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Somalia

Five Shabaab fighters died in a fire at a prison in Bulo-Marer. Shabaab killed one person in a grenade attack in Beledweyne. Security forces detained dozens of suspected Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu.

Syria

Charlie Rose interviews Syrian President Bashar Assad

Mali

Mali’s new PM forms first post-war cabinet

Sudan

Sudan woman risks flogging to protest ‘Taliban’-like law

Syria

Pentagon adjusts plans for more intense attacks on Syria

Al Qaeda

Taliban bombers hit Afghanistan Wardak intelligence HQ

Germany

General Wieker, the head of the German military, told lawmakers that the influence of al-Qaeda linked forces within the Syrian opposition was becoming stronger and stronger. A German newspaper claimed that a German spy ship intercepted calls in recent months from Syrian commanders asking the Assad regime for permission to use chemical weapons but that […]

Syria

Lingering Doubts Over Syria Gas Attack Evidence

Syria

Insight: Assad forces fear rebel rampage in aftermath of U.S. strikes

Russia

Ukrainian port eyed as analysts seek Syria’s arms source

Philippines

Suspected Islamist militants detonated a bomb in the town of Datu Paglas in Maguindanao province, wounding a soldier. A second bomb was defused at the scene by security forces. Authorities suspect that militants opposed to peace talks between the government and the main rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, were behind the bombing. A […]

Bangladesh

Four Bangladeshi bloggers who claim to be atheists have been charged with defaming Islam and face prison sentences of up to seven years. About 200 activists from Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, clashed with police in Rajshahi; at least 10 people were injured, including a journalist. Another Shibir protest was foiled in […]

England

More than 160 anti-Islamist and rival protesters arrested in London

Al Qaeda

Syria chemical weapons stir Maghreb fears

Iraq

Security forces captured four members of an al Qaeda assassination cell in Baghdad, an al Qaeda “money collector” and three aides in Kirkuk, and three “gunmen” in Rubaia near the Syrian border. Police also found a large bomb factory and arrested two al Qaeda operatives in Anbar.

Yemen

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula gunned down two senior intelligence officers, both colonels, in attacks in Al Qoton and Al Hota in Hadramout province. AQAP handed out machine guns and rifles as prizes in Ibb, Ad Dali, and Al Baydah provinces during Ramadan.

NSA

Obama administration had restrictions on NSA reversed in 2011

Egypt

Security sources said that the Egyptian army undertook a massive operation in the Sinai against Islamist militants. Former president Morsi is facing new charges of insulting judges. An IED exploded at a Cairo police station. Authorities suspended service on the Suez-Ismailia railway line after three mortars were discovered on the track. A flight from Cairo […]

Syria

Videos show glimpse into evidence for Syria intervention

Syria

Initial Investigation On Potential Chemical Weapons Found In Syria

Syria

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on “the increasing human rights violations that have been committed by the ISIS” (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Several fighters from both sides were killed in clashes between Kurds and the Al Nusrah Front, the ISIL, and rebel fighters in Hasakah. The ruling Baath Party […]

Egyptian officials say 30 killed or wounded in latest Sinai operation

Just days after reportedly killing eight Islamist militants, Egyptian authorities carried out another major operation in the Sinai, which allegedly left 30 dead or wounded. The latest operation also comes in the wake of an assassination attempt on Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim.

Syria

Pope Francis leads global fasting, prayer day for Syria peace