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Argentina

Two Argentina bombing suspects among Iran presidential hopefuls

Hezbollah

Iran and Hezbollah Support for Syria Complicates Peace-Talk Strategy

Nigeria

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video purporting to show Nigerian women and children taken hostage by the group. He also claimed the group had carried out the May 7 attack in Bama and the April 16 attack in Baga. A federal judge sentenced Azim Aghajani, an Iranian, and Usman Abbas Jega, a Nigerian, […]

Egypt

The Interior Minister announced the arrest of three members of an al Qaeda-linked cell that was said to be planning a suicide attack on a Western embassy in Egypt. At least one member of the cell had traveled to Iran and Pakistan for military training. Privately Egyptian officials said the target was the US embassy. […]

United States

White House documents show that the administration’s talking points on the September 2012 Benghazi attack were revised 12 times and scrubbed of references to CIA warnings and the al Qaeda-linked Ansar al Sharia group that perpetrated the attack. The US penalized additional entities for violating Iran sanctions. Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was already a […]

Tunisian indicted in New York linked to Canada terror plot

Ahmed Abassi, a Tunisian national, has been indicted for fraudulently applying “for a work visa in order to remain in the United States to facilitate an act of international terrorism.” Abassi, who previously lived in Canada, is tied to a terror plot linked to al Qaeda elements in Iran to blow up a commuter train between Canada and the US.

Syria

Israeli jets carried out the second strike in 48 hours, allegedly against Hezbollah stocks of Fateh-110 missiles supplied by Iran. A military research facility at Jamraya was targeted, as were areas near Maysaloun on the Lebanese border and the nearby Dimas air base. State media claimed the attacks caused massive damage and many casualties. The […]

Israel reportedly strikes multiple targets in Syria in recent days

The Israeli Air Force is suspected of being behind two recent airstrikes in Syria. One of the strikes targeted Fateh-110 surface-to-surface missiles at a Damascus airport, while the other allegedly targeted a research center in Jamraya that was also targeted in January.

Kenya

Two Iranians believed to be part of the IRGC’s Quds Force were found guilty of planning attacks. The two men, who were allegedly plotting to attack Western and Israeli targets, were arrested in June 2012. They will be sentenced on May 6 and face up to 15 years in prison.

Palestinian Territories

Five Hamas members were arrested by PA security forces in the West Bank. PA Foreign Minister al Maliki said the Palestinian leadership plans to halt efforts to join the ICC to give efforts to restart peace talks a chance. The move was criticized by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. A Fatah official called for the […]

IAEA

What could U.N. sleuths unearth at Iran’s Parchin base?

Israel

Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered his ministers not to comment on the ongoing situation in Syria. Netanyahu also said that Iran has not yet crossed the nuclear red line he set at the UN. The Navy unveiled its 5th Dolphin class submarine. A Hamas terrorist was sentenced to 24 years in prison for terror activities.

Hamas

Is Iran trying to set up a new arms smuggling route to Gaza from Sudan?

Morocco

Prime Minister Benkirane, an Islamist, said criticism of the Prophet Mohammed is unacceptable. The UN’s envoy to the Sahara said that Morocco and the Polisario Front are deadlocked, and that the terrorist threat in the region had not moved the parties to reach a solution.

Canada

Iranians with ‘sinister motives’ could slip into Canada, border agency warns

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Two Iranians stationed at the embassy in Sarajevo have been ordered out of the country by the end of April due to their espionage activity connected to the IRGC. The Iranians are said to have “violated diplomatic rules” by using diplomatic cover for their espionage work. The two are reportedly the second and third secretaries […]

India

Israel protests India’s feting of journalist accused of aiding Iran in New Delhi car bombing

Africa

Iran’s wooing of Africa yields scant results as sanctions bite

Canada

The two suspects in an al Qaeda plot to bomb a passenger train, Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser, appeared in court in Montreal and Toronto, respectively. They face charges for acts in 2012 involving conspiracy and terrorism linked to a terrorist group. Iran’s Foreign Minister called Canadian officials’ claims linking the plotters to al Qaeda […]

United States

Charges were filed in federal court in Massachusetts against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. As a US citizen, he will not be tried in a military tribunal. He was given Miranda warnings, and could face the death penalty. The US agreed to an arms sale with Israel. Federal officials postponed implementation of a policy […]

Canada

Canadian authorities disrupted a major terror plot, arresting Raed Jaser, 35, in Toronto, and Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, in Montreal. The al Qaeda-linked terrorists planned to bomb a passenger train in the Toronto area and possibly other targets. The plot was said to be in the planning stage and not imminent. The US is helping in […]

Somalia

Six people were killed as Shabaab and government forces clashed in Hudur. The government arrested six Shabaab fighters in Hiran and accused the terror group of killing a journalist in Mogadishu.

Israel

Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel will “exact a price” against those behind the recent rocket attack on Eilat from the Sinai. While in Israel, Secretary of Defense Hagel said the United States and Israel see “exactly the same” threat from Iran. Former Foreign Minister Lieberman said he will quit politics if he is found guilty […]