FDD's Long War Journal

Afghanistan

Pakistan’s Iran pipeline plan further strains ties with US

Israel

On Iran Nuclear Effort, 2 Questions Split U.S. and Israel

Hamas

Hamas ties to Syria and Iran in flux as region shifts

IAEA

Israel Skeptical About New Nuclear Talks With Iran

China

AP Exclusive: Iran may be cleaning up nuke work

India

An Indian journalist working for an Iranian news agency was arrested in connection with last month’s car bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat. Israel has accused Iran of being behind the attack.

US adds Qods Force general as ‘Narcotics Kingpin’ for heroin, weapons smuggling in Afghanistan

General Gholamreza Baghbani, the senior Qods Force officer in Zahedan, facilitates heroin and opium smuggling to arm the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to the US Treasury.

Syria

US officials: Iran is stepping up lethal aid to Syria

The Free Syrian Army retreated from the Bab Amr neighborhood in Homs. The civilian Syrian National Council and the military Free Syrian Army set up a joint command center. A Free Syrian Army commander said Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah brigades were fighting alongside the Syrian army.

Azerbaijan

Iran Sees ‘Creeping Zionist Influence’ In South Caucasus

Hezbollah

Hezbollah: Israeli attack on Iran would set Middle East ablaze

Al Qaeda honcho probably not in Egyptian custody

In an apparent case of mistaken identity, the Egyptian state press reported that Saif al Adel, a high-ranking al Qaeda leader, had turned himself in.

Iraq

Insurgents killed seven Iraqis in Baghdad and another in Fallujah. Asaib al Haq, the Iranian-backed terror group, has released the body of US Army Sergeant Ahmed al Taie to the Iraqi government.

Afghanistan

Afghan Children Ensnared in Heroin Trade With Iran

Afghanistan

Kyrgyzstan fears Iranian attack over US facilities

Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed nine Afghans in an attack outside Jalalabad Airfield. The NDS arrested four government workers for spying for Iran and Pakistan. Police accused a female senator of being involved in a kidnapping ring. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Farah, Khost, and Logar,

Thailand

Thai police arrested three more Iranians over the Feb. 14 bombings in Bangkok. Another suspect, a middle-aged man from the Mideast believed to be an explosives expert, remains at large.

Afghan troops kill 2 US Army officers in Kabul

NATO has withdrawn all of its personnel from the Afghan ministries after today’s shooting.

United States

On Jan. 3, US military prosecutors charged Ali Musa Daqduq, a Lebanese Hezbollah operative currently in Iraqi custody, with war crimes including terrorism. Daqduq worked with Iran’s Quds Force operatives to establish terror cells in Iraq, and is linked to the killing of five US soldiers in 2007. The US is seeking his transfer to […]

Al Qaeda in Iraq rails at Shias, claims deadly attacks

Spokesman Abu Muhammad al ‘Adnani said the Shia must be targeted as they are not true Muslims and they have supported the West.

IAEA

UN watchdog expresses serious concern over nuclear Iran

Azerbaijan

The National Security Ministry arrested a number of persons belonging to a terror cell suspected of planning attacks. The suspects, said to be working for Iran’s secret services, had amassed weapons and explosives and gathered intelligence.

Syria

Syrian forces continued their artillery barrage in Homs, killing more that 80 people, including a US journalist and a French photographer. Saudi King Abdullah told Russian President Medvedev that any further dialogue about the Syrian crisis would be fruitless. Russia, China, and Iran reaffirmed their support for Syria.