone strike in Yemen in 7 weeks
Six al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters are reported to have been killed in a strike on a vehicle traveling in the Al Mahfad area in Abyan province, where AQAP has regrouped.
Nigeria
A military spokesman said that Boko Haram gunmen killed 20 civilians and wounded a dozen others in Dawashe in Borno state after a civilian vigilante group had arrived in the village to look for insurgents. No information was given as to insurgent casualties. The vigilante leader claimed that the insurgents killed five vigilantes and 20 […]
Analysis: Al Qaeda’s Iraqi, Syrian affiliates jointly battle Kurds
Despite a dispute between the emirs of the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the two al Qaeda branches are jointly fighting against their Kurdish enemies.
United States
Secretary of State Kerry urged Egyptian leaders to “step back from the brink” as unrest worsened in Egypt. Officials from the Syrian National Coalition and Saudi Arabia are asking about the delay in sending arms to the Syrian opposition.
Afghanistan
The government claimed that ISAF killed 45 Taliban fighters in an airstrike in Helmand; ISAF claimed it killed 17 in Nimroz. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in Khost and wounded the governor of Samagan province.
Canada
Aaron Yoon, a Canadian who traveled to North Africa in 2011 to join al Qaeda-linked fighters, arrived back in Canada after serving an 18-month sentence in Mauritania. Two of his Canadian high school classmates who had also become jihadists died during the siege of the In Amenas gas facility in Algeria in January.
Iraq
Prime Minister Maliki ordered the arrest of several senior police, prison, and intelligence officials after the al Qaeda prison breakout at Abu Ghraib. Two al Qaeda inmates who escaped from Abu Ghraib died after a bomb they were transporting detonated prematurely. Security forces detained seven al Qaeda fighters in Ninewa province.
Egypt
At least 65 people were killed in clashes throughout the country between supporters of former president Morsi and the army. The Muslim Brotherhood vowed to continue holding protests against the army. The army launched a 48-hour operation in the Sinai to target militants. Morsi is expected to be transferred to Tora prison, where Hosni Mubarak […]
Israel
Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel was prepared to release 104 Palestinian prisoners over a period of nine months should negotiations with the Palestinians progress. Netanyahu, who has previously denounced prisoner releases, said sometimes a leader must make unpopular choices “when the issue is important for the country.”
United States
Attorney for accused leaker says other U.S. officials may be responsible
Egypt
Egypt military builds case on Morsi
Pakistan
Taliban Gain Foothold in a Pakistani City
Al Qaeda
Worries Mount as Syria Lures West’s Muslims
Mali
Malian rebel bastion to stage ‘Caesarian section’ election
Mali
Mali scrambles to be ready for Sunday’s ‘fresh start’
Turkey
In a surprise visit, the head of the PKK-affiliated Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) met with Turkish officials to discuss the creation of a provisional council in an area of northern Syria. He assured them that the PYD is against the Assad regime, and that the proposed provisional council would include Arabs, Syriacs, and Turkmen, […]
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters gunned down a former senior government official in Abyan. Three men were detained by Yemeni border guards after wounding a Saudi soldier while attempting to cross into Saudi Arabia.
Lebanon
Lebanon, unlike Iraq, Turkey, and Jordan, is refusing to set up refugee camps for Syrian refugees. Some 620,000 Syrians are currently registered as refugees in Lebanon; most are recent arrivals. The Salafi jihadist influence is said to be spreading in Lebanon, in reaction to Hezbollah’s role in Syria. The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon denied […]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
War in Syria inspires Kurdish unity
‘Ansarul Muhajideen’ claims double suicide attack in Kurram
The group said it killed more than 50 Shia at a market in Parachinar, Pakistan to avenge Sunnis killed in Syria.
Afghanistan
Al Qaeda is Back
Hezbollah
Once a ‘King of Romance,’ Now an Angry Militant
China
Pie in the sky: Chinese authorities shoot down world’s first cake drones