Palestinian President Abbas signed a pact with Jordan’s King Abdullah II to defend Jerusalem. Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh met with Egypt’s intelligence chief. Sources said Hamas reelected Khaled Meshal as the head of its Politburo. A Palestinian man was sentenced to six months in prison for liking a Facebook post critical of a Palestinian Authority official.
An Israeli security delegation arrived in Cairo for discussions with Egyptian intelligence officials. An Egyptian military source said that authorities continue to demolish smuggling tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Armed Islamist militants paraded through towns in the northern Sinai.
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State media said rebels had set three oil wells ablaze in Deir al-Zor province in a dispute over oil. The regime and the rebels blamed each other for the deaths of at least 10 people in the town of Tal Kalakh in Homs. A car bomb in in Reef Damashq killed five rebels, and the […]
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The Ras Kamboni militia arrested the senior security chief in Kismayo. The African Union Mission in Somalia denied that it will replace Kenyan troops with soldiers from Sierra Leone.
Security forces killed 14 suspected members of Boko Haram during a raid on a house in Kano; a woman and child were said to be among the dead. Gunmen killed a policeman in Borno state, and a telecommunications mast was burned down near Damboa.
A suicide car bomber detonated at a Timbuktu checkpoint, killing himself and wounding at least one soldier. Militants and Malian forces are fighting in the streets of Timbuktu. Outside the northern city of Asongo, two people were killed when an army vehicle drove over a roadside bomb.
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Al Qaeda in Iraq fighters gunned down the deputy director of the counterterrorism agency in Tikrit. Police dismantled two car bombs in Mosul. China will soon be drilling one-third of Iraq’s oil.
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Palestinians throughout the West Bank and Gaza partook in Land Day protests. Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh made a surprise visit to Cairo. Hamas declared it remains committed to “resistance” against Israel. Palestinian Authority President Abbas will not attend an Arab League summit if Hamas officials are present.
Egypt’s prosecutor-general ordered the arrest of well-known satirist Bassem Youssef for insulting President Morsi and denigrating Islam. A direct commercial flight from Cairo to Iran took place, the first in over 30 years. The US expressed concern about rising reports of sexual violence in Egypt. The results of the investigation on the attack on a […]
A high-level Israeli source warned that Iran’s nuclear weapons program is proceeding at a “murderous pace.” Israel began production at the offshore Tamar gas field, which is believed to hold 9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. A Syrian wounded in the ongoing Syrian civil war was transferred to an Israeli hospital for treatment.
Salafi jihadists have warned that Hamas is planning to carry out arrests of Salafi jihadists in the Gaza Strip in the coming days.
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At least nine Taliban fighters and a child were killed in an ISAF airstrike in Ghazni. US Special Forces have withdrawn from the Nirkh district in Wardak province.
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Sri Lanka police stand by as Buddhist monks attack Muslim-owned store
Afghanistan deny shelling Pakistan bordering regions
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US commandos hand over troubled area to Afghans
Rebels abducted and killed a pro-regime imam from the eastern Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood of Aleppo, then mutilated his body and dragged it through the streets. Rebels claim that order is being maintained in Raqqa, but lawlessness is increasing in some rebel-held areas, and infighting is reported between secular and jihadist factions. The opposition claims that […]
Officials said more than 50 people have been killed near the central city of Jos over the past week in clashes between Muslims and Christians. Last night, gunmen armed with assault rifles attacked the village of Ratas for two hours before fleeing.
A large number of gunmen attacked the Tamahind military base near Sabha, about 500 miles south of Tripoli. A military spokesman said the assailants, who were Libyan, killed two officers and injured three more. Security forces have cleared 36 buildings in Tripoli that were used by illegal battalions.
The DG of Panjwai district in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province outlines the nature of the insurgency and the local uprising against the Taliban, his desire for continued international assistance, and the limited resources provided by the national and provincial Afghan governments.