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Exclusive: Iran ships off radar as Tehran conceals oil sales
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Afghanistan – NDS Quashes Rumours it Accused Local Media of Pakistan, Iran Ties
Syria
After failing to meet an April 10 deadline to halt attacks on opponents, the government said it would stop attacks by 6 a.m. on April 12. The US doubted Syria would follow though. China repeated its call for calm. The Syrian army continued attacks in Hama and Rastan.
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Western powers to demand closure of Iran’s best-protected uranium facility
On the ‘merchant of death’
Viktor Bout has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. His amoral flexibility allowed him to serve everyone from al Qaeda and the Taliban, on the one hand, to military contractors in Iraq.
Afghanistan
Iran’s Efforts to Stir Afghan Violence Provoke Concern
Azerbaijan
Is the US leaking information to undermine Israel’s campaign against Iran?
US offers $10 million bounty for capture of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed
Saeed now has one of the highest bounties offered for a global terrorist leader. The US is also offering $2 million for Saeed’s brother-in-law, who is Lashkar-e-Taiba’s deputy emir.
Arab, Uzbek fighters killed in latest drone strike: report
A Turkish jihadist website said that one Arab and four Uzbek fighters were killed in the March 30 strike in Miramshah.
Azerbaijan
US officials think Israel has been granted access to airbases in Azerbaijan, providing a potential staging area for an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Azerbaijani officials denied they had done so.
Taliban ambush NATO supply column in western Afghanistan
More than 30 Taliban, seven Afghan security guards, and two Afghan soldiers were killed after the Taliban ambushed a NATO convoy in Farah.
Syria
President Assad said he would cooperate with the UN peace plan if rebels halted violence. The opposition said it would cooperate with the plan only if Assad’s forces halted violence. Arab League leaders called for its immediate implementation. Iran also backed the plan.
Shabaab denies top leader granted interview
Shabaab said that a purported interview with Sheikh Abu Mansur Robow that was published two days ago by Somalia Report is “entirely fictitious.”
Afghanistan
Official Rejects Iran’s ‘Interference’ In Afghan Affairs
Somalia
Shabaab withdrew from the town of Mahas in Hiran province. Shabaab fighters assassinated two civilians in Mogadishu. Kenyan warplanes killed two civilians in Gedo.
French fighters training in North Waziristan
Pakistani officials claim that 85 Frenchmen have been training in the known terrorist havens of Datta Khel and Miramshah.
Syria
Iran helping Assad to put down protests
United States
A senior NYPD official said Iran currently poses the “number one” terror threat to New York. In recent years, 13 individuals linked to the Iranian government have been questioned on suspicion of conducting surveillance for terror strikes; all were released.
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed five people at a Lashkar-e-Islam mosque in Khyber. The Taliban killed four soldiers and captured four more in an attack on a checkpoint in the Shirani district in Baluchistan province. The Taliban also killed a Frontier Corps trooper and his 10-year-old son in a bombing at a base in North Waziristan.
Hezbollah
Iran ‘carried out surveillance of New York City’
Jund al Khilafah claims French shooting
But a popular web forum removed the statement within an hour after posting.
European Union
US exempts Japan and EU nations from Iran oil sanctions
Syria
A car bomb exploded near a security building in the northern city of Aleppo. The supply of black market weapons to rebels has been depleted. Iraq said it would not allow Iran to transit weapons to Syria.
India
Indian police have linked the bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat to the failed bomb attack in Thailand. Israel blamed Iran for both attacks.
China
China bank pulls out of Pakistan-Iran pipeline project
Yemen
Iran is providing weapons, including EFPs, to Houthi rebels in the north. The White House continues to support the detention of a Yemeni journalist who was convicted of working with al Qaeda.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan security forces arrested 22 “Iranian spies”. They were suspected of being trained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to carry out terrorist attacks against the US and Israeli embassies.
Al Qaeda
Aiding Yemen Rebels, Iran Seeks Wider Mideast Role
Hezbollah
Iraqiya List concerned about Iraqi, Iranian and Lebanese armed groups backing up Assad regime
Israel
Israelis see Iran mini-drill in Gaza flare-up