The Foreign Ministry revealed that 4% of the Palestinian Authority’s budget goes to convicted terrorists in Israeli prisons. Israel denied a link to a ship carrying arms off the coast of Egypt under the Togolese flag that was seized by Egyptian authorities on April 4. Major General Sami Turjeman took over as the head of […]
Salafists attempted to storm the home of the Iranian charge d’affaires in Cairo. Authorities arrested a couple of Palestinians who had entered Egypt illegally. One entered through the smuggling tunnels with Gaza and was wanted for security-related issues. While in Sudan, President Morsi said both Egypt and Sudan face “enemies.”
Hamas denied reports that it is training members of the Free Syrian Army in Syria. Palestinians and Israeli security forces clashed in the West Bank. Hamas is reportedly considering executing collaborators with Israel in public.
Pakistani Candidates Face Religious Vetting
Missile defence systems deployed to counter North Korea threats: interactive
Quetta council in Pakistan blamed for deadly attack in Farah
Buddhists, Muslims from Myanmar brawl in Indonesian detention center, killing 8
Key figures in al Qaeda’s North African branch
The British Foreign Office issued an advisory warning that “terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks in Mogadishu.” Suspected Shabaab militants detonated a bomb outside the headquarters of Somalia’s biggest bank in Mogadishu on April 2, after warning the bank to cease operations in areas under the terror group’s control.
Chadian troops are being redeployed from the Ifoghas Mountains to Kidal, which is occupied by MNLA forces but is not fully secure. The French foreign minister visited Mali to discuss plans for the French withdrawal.
Foreign Minister Fabius proposed that France would keep 1,000 troops in Mali as a counterterrorism force to support UN peacekeeping operations. He also called on the Tuareg MNLA to disarm and join the political process. France hopes the UN peacekeeping force can be approved in the next few weeks.
ISAF operations to kill or capture high-value targets from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan are at their highest frequency in the 11-year war.
Iran Seeks to Retain Influence in Palestinian Affairs
Assad suffers new blow as Hamas switches sides to aid rebels
Why is the West doing business with Sudan?
Mauritania’s consul in Montreal said Mauritania has been holding Canadian citizen Aaron Yoon, an acquaintance of two Canadian jihadists killed during the In Amenas attack in Algeria. Yoon was arrested “months ago,” well before the attack, and is part of an investigation on “serious matters.”
Some 8,000 US and Philippine troops began a joint two-week military drill, simulating battles and disaster responses. The Foreign Secretary suggested that the US may be allowed a great military presence in the Philippines given increasing regional threats.
Suspected Islamist militants bombed the motorcade of the Yala province deputy governor as it drove through Yala’s Bannang Sata district. The remotely-detonated bomb killed the deputy governor and another official in the car, and severely wounded the driver.
While Hamas appears to be continuing its arrest campaign against Salafi jihadists, some Salafi jihadists currently imprisoned in Gaza have begun hunger strikes in protest.
Three French jihadists from Orleans were deported to France; they had been held in Pakistan since May 28, 2012 after entering the country illegally from Iran. They were detained with al Qaeda operative Naamen Meziche, whose arrest was announced in June 2012. Pakistani officials said at the time he was likely going to Somalia, but […]
Sensing their vulnerability, kidnappers find Christians easy prey in Egyptian province
A US fighter pilot died when his F-16 crashed 10 miles south of the Bagram Field runway last night in eastern Afghanistan. A Taliban commander and four fighters were killed in the Dangam district of Kunar province. Officials claimed that a NATO airstrike in Ghazni killed a civilian and four Afghan police.
Palestinian Authority President Abbas plans to suspend unilateral moves at the UN to give US attempts to restart the peace process a chance. Palestinians and Israeli security forces clashed in Hebron. Fatah’s Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades threaten to retaliate against Israel for the death of a Hamas terrorist. UNRWA was forced to close many of […]
Egyptian officials requested clarifications from Hamas as to why terrorists in Gaza have been permitted to fire rockets at Israel in recent days. A Togolese-flagged ship carrying an assortment of weaponry off the coast of Egypt was seized by Egyptian authorities. An EU envoy expressed concern regarding proposed legislation on civil society and NGOs in […]
The prime minister’s national security adviser said UN observers in southern Lebanon have done a poor job tracking Hezbollah armament buildup. Israel called on the UN to condemn recent rocket fire from Gaza.
Israeli reporters covering Palestinians face threats
New IDF commander charged with preventing another intifada
On a visit to Libya, US Senator John McCain dismissed rumors that the US plans to put troops on the ground to help with security, but said the US would help with training and equipment if so requested by the Libyan government. He also said that the spread of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb […]
An examination of the factors that lead to insider attacks and tensions in the volatile district and across Afghanistan.
Jihadist social media sites are asking supporters to pray for Abdullah Azzam al Qahtani, an al Qaeda in Iraq leader who admittedly proposed an attack against the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Al Qahtani, the sites say, was scheduled to be executed inside Iraq this week.