Ethiopia
Muslim protests in Addis Ababa continue
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Al Qaeda
Qaedat al-Jihad claims responsibility for Bulgaria suicide attack
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four civilians in an IED attack in Nangarhar, and four more in a rocket attack in Kunar that was launched from Pakistan. Six Taliban fighters and three policemen were killed in clashes in Nimroz. The US has transferred 2,353 prisoners from the Bagram detention center to Afghan control.
Iraq
Insurgents killed an Iraqi soldier in Baghdad and a Peshmerga fighter in Kirkuk. One of Vice President Khudayr al Khuzaie’s bodyguards was gunned down in Baghdad.
Somalia
Police in Puntland captured a Yemeni who was transporting weapons and explosives. Shabaab forces abandoned the town of Burhakaba. The deputy director of the finance ministry was gunned down in Mogadishu.
Syria
Video shows Free Syrian Army rebels raid a border crossing between Syria and Turkey
Syria
Syria’s Army and the I.E.D.
Taliban attack rival militias in Pakistan
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for both a suicide attack in Hangu and a bombing in Upper Dir that targeted anti-Taliban militias.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a district police chief and five policemen in an IED attack in Uruzgan. Security forces killed a Haqqani Network leader in Khost, and detained several insurgents in Kunduz and Kandahar.
Yemen
The US is providing $112 million in military aid and training to Yemen this year. Iran denied Yemeni government officials’ claims that it was interfering in Yemen’s internal affairs.
ISAF captures IMU leader in Afghan north
Special operations forces have conducted three raids this year in Takhar against the al Qaeda and Taliban-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Kenya
The Muslim Youth Council, a Shabaab affiliate in Kenya, continues to recruit fighters for jihad, according to the UN. A police official said Shabaab has threatened to conduct attacks in Nairobi during Ramadan.
Egypt
Two Egyptian soldiers traveling in Sheikh Zweid in the Sinai Peninsula were gunned down by Islamists. A security official said the attack was carried out by “jihadists who want to declare an Islamic emirate in the Sinai.”
Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed two people at a market in Maiduguri. The government lifted a state of emergency that was imposed in four northern provinces affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
Britain
Britain Charges 5 on Terrorism Counts
Bulgaria
Israeli officials say Iran will face retaliation for killing of tourists in Bulgaria
Syria
Russia, China veto UN Syria sanctions; US calls vote regrettable
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in attacks in the south and east. The Interior Ministry denied Taliban claims that policemen have been defecting.
United States
9/11 Flashback: US Flight Schools Still Unknowingly Training Terrorists?
Iraq
Syrian rebels seize all border posts with Iraq
Russia
The grand mufti of Tatarstan who opposed Saudi-funded Wahabi clerics and Salafist textbooks was badly wounded in a car bombing. His deputy was assassinated in a shooting at his home.
Al Qaeda
Disillusioned German Islamists Returning Home to Germany
Syria
Will Syria Regime Look for a Yugoslavia-Style Breakup?
Hezbollah
Uprising in Syria puts Hezbollah on the defensive
Iraq
Iraq said it would sue Syria’s former ambassador after he said he helped jihadists enter Iraq starting in 2003. Oil exports are down for the third straight month after reaching a peak in April.
Yemen
A senior counterterrorism police colonel who targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in Yemen was assassinated in a car bombing in Aden. AQAP is thought to have carried out the attack.
Kenya
Five people were wounded in a grenade attack in Wajir, near the Somali border. Three suspected Shabaab fighters were detained for the recent murder of a policeman near Mandera.
Mauritius
Sergey Denisenko and Andrei Kosolapov, two associates of jailed arms trafficker Viktor Bout, have been running a weapons smuggling operation from Mauritius. The island nation was used to funnel arms to Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Suicide bomber targeted Israeli tourists in Bulgaria
A suicide bomber dressed in Western clothes and wearing a large backpack is seen scouting the scene of the attack just prior to killing seven people, including five Israeli tourists.
Bulgaria
Seven people were killed in a blast on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at the airport in the city of Burgas. One witness said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber; the report has not been confirmed.