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Pakistan

Pakistan – Cell phone networks have become terror networks: Rehman Malik

Afghanistan

Pakistan condemns drone attacks in Waziristan

About 400 US troops are deploying to Turkey this week to man two US-supplied Patriot missile batteries along the Syrian border. President Obama signed a defense bill restricting transfers of detainees from Guantanamo and Parwan prisons, but attached a signing statement challenging some of the bill’s provisions.

Israel

Poll: Spike in Palestinian support for military operations against Israel

Pakistan

The Taliban named Bahwal Khan as Mullah Nazir’s replacement in South Waziristan. Security forces killed 21 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber. Two people were killed in a bombing at an electrical tower in Peshawar. Seven bodies thought to be kidnapped Pakistani soldiers were found in North Waziristan.

Al Qaeda

Sahel security global threat, 8-14,000 Jihadists now in Mali, region, to double in year: Study

Al Qaeda

Several jihadists recruitment cells dismantled in the Maghreb

Iran

Iran rethinks its staunch support for Assad regime

Afghanistan

The Afghan government released 250 Taliban fighters from prison as part of a reconciliation effort. The US indicated that it will deploy less than 10,000 troops to Afghanistan after 2014.

Palestinian Territories

Fatah held a large rally in the Hamas stronghold of Gaza. This is the first such rally since Hamas took control of the area in 2007. The name of the Palestinian Authority was officially changed to “State of Palestine.”

Syria

A car bomb exploded at a crowded gas station in Damascus, killing 11 people. Government ground and air forces attacked rebel positions in Damascus. Hezbollah leader Nasrallah called for the Lebanese government to take a more active role in finding a solution to the Syrian conflict.

Syria

Syria military, rebels battle over two airports

Iraq

Flow of Arms to Syria Through Iraq Persists, to US Dismay

Afghanistan

Afghan peace process and the transitional justice

Nigeria

Nigeria Emerges as Center for Pirate Attacks

Yemen

A Yemeni man was arrested in Taiz for spying for Israel. Saudi Air Force jets have also been targeting al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, according to a report.

Somalia

Puntland security forces killed three Shabaab fighters while repelling an attack near the Galgala Mountains, a Shabaab stronghold. One soldier was also killed in the fighting. Shabaab fighters killed a woman after opening fire on a wedding ceremony.

Egypt seizes US-made antiaircraft and antitank missiles headed for Gaza

A tip from a local Bedouin let to the seizure of six US-made antiaircraft and antitank missiles.

Afghanistan

Insider Attacks in Afghanistan Shape the Late Stages of a War

United Arab Emirates

Tensions flare between UAE and Muslim Brotherhood

Israel

Publisher apologises for labelling Israel ‘Occupied Palestine’ in textbook

Taliban name Mullah Nazir’s replacement

Bahwal Khan, the new emir of the Mullah Nazir group, maintains close ties to al Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban, and a host of terrorist groups, US intelligence officials told The Long War Journal. Additionally, the US intelligence officials denied that the Pakistani government or military aided in the killing of Nazir.

Mali

The al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine suspended its ceasefire on Dec. 26, less than a week after the UN authorized a military intervention. The group’s leader, Iyad Ag Ghaly, criticized the Malian government for “recruiting mercenaries” and for failing to make meaningful concessions during negotiations.

Morocco

A court in Rabat arraigned 12 members of a cell dismantled in December that recruited Moroccans for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The cell, based in Fez, included a man who had been extradited from Algeria in 2005 for trying to join the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.