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Egypt

Sinai Security: One Year in Power

Somalia

The government jailed Hassan Dahir Aweys and several tribal leaders after they flew to Mogadishu. Kenyan troops in Kismayo reportedly backed the Ras Kamboni militia in its fight against another militia led by Colonel Bare Hirale.

Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram militants attacked seven villages in Borno state with IEDs and petrol bombs, killing 15 people, burning houses, and seizing livestock and food. Police confiscated weapons and police uniforms from a Boko Haram hideout in Yobe state. Some 30 gunmen stormed a medium-security prison in Ondo state and freed 175 inmates. A youth […]

China

Paramilitary troops commenced round-the-clock patrols in the restive western province of Xinjiang, where clashes between security forces and Islamist Uighurs have claimed the lives of at least 56 people in the past few months. Authorities have blamed recent violence on a 17-member militant Islamist cell formed in January by a man identified as Aihemaitiniyazi Sidike. […]

Egypt

Egypt, Its Streets a Tinderbox, Braces for a Spark

Malaysia

Foreign Minister Anifah said Myanmar needed to address the problems of its Muslim population, which has suffered persecution and worsening living conditions. At least 28,000 Royhinga Muslims have fled Myanmar for Malaysia in recent years. Anifah said the Organization of the Islamic Conference believes Muslim-majority nations should do more to help.

United States

According to Afghanistan’s president Hamid Karzai, President Obama reportedly asked him to sign a security pact with the US within the next three months. Justin Kaliebe, a US citizen from Long Island, faces a possible 30-year prison sentence for trying to join al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The US is said to be planning […]

China

Pakistan – Chinese mountaineer narrates dramatic escape

Pakistan

The military claimed to have killed 75 terrorists during a 34-day operation in 28 villages in the Para Chamkani area of the Kurram tribal agency that began on May 11; during the operation, 21 soldiers were killed and 86 wounded, and 15,000 civilians were dislocated. Security officials believe the recent assassination of a high court […]

Afghanistan

A suicide bomber detonated near a Coalition convoy in Farah, killing at least two civilians and wounding six others; a Coalition vehicle was damaged but no Coalition casualties were reported. Security forces in Takhar opened fire on protesters from the Mujahideen Council who are seeking the dismissal of local governmental officials. ISAF’s Regional Command East […]

Syria

Regime forces launched a major assault on rebel-held areas of Homs, which they have been trying to regain for a year. Saudi Arabia is thought to have recently speeded up shipments of heavy weapons to the rebels. A German aid group announced that three of its employees were kidnapped over six weeks ago in northwest […]

Syria

The Trials of Running a Syrian Refugee Camp

Egypt

Sinai Continues to Simmer, Threatens to Boil Over on June 30

Iran

Tough US Sanctions on Iran Hit Monday

Egypt

A senior police officer was shot dead in the Sinai by unidentified gunmen. Egyptians prepared for major protests expected on June 30. Authorities seized a number of weapons from a car near a security building in Rafah. Hamas claimed that a Palestinian who was shot dead in the Sinai by unidentified gunmen was a collaborator […]

Palestinian Territories

Hamas said that war with Israel was unlikely to break out in the near future. Hamas announced the death of a member of the al Qassam Brigades who is also a nephew of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Hamas called on the Palestinian Authority not to push forward with negotiations with Israel.

Lebanon

Lebanese Shocked by Singer’s Turn to Extremism

Afghanistan

Who is who in Taliban’s Qatar negotiators?

Africa

With multiple missions, US military steps up Africa focus

Russia

Islamist militants in Chechnya’s Shatoi district clashed with police, killing one policeman and injuring 14 others in a shootout. Security forces are searching for the militants, who have fled to the mountains. Captured Ingush insurgency commander Emir Magas, a.k.a. Akhmed Yevloyev, has denied serious charges and pled guilty only to setting up an illegal group […]

Somalia

Shabaab fighters claimed to have killed two of their senior commanders: Abul Hamid Hashi Olhayi, a co-founder of the group; and Ibrahim Haji Jama Mead, a.k.a. al Afghani, who is wanted by the US. Top Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane allegedly ordered the arrest of al Afghani and a number of other commanders earlier this […]

France

Syria: France’s evidence of chemical weapons use increases with 14 samples

Thailand

A massive roadside bomb that targeted military vehicles in the Krong Pinang district of Yala province killed eight soldiers, wounded two more, and also wounded two civilians. The attack by suspected Islamist insurgents was the deadliest in several years against Thai security forces.