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Afghanistan

Karzai Urges Afghan Parents To Send Daughters To School

Hamas

Denmark – Concerns mount about mosque’s ties to Hamas TV station

Videos show joint Al Nusrah, Free Syrian Army attacks in ancient village

According to the New York Times, videos posted online suggest “cooperation” between al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham, and a Free Syrian Army brigade in an assault on Malula earlier this week. Separately, Ahrar al Sham condemned the prospect of Western intervention in Syria.

Egypt

Islamists have taken over the southern city of Dalga, which has a population of 120,000, of whom 20,000 are Christian. Clashes between security forces and supporters of former president Morsi left at least two people dead. Leading Muslim Brotherhood member Mohsen Rady, the former head of the Culture and Information Committee at the People’s Assembly, […]

Syria

Advocate for rebels wields influence with Kerry, McCain

Yemen

“Gunmen” killed an intelligence officer along the border with Saudi Arabian and a retired intelligence official in Lahj. Tribesmen blew up the country’s main oil pipeline in Marib province.

Somalia

Omar Hammami, the American jihadist and designated terrorist, said he is no longer affiliated with Shabaab and al Qaeda, but is still a “terrorist.” Twitter closed down Shabaab’s account for the second time in a year.

Algeria

Security forces killed seven terrorists in helicopter airstrikes in the Bordj Baji Moktar area of southern Algeria. The terrorists were attempting to cross the border into Mauritania, “where training camps run by salafist groups are located.”

Russia

Syria crisis: Russia and US ‘no closer’

Russia

Russia is sending additional ships toward Syria; the Defense Ministry said the Russian ships are to guarantee stability and “attempt to hold back other forces ready to start military action in the region.” He also said the Russian navy “does not intend to take part directly or indirectly in a possible regional conflict.” Another Russian […]

United States

President Obama has asked the Pentagon to expand the list of potential targets for the proposed Syrian military intervention; the use of Air Force bombers is now being contemplated. The administration continued to lobby lawmakers to support the proposed strikes. US officials said they intercepted a message from the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Qods […]

Syria

The Syrian poet Mohammad al-Hamada was shot and killed by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Idlib after an altercation; he had gone there to inquire after his son, who had been missing for months. The local revolutionary council in Minbej city in Aleppo resigned its responsibilities to the military […]

Palestinian Territories

A Gaza-based group calling itself the Islamic Resistance Brigades recently threatened to strike the Israeli city of Tel Aviv if the Egyptian army conducts any operations in the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian official said that an Israeli proposal for provisional borders for a Palestinian state was unacceptable. A fighter in Hamas’ al Qassam Brigades died […]

Egypt

A bomb exploded in the Cairo district of Nasr City, an Islamist stronghold, narrowly missing Interior Minister Ibrahim shortly after he left his home; 22 people were injured by the blast, including 10 police officers and a child. After the attack, in which gunmen also strafed his vehicle, Ibrahim warned of more terrorist attacks; Islamists […]

Jordan

Prime Minister Ensour said Jordan would take no part in a military intervention in Syria, and that Jordan supports a peaceful resolution to the Syrian conflict. He stated that Jordan’s cooperation with the US has been limited to training Jordanian troops to confront operations that may involve chemical weapons. The terrorism trial of al Qaeda-linked […]

Jordanian jihadists welcome proposed US intervention in Syria

The jihadist response to the proposed US military intervention in Syria has been relatively muted so far, but al Qaeda-linked Jordanian Salafists recently indicated that they would welcome a US attack on the Assad regime and its “apostate” army.

Libya

A grenade was thrown into the security force compound in Mitiga. A former intelligence officer escaped an assassination attempt in Ajdabiya; there have been 68 assassinations in Benghazi over the past two years. Former Ansar al-Sharia militia leader Ahmed Boukhtala, who has been charged by the US for the attack on the consulate in Benghazi, […]

Mali

Laaouar turns to propaganda to boost image

Algeria

President Bouteflika asked security forces to bolster border security due to recent escalation of al Qaeda activity in the northeastern province of Batna. Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb chief Abdalmalek Droukdel has reportedly ordered brigade chiefs to step up terrorist operations in cities and to focus on recruiting more fighters.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan security forces’ readiness for NATO withdrawal still a hard sell

China

Syria crisis: China joins Russia in opposing military strikes

Afghanistan

Afghanistan – War is not over but conditions set for winning: US General

Afghanistan

Afghanistan – New Coalition Endorsed by Taliban Formed for Elections

Al Qaeda

Putin calls Kerry a liar on Syria

United States

President Obama said he could order strikes in Syria even without authorization from Congress, and argued that the “red line” was not his but the world’s. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10-7 to authorize a military intervention in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Secretary of State Kerry of lying about the strength of […]

Syria

Obama’s Case Against Attacking Syria