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Thailand

The government started peace talks with Muslim insurgent groups operating in the south of the country. The insurgency has killed more than 5,000 people since 2004.

United States

The State Department added the Commander Nazir Group to its list of terrorist organizations. State also added a Nazir Group subcommander and Ansar Dine emir Iyad ag Ghali to its list of global terrorists. The Senate confirmed Senator Chuck Hagel as new Defense Secretary.

NATO

European Obstruction: NATO Reforms Moving at ‘Snail’s Pace’

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US considers direct aid to Syrian rebels

Afghanistan

The military claimed that 35 Taliban fighters were killed during an operation in Herat. Ten Taliban fighters reconciled with the government.

Al Qaeda

Mali conflict: photos of Malian soldiers and prisoners in Gao,

Egypt

Covert auctions in Egypt put arms that freed Libya into hands of terrorists

Iran

Iran’s nuclear plan: Arak’s air defences revealed

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Iran’s ‘Plan B’ for a nuclear bomb

Iran

Iran Enters Nuclear Talks in a Defiant Mood

Iran

Talks between Iran and six world powers over its nuclear program restarted after eight months. Little progress is expected in negotiating an end to the program.

Iraq

Wathiq al Batat, the leader of the newly formed Mukhtar Army, a Shia militant group, threatened to attack the Mujahideen-e-Khalq, an Iranian terrorist group. Camp Liberty, where MEK is sheltering, has come under rocket attacks over the past few weeks.

Egypt

Gunmen in the Sinai injured at least one Egyptian police officer when they fired upon a police convoy. A Cairo court declared that smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza pose a threat to Egyptian security and should be destroyed. A number of opposition parties announced that they will boycott upcoming elections due to begin in […]

Syria

US Secretary of State Kerry said Syrian rebels deserved more support. The statement came amid reports of increased weapon shipments to the rebels. Rebels rejected a Syrian government offer for talks, saying they will not negotiate until Assad leaves.

Iran

Stuxnet virus was deployed against Iran as early as 2007, researchers say

Afghanistan

Kabul wants security guarantee; US says no

Afghanistan

AP Newsbreak: Drop in Taliban attacks incorrect

Al Qaeda

Mali Islamists warned about Sharia in al-Qaeda ‘manifesto’

Libya

Ansar al Sharia has re-emerged in Benghazi, maintaining a checkpoint at the western entrance to the city and controlling the road to Tripoli. Although its security role is unauthorized, the group is negotiating a deal allowing it to turn over detainees to the government. Members of another Islamist group, the Rafallah al-Sahati battalion, are also […]

Tunisia

The Interior Minister announced that the suspected killer of opposition leader Chokri Belaid is on the run but authorities have arrested four accomplices. Police said the suspects are Salafists, and that one of them was active in the League for the Protection of the Revolution. New Prime Minister Larayedh has been asked to form a […]

United States

Texas students dress in burqas, taught to call Muslim terrorists ‘freedom fighters’

Iran

Exclusive: Iran said to deploy aging foreign tankers, avoiding sanctions

Al Qaeda

Report: Majority of Convicted Terrorists in U.S. Are American Citizens

Mali

A car bomb exploded at an MNLA checkpoint in Kidal, killing at least seven people. About 70 percent of the promised AFISMA forces have been deployed; they will gradually replace the French forces in the country.

Algeria

One of 12 terrorists killed by security forces in operations on Feb. 24 and Feb. 25 was the al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb emir for the town of Bordj Menaïel in Boumerdès province. Security forces arrested two men who had been recruited by the al Qaeda-linked Signed in Blood Battalion to spy on the […]