FDD's Long War Journal

Afghanistan

Pakistan – No radical shift in new anti-terror strategy

Pakistan

Pakistan – KP writes to PM for national policy on terror

Afghanistan

Advisers in Afghanistan savor chance to get out of the office

Ansar Jerusalem claims new rocket attack on Eilat

Ansar Jerusalem issued a statement today claiming that it fired two rockets toward the southern Israeli city of Eilat yesterday. Rockets were last fired toward Eilat in April by the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem.

Syria

A suicide bomber detonated in Aleppo. Regime forces increased shelling of Homs. Pro-regime forces along with Hezbollah clashed with rebels in Homs. Russia blocked a draft UN statement calling for humanitarian access to be granted “immediately “in Homs, and proposed instead that civilians be allowed to leave not only Homs but also Nubul and Zahra. […]

Egypt

A post on the Muslim Brotherhood’s website claimed that Egypt’s new interim president Adli Mansour is secretly Jewish. At least 17 people were killed in clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and opponents. Jihadists attacked a number of security posts in the Sinai. The army denied that a curfew had been instituted for two Sinai towns. […]

Egypt

Israel Sees Prospect of a More Reliable Egypt and a Weaker Hamas

Egypt

Israel relying on Egyptian army to counter Islamists

Iraq

A female suicide bomber killed 15 people and wounded 32 more in an attack outside a Shia mosque in Baghdad. Four more Iraqis were killed in a car bombing north of the capital.

European Union

Diplomats: EU opposition to blacklisting Hezbollah weakening

France

Diary Of An MKO Rent-A-Crowd Demonstrator

Egypt

Egypt crisis live: Clashes break out as Islamists vow to stay on the streets

Libya

Gunmen in Benghazi attacked a car carrying the honorary French consul and his wife but they escaped unharmed. The head of the federalist Cyrenaica Transitional Council’s military wing was injured and two of his companions killed in an attack outside a Benghazi TV station. Revolutionary brigades closed a border crossing to prevent Mohammed Badie, head […]

Senior Pakistani Taliban leader gunned down in Peshawar

Pakistani security forces killed a wanted Taliban leader and his accomplice following a brief shootout on the outskirts of Peshawar. The clash comes hours after a coordinated Taliban attack against a Frontier Corps checkpoint left six Pakistanis dead.

Afghan Taliban say spokesman’s hacked email account issued ‘fake’ statement

The Taliban claim that an official spokesman’s email account was hacked by “intelligence agencies” who caused it to issue a false declaration that a Taliban ceasefire would take place during Ramadan.

Jihadists attack number of Egyptian security posts in Sinai

The attacks come only days after security sources warned that jihadists might attack if Mohammed Morsi was overthrown as president.

Suicide bombers kill 18 Afghan police in 2 attacks in the south

In Uruzgan, a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform detonated at a dining facility, killing 12 policemen. In Kandahar, a suicide bomber killed a border police commander.

Tunisia

In the wake of the overthrow of the Morsi government in Egypt, two major opposition parties, Nidaa Tounes and the Popular Front, have called for the dissolution of the Tunisian government; the Popular Front is also demanding the replacement of the National Constituent Assembly, alleging that the NCA “lost its legitimacy after being dominated by […]

Egypt

Morsi Ally Hamas Faces Waning Sway

Mali

Some 200 Malian soldiers arrived in the Tuareg stronghold of Kidal, under a peace deal in which the Tuareg MNLA agreed to remove all roadblocks, refrain from carrying weapons in public, and return to their barracks under the supervision of UN peacekeepers. MNLA supporters protested the soldiers’ arrival in Kidal; a larger detachment is expected […]

United Kingdom

Ayan Hadi, the wife of convicted terrorist Richard Dart, pled guilty to withholding information about her husband that would have helped with his arrest and prosecution. Preparations were made to deport extremist cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan to face terrorism charges.

United States

What Abraham Lincoln thought about Fourth of July, Declaration of Independence

Afghanistan

GAO report conflicts with Army over battlefield intelligence system

Al Qaeda

The Cold War Roots Of Islamist Terrorism

Syria

Two Syria shrine towns: Worlds apart yet united in battle

Afghanistan

The Taliban killed six schoolchildren in an IED attack in Helmand, the senior female police officer in Helmand in a shooting outside of her home, a police officer in Nangarhar, and an ISAF soldier in the west. Three aid workers were kidnapped in Herat.