Syria
A human rights official claimed that Syrian troops killed 22 people and wounded more than 80 more during a crackdown in the city of Hama. Amnesty International accused the government of committing “crimes against humanity.”
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Somalia
Somali soldiers killed two civilians in Mogadishu. A prominent clan elder was beheaded in central Somalia. Police captured 10 suspected Shabaab fighters in the capital.
Al Qaeda
US intelligence officials now believe that Ilyas Kashmiri was killed in the June 3 Predator airstrike in South Waziristan. Kashmiri, a Pakistani, is a top al Qaeda military commander and strategist.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Abu Obeida Yusuf al ‘Annabi, a member of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s shura, said the group pledged fealty to Ayman al Zawahiri. “We pledge to you to be obedient, and we consider ourselves one of the arrows of Islam,” he said.
US intel believes Kashmiri killed in June Predator strike
Ilyas Kashmiri, a top military commander and strategist, was targeted in a June 3 Predator strike in South Waziristan.
Taliban step up cross-border attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan
The latest attacks in Kamdish in Afghanistan and Dir in Pakistan highlight the Taliban’s ability to carry out large attacks in remote areas of both countries.
The Taliban
The Taliban refuted reports that it sought to engage in negotiations with the West over a peaceful settlement of the Afghan war. “The rumor about negotiation with America is not more than the talks aimed at the exchange of prisoners,” the Taliban said in a statement emailed to the media.
Afghanistan
Forty Taliban fighters, 23 policemen, and five civilians were killed during fighting in Nuristan. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia, Wardak, Sar-i-Pul, and Kunduz. The Taliban kidnapped 24 de-miner workers in Farah. Nine members of a flight crew were killed when an Ilyushin IL-76 […]
Iraq
Two policemen were killed in a suicide attack in Baghdad. Security forces detained 13 wanted men in Baqubah, five terrorists in Basrah, and several terrorists involved in yesterday’s suicide attack in Taji.
Somalia
An Afghan who served as a senior Shabaab commander may have been killed in last month’s Predator strike near Kismayo. Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu are blocking humanitarian aid from reaching drought-affected Somalis. Shabaab fighters killed one boy while opening fire on a group of soccer players.
Australian al Qaeda commander reported killed in Predator strike
The commander, Saifullah, is described as “a key supporter of Osama bin Laden.”
Taliban, Pakistani troops clash in Miramshah
The fighting is not related to a much-anticipated Pakistani offensive in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, a US intelligence official said.
United States
The US has indicted Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame for supporting both Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Warsame, a Somali citizen, was captured by special operations forces on April 19 while traveling between Somalia and Yemen.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Zabul, Logar, Khost, Nangarhar, Sar-i-Pul, and Nuristan. The Taliban killed four ISAF soldiers in attacks in the east. Canada has ended its deployment of offensive forces in Kandahar.
The Taliban
Canada has blacklisted the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan for being a terrorist entity. The designation prevents Canadians from “knowingly dealing with assets owned or controlled by the TTP.”
US Predators strike terrorist ‘guesthouse’ in North Waziristan
“Foreigners” were said to be sheltering at the Mir Ali guesthouse where today’s attack took place.
Pakistan
US Predators killed at least four “militants” in a strike in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed three Pakistani soldiers in an IED attack on a convoy in North Waziristan. The Taliban escaped an operation launched by the military in central Kurram.
Iraq
Terrorists killed 35 Iraqis in a suicide attack in Taji, a policeman in Babil, a soldier in Fallujah, and two civilians in Baghdad. Security forces detained four terrorists in Basrah. The US is offering to keep 10,000 troops in Iraq after December 2012.
Yemen
The military claimed it killed 40 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Zinjibar. Four civilians and six “gunmen” were killed in airstrikes in Zinjibar.
Hezbollah
Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is an “Israeli-American project” and threatened the March 14 movement for its support of the indictment. “Reevaluate your choices because this path will harm Lebanon and it will especially harm you,” he said.
Shabaab
Shabaab arrested 13 young men south of Mogadishu for watching pornographic videos on cell phones. Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a accused Shabaab of provoking intra-clan fighting in central Somalia.
Suicide attack kills 35 Iraqis north of Baghdad
The attack is the latest by al Qaeda in Iraq against government installations.
Is Hakeemullah ‘losing control’ of Pakistani Taliban?
If the past is any indication, the report is very likely wrong.
Pakistan
The Pakistani military launched an operation against the Taliban in Kurram. The Taliban are reported to have launched an attack into Bajaur from Kunar in Afghanistan; one policeman was killed.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Zabul, Khost, Paktika, Nangarhar, Balkh, and Kunduz. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east. ISAF is searching for a missing British soldier in Helmand.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed only himself after detonating his vest in Haditha. Insurgents killed a civilian in a bombing in Baghdad.
Yemen
The defense minister said troops have been deployed around Aden to prevent the city from falling to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. An unnamed military official denied reports that 50 soldiers have gone missing in Zinjibar.
Italy
Italy deported Yamine Bouhrama to Algeria after his six-year-long prison sentence expired. Bouhrama was convicted of establishing an al Qaeda-linked terror cell in Italy.
Nigeria
Eight people were killed and 15 more were wounded in a bombing in Maiduguri. Police said the Islamist terror group Boko Haram is behind the attack.
ISAF searching for missing soldier in Afghan south
The body of the British soldier has been recovered in Helmand province.