Egypt
How American Hopes for a Deal in Egypt Were Undercut
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Iran
Iran has 18,000 uranium centrifuges, says outgoing nuclear chief
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 10 construction workers and a policeman in an attack on a camp in Herat, and five civilians in an IED attack in Helmand. Seven Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed in clashes in Badakhshan. A suicide bomber killed three Afghans in Farah.
India
Authorities arrested wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Abdul Karim Tunda near the Banwasa-Mehendarnagar border with Nepal yesterday. Tunda, a master bombmaker, has been implicated in over 40 terrorist bombings in India. He was arrested carrying a Pakistani passport in the name of Abdul Quddus; some reports say he came from a Gulf country, or from Karachi via […]
Denmark looking at support networks for Syrian jihadists
Danish authorities have begun trying to examine the extent to which Islamist activities in Denmark are supporting Danish jihadists as well as al Qaeda-linked terrorist groups in Syria.
Al Qaeda
The long war against al-Qaeda isn’t over
Syria
Rebels killed at least 11 people, including six civilians, in an attack on a checkpoint in Homs. Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant attacked a Yazidi Kurdish village in Hasakah province. ISIL forces in Hasakah attacked a Kurdish Red Crescent ambulance with an IED and machinegun fire, killing two paramedics and […]
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed nine Iraqi soldiers in attacks in and around Baghdad. A truck bomb was detonated at the Umm Qasr port; no one was killed and port operations were not affected. Iraq’s foreign minister said his country would accept intelligence and counterterrorism assistance, to include the deployment of drones.
Egypt
Security forces and supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi continued to clash. Major clashes were reported at the al Fateh mosque in Cairo. Authorities reportedly arrested Mohammed al Zawahiri, the brother of al Qaeda’s emir. A government spokesman said the government is considering outlawing the Muslim Brotherhood. The presidency vowed to continue its fight against […]
Palestinian Territories
Hamas forces reportedly arrested two Palestinian Authority security officers in the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian official said a second round of prisoners will be released from Israeli prisons as part of negotiations with Israel in September. Palestinian officials reportedly accused the United States of deceiving the PA about peace talks with Israel.
Egypt
US, allies were near a deal for peaceful end to Egypt crisis
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Iraq Open to US Drone Strikes on Terrorists
Somalia
Shabaab fighters looted the offices of Medecins Sans Frontieres in Dinsoor in Bay. The government has requested that MSF reconsider its withdrawal from the country. AMISOM is investigating claims that its soldiers raped women at a camp in Mogadishu. At least 105 cases of polio have been reported in Somalia.
Kenya
Shabaab claimed it killed five policemen during a raid on a police post in Galmagala. More than 40 Shabaab fighters attacked the police outpost. Officials said that four policemen were killed.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Fate of ALP officials hangs in balance
Afghanistan
Afghan, Foreign Officials Meet to Review National Security
United States
Muslim group blasted for planning mass demonstration on Sept. 11
Lebanon
Even as War Rages, Economies of Syria and Lebanon Stay Intertwined
Afghanistan
US Troop Pullout Affects India-Pakistan Rivalry
Germany
German authorities have asked Sweden to investigate an Iranian linked to a plan by extremist cleric Mullah Krekar to create a terror network of Europeans aimed at establishing an Islamic caliphate in Kurdistan. At least 10 people, residing in Norway, Germany, the UK, Switzerland, and Iraq, are suspected of links to the network, known as […]
Egypt
Pakistanis protest over lethal crackdown in Egypt
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 17 Taliban fighters in Baghlan, six fighters in Kunduz, and five more in Herat, and detained 49 suspects in Wardak. The Taliban wounded 15 people in a suicide attack in Kandahar.
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed seven people, including the chief of police in Muqdadiyah, in attacks in the north and in Baghdad. Security forces captured eight al Qaeda fighters during a raid in a camp in Samarra. More than 580 tribesmen joined Awakening forces in Kirkuk.
Syria
A regime bombardment in Aleppo city reportedly killed at least 15 civilians and injured scores more. Clashes continued between Kurdish and Islamist forces in Hasakah, in Raqqah, and in Aleppo. Earlier this week, the head of the Syrian National Coalition urged the formation of a new unified rebel force to combat Hezbollah and restore order […]
Lebanon
Defense Minister Ghosn announced the arrests of a number of suspects, including several Syrians, linked to bomb attacks in Beirut, Hermel, and east Lebanon in recent months, and warned that the country was beginning to fall into the “grip of terrorism.” The leader of Hezbollah claimed that recent bombings in Lebanon are the work of […]
Turkey
In response to an opposition query, Foreign Minister Davutoğlu said that seven Turkish civilians have died in Syria since the start of the Syrian uprising, but claimed that the foreign ministry has no “detailed inventory of persons entering and exiting” from Turkish border gates into Syria. The headquarters of the Syrian National Coalition is moving […]
Kazakhstan
A court sentenced six Islamist terrorists to prison terms ranging from six to 10 years for planning to bomb the Opera and Ballet Theater in the capital city, Astana, and to send funds to the North Caucasus insurgency. Serik Koshalaqov, the leader of the group, was also convicted along with five associates of other offenses, […]
Afghanistan
The Lasting Toll Of An Afghan Suicide Bombing
Egypt
Witness Accounts of Sectarian Attacks Across Egypt
Al Qaeda
US trolls knock al-Qaeda off Twitter