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Hamas

Hamas claims increased contact with European countries

Egypt

Special Report: Mursi’s downfall

Egypt

Mursi removal fuels Sinai Islamist militancy

Syria

Legal Fears Slowed Aid to Syrian Rebels

India

India – Sharia courts for Muslim women soon

Sudan

Tanzania wants stronger mandate for Sudan’s Darfur peacekeepers

Russia

Two suspected Islamist insurgents opened fire on a police car that was heading back to the village of Burshi in Dagestan, killing four police officers. The car was ambushed after the policemen had investigated a robbery.

Mali

The French military signed a deal to protect the new UN peacekeeping force in Mali against terrorist attacks. The body of slain French hostage Philippe Verdon, who was kidnapped by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in 2011, has reportedly been found in northern Mali. AQIM announced in March that it had executed him in […]

Syria

Syria Weighs Its Tactics as Pillars of Its Economy Continue to Crumble

Afghanistan

Ex-Afghan spy chief criticize US for ‘zero option’ on troops

Afghanistan

US Senators Admonish Obama Over Haqqani-ISI Relationship

Afghanistan

The Road to Ghazni: Bombs, battles and blockades

Egypt

In Egypt’s Sinai, militants intensify attacks

Philippines

The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front signed a “wealth-sharing” deal that gives the militant Islamist group a 75 percent share of earnings from natural resources and metallic minerals in a region to be set aside for the Muslim minority in southern Mindanao; in addition, the government and the MILF will split energy earnings […]

Iran

US seeking direct nuke talks with Iran: report

Kenya

Exclusive – Kenyan peacekeepers aided illegal Somalia charcoal export

Afghanistan

Education under attack from terrorists: Karzai

Afghanistan

Security forces killed 12 Pakistani Taliban fighters during a raid on a compound in Kandahar’s Arghistan district. Ten more Taliban fighters, including two “foreigners,” were killed in an airstrike in Logar.

Iraq

Iraq’s foreign minister said that his country is unable to effectively halt Iranian arms transfers to Syria. The provincial government in Anbar rejected Iranian companies’ bids to build roads and schools.

Egypt

The army reportedly killed five militants in an operation in the Sinai. The army used helicopters to target jihadists planning attacks in the Sinai. A Palestinian was arrested in connection with the recent bombing of a gas pipeline in the Sinai. Supporters of Mohammed Morsi said they plan to carry out more protests to condemn […]

Turkey

The Parliament amended Turkey’s code to restrict the army’s power to defending against foreign threats, in place of a provision that had been used to justify military coups. Foreign Minister Davutoğlu and Iran’s foreign minister jointly called for a ceasefire in Syria during Ramadan. Davutoğlu also urged that all foreign fighters leave Syria, including Hezbollah. […]

Sudan

Unknown assailants killed seven UN peacekeepers and injured 17 others in an attack on a UN patrol as it was heading back to its base in Nyala state. The head of the UN peacekeeping force recently warned of the deteriorating security situation in the country, which has already displaced over 300,000 people this year, “due […]

Tunisia

After Salafists attacked the performance of a play last week in El Kef about the assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid, police arrested 19 of the play’s actors for “indecent behavior.” The prosecutor has asked police to investigate the incident to see whether the charges, which can lead to six months in prison, will be […]