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Yemen
The military captured Suleiman Hassan Muhammad Morshid Awadh, who was described as a “dangerous” al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander, during a raid in Zinjibar. Security forces offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the murderer of a Saudi officer.
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Iran
Without Iran’s support, Assad regime will collapse: report
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Palestinian Territories
The UN General Assembly voted to recognize a Palestinian sovereign state. The vote upgraded the Palestinian Authority from “non-member observer entity” to “non-member observer state.”
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Syria
Syrian rebels start using missiles
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Syria
Heavy fighting raged around the Damascus airport. Road access to the airport was cut and flights were suspended. The government shut down Internet access to the country.
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Egypt
Egypt’s Morsi escalates crisis, raising fears of a ‘second revolution’
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Egypt
The Islamist-dominated committee writing the new constitution voted to approve a first draft. The committee aimed to pre-empt a court ruling that could dissolve their panel and defuse tensions over President Morsi’s grant of new powers.
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Somalia
Somali and Kenyan troops battled Shabaab forces as they advanced on Burdhubo. A Somali solider killed one person after opening fire on a bus in Mogadishu.
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Mali
In a videotaped message, Abu Mosaab Abdulwadood, a leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, urged Malians to reject foreign intervention and accused France of trying to divide Muslims in the country. Prior to its recent takeover of the town of Lere, the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine gave the Tuareg MNLA an ultimatum to either join Ansar Dine or leave town; MNLA relinquished the town.
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Tunisia
Indecency case against Tunisian rape victim dismissed
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Libya
Libya drone planes: protection or peeve?
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Ansar Dine
Mali extremists target women
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
AQIM has appointed a Mauritanian, Mohamed Lemine Ould Hacen, to head its Al Vourghan brigade; Yahya Abou El Hammam, an Algerian, has been promoted to Sahara emir. The Timbuktu-based brigade often clashes with the Mauritanian Army near the Malian border. Ould Hacen will also serve as AQIM spokesman for its southern region, which includes northern Mali and the desert areas bordering Mali, Mauritania, and Algeria.
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Al Qaeda
The Bin Laden conglomerate “wants to turn Mecca into Las Vegas”
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Libya
Benghazi Violence Beyond Control of Militias
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NATO
US Is Weighing Stronger Action in Syrian Conflict
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Palestinian Territories
UN set to implicitly recognize Palestinian state, despite threats
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Syria
Syria: Internet and mobile communication ‘cut off’
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Afghanistan
One million Afghan drug users worrying: Minister
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Zawahiri eulogizes Salafi jihadist killed in Gaza
On Thursday, a message from Ayman al Zawahiri eulogizing Abu al Walid al Maqdisi, a founder of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem and a former leader of the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem, was released to jihadist forums.
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Al Qaeda-linked South Waziristan Taliban commander wounded in suicide attack
Mullah Nazir was wounded in a blast at a market in Wana that killed six people and wounded 12 more. No group has claimed credit for the attack.
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Baghlan Former Police Chiefs Will Be Captured: MOI
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US drones kill 3 ‘militants’ in 1st strike in Pakistan in more than a month
The strike ends a 36-day-long pause in attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas. The pause is the second longest since the program was ramped up in 2008.
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United States
A judge set a sentencing date of Jan. 17, 2013 for David Coleman Headley, a US national who conducted surveillance for the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. Sentencing for his accomplice, Pakistan-born Tahawwur Rana, was moved to Jan. 15. Headley has admitted to all charges and entered a plea bargain to cooperate with the FBI.
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Pakistan
Shariah4Pakistan postpone Lal Masjid conference
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China
Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile
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Canada
Canadian sentenced to death in Egypt over anti-Islam film says he fears kidnapping
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Egypt
Islamists Vow Demonstrations in Support of Morsi
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European Union
Germany Wants EU to Launch Initiative to Stop Gaza Weapons Smuggling.
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Afghanistan
Pentagon readies options for troops in Afghanistan after 2014
