Syria
U.S. Spies, Experts: Chemical Weapons Likely in Syria Attack
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Lebanon
The head of the Lebanese army said his forces are conducting “a total war against terrorism.” The military is chasing a carbombing cell that “aims to provoke sectarian strife by targeting different regions,” he added. Security forces in the Bekaa valley confiscated 10 Grad rockets hidden in a truck that had come from Syria. Marwan […]
Tunisia
Tunisia launches loyalty campaign
Mauritania
Mauritania, Niger sign defence pact
Egypt
A court ordered the release of former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. The prosecution in the case against Mubarak said it had no plans to appeal. An amended version of the Egyptian constitution was given to the presidency for review. Authorities arrested a number of Egyptians and Palestinians wanted in connection with recent attacks in the […]
Israel
An Arab Israeli was charged for traveling to Syria and making contact with members of the Al Nusrah Front. An Iron Dome missile defense battery was deployed in the Sharon district of central Israel by the IDF. Strategic Affairs and Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said that an Iranian response to a strike on its nuclear […]
Palestinian Territories
Hamas urged Egyptian authorities to reopen the Rafah crossing with Gaza, which was closed following the recent killing of over 20 Egyptian policemen in the Sinai. In response to recent calls for protests against Hamas in Gaza, Hamas’ leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, warned against such activities.
Al Qaeda
Egypt’s Coup Breathes New Life Into Al-Qaeda
US adds MUJAO operative to terrorism list
Mohamed Lahbous, a member of the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, was listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist for his involvement in kidnapping, weapons smuggling, and armed attacks in Algeria.
Questions about alleged gas attack in Syria
Were chemical weapons used in Syria? And if so, who is responsible? How was the attack conducted?
Kenya
Kenyan troops have killed several Shabaab militants among a group of about 20 near the border town of Hulugho; the remaining militants fled. A few days earlier, Shabaab forces raided a regional administration police camp in Garissa, killing four people and burning down the camp.
Libya
Benghazi security forces arrested an armed group that had 14 bags of TNT explosives at a farm in the area. An armed group attacked the vehicle of a Congolese diplomat in Tripoli and injured his driver. Prime Minister Zeidan refused a demand by a minority of the congress that he resign.
Burma
A group called the “Mujahideen of Arakan” announced it has declared war against the Burmese government and against Buddhists living in Rakhine state, and urged all Muslims to engage in jihad as a matter of religious duty. A US-based rights group called on the government to address anti-Muslim propaganda and violence. Indian and Bangladeshi intelligence […]
Egypt
Ravaged churches reveal sectarian split feeding Egypt’s violence
Syria
In Syria, seized weapons caches boost rebels’ hopes after weeks of setbacks
United Kingdom
US embassy in Sanaa, Yemen reopens after security threats
United States
The Treasury Department added a senior Pakistan-based al Qaeda operative and a madrassa in the Pakistani city of Peshawar to its terrorist lists. The US Embassy in Yemen has reopened, but the US Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan remains closed. The White House denied reports that US aid to Egypt had been cut off. A State […]
India
Intelligence agencies warned that the Lashkar-e-Taiba is planning to attack targets in south India, possibly using an eight-man team being trained in Pakistan. The attackers are said to be likely to enter from Sri Lanka. Authorities are also concerned that several terrorist groups, including including LeT, Babbar Khalsa International, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Jamat-ud-Dawaa, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Al-Umer Mujahideen, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, […]
Al Qaeda
‘Al Qaeda-linked’ exchange in Lahore unearthed
Al Qaeda
Major Al Qaeda Technical Hub Raided by Pakistani Law Enforcement, Equipment Seized: Local Media Report
Pakistan
The US Treasury added to its terrorism blacklist senior al Qaeda official Umar Siddique Kathio Azmarai; and the Jamia Taleem-Ul-Quran-Wal-Hadith Madrassa (the “Ganj Madrassa”), a school in Peshawar that serves as a training and funding center for al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Taliban. Pakistani authorities arrested at least two terrorists during a raid on an […]
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed three civilians and two members of the Afghan Local Police in Logar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in a direct fire attack in the east and the director of the passport office in a bombing in Uruzgan, and executed a prosecutor who was held hostage in Zabul.
Iraq
Al Qaeda killed three Iraqi soldiers in a bombing in Fallujah. Security forces killed three al Qaeda fighters and detained 13 more in Tikrit, and captured al Qaeda’s governor for Kirkuk and three of his aides.
NSA
US doesn’t know what Snowden took, sources say
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian Kurds’ flight drags Iraq deeper into neighbor’s war
Iraq
Iraq’s Kurdistan region sets quota for Syrian refugees
Jordan
Jordan king urges Muslim clerics to fight Syria sectarian strife
Syria
Regime forces launched an assault in Deir al-Zor, trying to regain territory seized by a coalition headed by the Al Nusrah Front and the Qatar-backed Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade. Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and from the Al Nusrah Front detained over 30 Syrian Kurdish civilians last night in Aleppo province; […]
Mali
Over 100 Nigerian Soldiers Stranded in Mali, As Authorities Mull Road Trip
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Morocco takes down al-Qaeda cell