Afghanistan
Afghan Forces Struggle as US Weans Them Off Support
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Tajikistan
Police discovered two underground madrassas near Dushanbe after investigating the kidnapping of a boy last week. Russian media reports alleged that some of the children at the schools had been kidnapped, but Tajikistan’s Interior Minister said the children were studying at the unregistered Islamic schools with their parents’ consent.
Kazakhstan
An 18-year-old woman was sentenced to seven years in prison for preparing to use her 12-year-old stepson as a suicide bomber in an attack inside the National Security Building. The woman’s husband was killed last year during an operation by counterterrorism forces.
Afghanistan
US to begin direct peace talks with Taliban over Afghanistan
Algeria
Failure to understand Islam at root of extremism, terrorism in Sahel, says Mechria
Egypt
Egyptian artists rally against ‘Islamisation’ of culture
Syria
Obama weighs dangers of military intervention in Syria
Mali
An interim agreement has been reached between the Malian government and the separatist Tuareg MNLA to allow the Malian military to assert control over the northern region, including Kidal, before elections on July 28, to be followed by the Malian civilian administration. The accord, which was signed today, imposes an immediate ceasefire and also calls […]
Nigeria
Suspected Islamists stormed a school in Maiduguri and shot nine students dead. Two days ago, suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed two teachers and seven students in an attack at a school in Damaturu in Yobe state. The insurgents also attacked a nearby military checkpoint, wounding three soldiers critically; two insurgents were killed in the attack […]
NSA
FBI Looks for Leaks at Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
United States
Trying to build a bomb that won’t blow up
United States
Pursuant to an FOIA request, the government released a list of several dozen Guantanamo prisoners slated for indefinite detention. Cliff Sloan was named the State Department’s new Guantanamo Bay envoy, replacing Dan Fried, who left in January. At the G-8 meeting in Northern Ireland, President Obama and Russia’s President Putin failed to agree on an […]
Denmark
Denmark – Government tackles online radicalisation and ‘foreign fighters’
Afghanistan
Afghan special forces killed five Taliban fighters in Farah. The NDS arrested two Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan suicide bombers and three operatives in Kunduz. Six Afghan Local Policemen in Badghis defected to the Taliban.
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Military plans would put women in most combat jobs
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Trying to build a bomb that won’t blow up
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed 15 Iraqis in attacks across the country; in Fallujah, three Iraqi policemen were killed in a suicide bombing. Al Qaeda also assassinated a senior Sunni cleric in Ramadi. The Mukhtar Army claimed it attacked the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq.
Libya
Renewed clashes in Benghazi
Guantanamo
FOIA suit reveals Guantánamo’s ‘indefinite detainees’
Swedish intelligence concerned about Syrian jihadists
Sweden, like much of the West, has been slow to grapple with the realities of the Syrian conflict, including the likelihood that seasoned jihadists will return home from Syria.
CIA
Obama’s Drone-Master
Afghanistan
Afghan women lose political power as fears grow for the future
Egypt
Lawlessness Engulfs Sinai’s Bedouin
Jabhat al-Nusra
Analyst: Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria now best-equipped of the group
United Kingdom
Ofcom investigating broadcasters over Woolwich murder footage
Hamas
Islamist students vow to fight PA crackdown in West Bank
Syria
Private money pours into Syrian conflict as rich donors pick sides
Egypt
The Egyptian army rejected a request by Hamas’ leader to meet. Authorities told Hamas leaders staying in Cairo to find a new hotel due to upcoming protests against the group. President Morsi appointed Adel Mohamed al Khayat as governor of Luxor; al Khayat is a member of Gamaa al-Islamiyya, a known terrorist group. The Muslim […]
Palestinian Territories
Hamas called on Hezbollah to get its fighters out of the Syrian civil war. Cairo-based Mousa Abu Marzouk said that Hezbollah should aim its weapons against Israel. A senior Hamas official said the group hopes to move forward with its ties with Iran following the recent presidential election.
Egypt
New Governor Shock to Some Inside Egypt