Syria
Iran, Hezbollah build militia networks in Syria in event that Assad falls, officials say
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Iran and Hezbollah build militia networks in Syria in event that Assad falls, officials say
Israel
The Iranian nuclear program, the unrest in Syria, and the peace process will be the top items discussed between Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama, when Obama visits Israel in the spring. Some officials say the primary purpose of the trip is to tell Israel not to strike Iran and let the US deal with the […]
United States
Classified Defense Department studies summarized by the General Accounting Office cast doubt on the feasibility and practicality of a multibillion-dollar missile shield designed to protect the US from Iranian missiles. General Allen said he did not believe a more moderate branch of the Taliban supporting women’s right to education had emerged. Defense Secretary Panetta lobbied […]
Iraq
Six people were killed in a mortar and rocket attack at a camp that houses members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq. Gunmen assassinated a security guard at his home in Baghdad. Police arrested seven al Qaeda in Iraq fighters in Fallujah.
Yemen
The government called on Iran to halt weapons shipments to Houthi rebels and Southern separatists. The Iranian press accused the US and Israel of blaming Iran for shipping weapons. Ten people were killed in an explosion at an arms depot in Hajja.
Turkey
The Turkish Parliament ratified a bill on terror financing which may prevent Turkey from being blacklisted with Iran and North Korea by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Turkey’s Western allies reportedly believe that the bill will be insufficient.
New details on Burgas attack emerge as search intensifies for those responsible
Officials from several countries are said to be trying to find two members of Hezbollah alleged to be behind the Burgas terror attack. Meanwhile, new details on the attack have been released by those involved in the investigation.
Satellite images reveal unscathed SSRC facility in Syria
Satellite images broadcast on Israel’s Channel 2 show an unscathed facility, but they also show that a road near the facility is clearly burnt, likely the location where a Syrian weapons convoy was struck.
Egypt
Ahmadinejad visits Cairo: How sect tempers Islamist ties between Egypt, Iran
Prominent al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike in 2012
Abd el Kader Mahmoud Mohamed el Sayed was a close advisor to al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri and served as a military commander in Afghanistan before he was killed. El Sayed was involved in the Luxor massacre and, while living in Milan, was recorded by Italian intelligence discussing terror plots against the West.
Angola
Why Argentina is reaching out to Iran
Bulgaria: Hezbollah behind Burgas terror attack
Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced that the identity of three of those involved in the attack is known and that at least two of them are members of Hezbollah.
Officials: SSRC facility was not primary target of Israeli strikes in Syria
US officials increasingly believe that Israel’s primary target in last week’s raid was a convoy of antiaircraft weapons and not the SSRC facility in Jamraya.
Egypt
Iran’s Ahmadinejad in Egypt on historic visit
Syria
Two Russians and an Italian were released in a prisoner exchange with rebels. The leader of the rebel Syrian National Coalition called on President Assad to respond to his offer for a dialogue. Nearly 5,000 Syrians were killed in January.
Yemen
Four Somalis and two Saudi al Qaeda fighters are reported to have been killed during clashes in Maneseeh in Baydah province. The government will prosecute more than 200 AQAP fighters. Iran denied that it chartered a ship that was carrying weapons for rebels. A Hezbollah delegation reportedly met with Yemeni officials and tribal leaders.
Britain
Iran ‘faked British chemical weapons plot’
Israel reportedly struck additional targets in Syria, regime releases video
Western intelligence officials say additional targets were struck in Syria by the Israeli Air Force earlier this week. On Feb. 2, Syrian state television aired footage that purported to show the damage caused by Israel’s airstrikes.
Germany
Report: German check bust man is ex-Iran bank head
Yemen
Twenty-one al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, five soldiers, and two pro-government militia members were killed during fighting near Shurqa in Abyan. The government confirmed that a ship that was seized for smuggling weapons last week is an Iranian vessel.
Syria
After days of heavy fighting, rebels captured a strategic road linking Aleppo with its main airport. The head of the rebel National Coalition alliance held the first direct talks with senior Russian officials. He also planned talks with Iran. The Assad regime considered talks with the rebels.
Syria
US Secretary of State Clinton said Iran has stepped up its military and financial support to the Syrian government. There were also indications that Russia has continued to supply Syria with money and equipment.
Turkey
A suicide bomber detonated inside the US Embassy in Ankara, killing himself and a Turkish security guard, and wounding three other people. The Interior Minister said the blast was likely the work of a left-wing terrorist group; state media said the bomber belonged to The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front. Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law Suleiman M., […]
Syria
Syrian allies Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah denounced Israel’s attack on a Syrian convoy. Syria protested to the UN and threatened to retaliate. The US warned Syria against transferring weapons to Hezbollah.
Afghanistan
Iran fuel may be part of U.S.-funded Afghan supply deals: report
Hezbollah
Hezbollah and the Qods Force in Iran’s Shadow War with the West
Argentina
Argentina and Iran agreed to form a “truth commission” to adjudicate the case of six Iranian suspects in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. The bombing, which killed 85 people and wounded another 300, was the largest terrorist attack on Argentine soil. Israel protested that the agreement was “like inviting […]
Afghanistan
Iran boosts electricity export in western Afghanistan
AQAP deputy emir Said al Shihri is dead: Yemeni government
Said al Shihri died “after succumbing to wounds received in a counter terrorism operation” late last year, the Yemeni government said. The Saudi press and a prominent jihadist have also claimed that al Shihri is dead.