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Central African Republic – UN Backs Peace Effort for African Nation
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Arab League
Arab league, OIC call for Eid ceasefire in Syria
CIA
C.I.A. Warning on Snowden in ’09 Said to Slip Through the Cracks
Pakistan
Twelve people were killed in a series of bombings in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, and Quetta. The Pakistani Taliban denied reports that Afghan Taliban fighters killed Mullah Fazlullah in an attack in Kunar province, Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
The government claimed security forces killed 26 Taliban fighters while retaking a base in Daykundi; the Taliban denied the report. Six Taliban fighters were killed in Badghis; four more died in a premature detonation in Kunar. A suicide bomber killed four civilians in Khost.
Iran
The exiled dissident National Council of Resistance claimed that Iran is quietly moving a nuclear weaponization research and planning center to a site in a defense ministry complex in Tehran ahead of talks with world powers on the Iranian nuclear program. Semi-official media said “counterrevolutionary armed guerrillas” killed five members of the Revolutionary Guards near […]
Egypt
A suicide bomber in the Sinai killed four security personnel at a checkpoint. The army claimed to have arrested those behind the Oct. 7 suicide bombing in South Sinai that was claimed by Ansar Jerusalem. The army also announced the seizure of drugs and weapons near the border with Libya. A foreign ministry spokesman said […]
Israel
The IDF released footage of a recent mid-air refueling exercise during training that “tested the ability of IAF aircraft to fly exceptionally long distances.” Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Israel’s ability to strike Iran, if necessary, should not be “cut short.” An Israeli man, a retired IDF General, was killed in a suspected terror attack […]
Iraq
The government executed 42 convicted terrorists over the past two days. The military killed two “gunmen” who attempted to enter from Syria. Al Qaeda in Iraq killed a counterterrorism officer in Hit.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula gunned down a colonel in Yemeni intelligence in Mukallah. Tribesmen in Marib province cut off the power to the capital of Sana’a yesterday by attacking an electrical tower.
Lebanon
The UN-backed Special Tribunal said it secretly indicted Hassan Habib Merhi, a fifth suspect in the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, in August. Merhi, like the other four indicted suspects, is linked to Hezbollah and remains at large, despite alleged efforts by Lebanese officials to arrest him. Authorities charged 12 suspected terrorists for […]
Mali
Mali man burnt to death by mob for stealing motorbike
European Union
Malala wins EU’s Sakharov human rights prize
Denmark
Denmark – Young poet threatened after TV appearance
Hamas and Salafi jihadists reportedly seeking to ‘normalize relations’
Mediation by Kuwaiti and Qatari clerics may result in an agreement normalizing relations between Hamas and Salafi jihadists. Tensions between Hamas and Salafi jihadists have increased sharply over the past year.
Somalia
Ten people were killed after government forces clashed with Shabaab in the El-Dhun Adegow area of Bay province; Shabaab is in control of the area. Shabaab killed three people in an IED attack in Beled Hawo.
Norwegian authorities looking for Westgate massacre suspect
The subject of the investigation is a Norwegian citizen of Somali origin who was allegedly involved in the planning and execution of the deadly attack at a Nairobi mall last month.
Egypt
Some Egyptian Islamists on haj pray for victory against generals
Egypt
Special Report: The real force behind Egypt’s ‘revolution of the state’
Iran
Iranian dissidents say Tehran moving nuclear research site
Iran
Turkey’s Spymaster Plots Own Course on Syria
Libya
An armed group seized Prime Minister Zeidan from his hotel and held him for several hours before he was rescued. A spokesman for the group, which had been hired to provide security in Tripoli, said Zeidan was “arrested” after reports that the Libyan government had been aware of the US operation to capture Abu Anas […]
Hamas
Hamas agrees with Gaza Jihadists to stop firing at Israel
Al Qaeda
Extremist Group Gains Foothold Among Kenyans
United States
The Obama administration is curtailing some of the annual $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt; the “recalibration” is said to be temporary. Arab and Israeli allies expressed concern that the move indicates US disengagement from the region as part of the administration’s ‘pivot’ to Asia. The FBI is investigating three recent attacks on the […]
Jordan
The Islamic Action Front, as well as Civil Aviation head Mohammad Quraan, criticized Israel’s plan to build a new international airport at Eilat very near to Jordan’s international airport at Aqaba. Authorities last week arrested Salafi jihadist leader Khalil Alkam a.k.a. Abu Obidah along with three others who were also seeking to travel to Syria […]
Iran
Iran parliament denies ‘uranium surplus’ report
Egypt
U.S. Allies Fret Over Shift on Aid to Egypt
Egypt
Egyptians worry Sinai violence could spread
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed eight workers in a bombing south of Baghdad, a counter-terrorism officer in an IED attack near Babil, and the spokesman for Ninewa province in a shooting. Four al Qaeda fighters and two policemen were killed in a clash south of Fallujah.