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Somalia

Shabaab claimed it killed eight Kenyan soldiers and captured two more during a raid in Dhamajale. Heavy fighting was reported between Shabaab and government forces south of Dhobley.

Afghan intelligence thwarts major attack against Kandahar City

Following weeks of surveillance work, Afghan intelligence officials intercepted an explosives-laden tractor late on May 25, effectively preventing a massive Taliban terror attack against Kandahar City. Tractors have been widely employed by insurgents as a means of transporting explosives and for vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices.

Kenya

The head of Kenya’s antiterrorism police said Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo was arrested with five other men near the Somalian border in 2010 who were trying to train and fight with Shabaab. He was handed over to British authorities in Kenya. An unnamed Kenyan antiterrorism officer claimed, however, that Adebolajo had been questioned briefly […]

Hezbollah

When Israel hits Syria, it hones military edge for wider war

Hezbollah

Alleged Hezbollah member who tried to gain security clearance indicted in Texas

Germany

Although the head of Germany’s federal police, the BKA, had warned of a possible bombing by several Islamist terrorists against the 2013 soccer championship final in Berlin on May 25, the event went off smoothly. Increased security measures had been implemented in Berlin at the event and at other locations across the country.

United Kingdom

Authorities investigating the murder of a British solder in Woolwich arrested a ninth suspect in north London. Murder suspect Michael Adebolajo was deported to the UK in 2010 after being arrested by Kenyan authorities while trying to take a group of recruits to Shabaab in Somalia. A group that monitors extremism on UK campuses found […]

Hezbollah

How Iranian weapons go through Syria to Hezbollah

Al Qaeda

Obama’s new drone policy leaves room for CIA role

CIA

Who Outed the CIA Annex in Benghazi?

Al Qaeda

Yemen Makes Strides in Transition to Democracy

Afghanistan

Eight Taliban fighters and four civilians were killed after a bomb detonated prematurely outside of a mosque in Ghazni; the Taliban had stopped to pray at the mosque. A suicide bomber killed only himself in a premature detonation in Kabul

Iraq

Insurgents killed five soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, in an IED attack in Hit, and five civilians in another bombing in Samarra. A cleric was gunned down in his hom in Mosul. Police and Awakening fighters captured three “terrorists” from Syria in Fallujah.

Afghanistan

Interior Ministry Blames Networks Within Pakistan For Kabul Blasts

Sweden

Sweden riots spread beyond Stockholm

Iran

The defense ministry said Iran has never sent “military forces” to Syria; IRGC chief Jafari stated in September that Quds Force members were in Syria to give the government “counsel and advice.” Syrian National Coalition chief Sabra alleged that “[t]housands of Iranian forces and its terrorist collaborators from Hezbollah are invading Syria.” The US has […]

Egypt

The Muslim Brotherhood said Hezbollah had lost its status earned fighting the “Zionist enemy,” due to its role in the Syrian civil war. A delegation of imams was sent by Egyptian authorities to the Sinai to counter Islamic extremism in the area. A Muslim Brotherhood official alleged that former Fatah strongman Mohammed Dahlan is responsible […]

Yemen

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula took control of several villages outside of Mukallah in Hadramout province. AQAP fighters killed a policeman and a civilian at a checkpoint in Al Shihr in Hadramout.

Nigeria

The military said it has seized control of all of Boko Haram’s camps in central and northern Borno; six children and three women who were being held as hostages were freed. Boko Haram fighters killed a security official in Maiduguri.

Niger

French special forces and Nigerian troops killed the last two members of the Mokhtar Belmokhtar group’s suicide assault team that attacked a military barracks in Agadez. Two cadets were also killed during the raid. In all, 10 Islamist fighters, 24 Nigerien troops, and a civilian were killed in the suicide assaults in Agadez and at […]

United States

Additional Embassy Guards Will Come at Steep Price Each

Al Qaeda

Former Intelligence Director Cordesman Says Obama Made ‘Promise He Can’t Keep’

Russia

A female suicide bomber detonated in a car near a police building in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala, killing herself and wounding at least 12 other people. Madina Alieva, the widow of two slain Islamist militants, blew herself up after being stopped by police for a document check about 100 meters from the regional police […]

Afghanistan

For Obama’s Global Vision, Daunting Problems