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Mali
The French government announced that a French soldier was killed in combat in the far north of the country. He is the sixth French soldier killed since the intervention began in January. The soldier was killed and two others were wounded when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.
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Haqqani Network’s Taj Mir Jawad subgroup targeted in raid
Taj Mir Jawad is a co-leader of the Kabul Attack Network, and is a senior commander in the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
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Bulgaria
Burgas Terror Act Reenactment Deemed 99% Success
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Russia
Security forces raided the home of two suspected terrorists in Dagestan, killing both. One of the dead men was identified as “the bomber” Shakhrudin Askhabov, who was linked to attacks on police and local stores. Five suspected insurgents have been killed in Dagestan this week, and thousands of people were evacuated from a Dagestani village during a counterterrorism operation earlier in April.
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Georgia
President Saakashvili again denied allegations that the previous government had sent as many as 120 Chechens living in exile in Europe to join the North Caucasus insurgency. A Russian media report alleged that Boston Marathon bomber Tamarlan Tsarnaev had attended seminars by Georgia’s Caucasus Fund.
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United Kingdom
The government is said to be planning a reversal of the 1968 “East of Suez” policy that resulted in the closing of a number of its military bases in the Gulf; the military is considering the establishment of a strong shadow presence in the area following the drawdown from Afghanistan. The UK’s Chief of Defence Staff had said in December that “[a]fter Afghanistan, the Gulf will become our main military effort.”
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Israeli Air Force struck SSRC facility without entering Syrian airspace
Israeli aircraft lobbed a bomb across the border to hit the Russian-made SA-17 antiaircraft missiles near the Scientific Studies and Research Center in Syria in late January.
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Russia
U.S. Analysis of Syria’s Russian-Made Air Defenses
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Hamas
Is Iran trying to set up a new arms smuggling route to Gaza from Sudan?
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United States
‘Misha’ Speaks: An Interview with the Alleged Boston Bomber’s ‘Svengali’
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United States
Two US Congressmen said there are “persons of interest” in the Boston Marathon bombing case who are in the United States. The parents of the two known suspects in the case, the Tsarnaev brothers, canceled plans to return to the US from southern Russia.
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Russia
Russia Says Chemical Weapons No Pretext For Syria Intervention
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Canada
Lawyers for convicted terrorist Omar Khadr said they plan to appeal his conviction. He was transferred to a Canadian prison from Guantanamo in 2012, and is eligible for a parole hearing this summer. Canadian authorities say his fate rests with the Parole Board of Canada.
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Morocco
Prime Minister Benkirane, an Islamist, said criticism of the Prophet Mohammed is unacceptable. The UN’s envoy to the Sahara said that Morocco and the Polisario Front are deadlocked, and that the terrorist threat in the region had not moved the parties to reach a solution.
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Afghanistan
CIA Delivers Cash to Afghan Leader’s Office
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Jordan
Syria’s neighbors cautious about US-led intervention
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Libya
Armed gunmen in 20 vehicles blocked the Foreign Ministry, demanding that Gaddafi-era officials be banned from government positions. The militants also called for the closure of a number of embassies.
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102 hours in pursuit of Marathon suspects
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United Kingdom
The Royal Air Force stated that it has begun supporting ISAF and Afghan ground troops with “armed intelligence and surveillance missions” using drones remotely piloted from Britain. A former chief of defense intelligence said terrorists operate in “a condition of sanctuary” in parts of Afghanistan.
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Salafi jihadist supporters continue public protests of Hamas
Salafi jihadist supporters held another demonstration today to protest the imprisonment of fellow travelers by Hamas.
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Pakistan
Swat: The valley of the Wali
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Ibn Taymiyyah Media Center returns to Facebook
The Ibn Taymiyyah Media Center, a jihadist media unit, has created a new Facebook page after its old one was taken down nearly three weeks ago.
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United States
Russian authorities this week turned over information about Boston Marathon bomber Tamarlan Tsarnaev and his mother Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, including the fact that mother and son discussed jihad in a telephone conversation in 2011, and that Zubeidat also spoke about jihad with a man in Russia who is under investigation by the FBI. Mother and son were added to the CIA’s terrorism database in late 2011. Regarding the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, the US has said it seeks “strong evidence” before deciding on a response.
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Australia
Hezbollah ‘has sleeper cells here’
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Official: Russia heard Boston suspects’ mother ‘discussing jihad’
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Afghanistan
Four ISAF soldiers were killed when an aircraft crashed in Zabul. A policeman killed two of his colleagues in Paktia. The Taliban announced the start of the Khalid bin Waleed spring offensive. The departing French ambassador had harsh words about the situation in Afghanistan.
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Iraq
Sunni tribes in Anbar formed the “Army of Pride and Dignity” and are preparing to defend the province from government forces. Insurgents killed four soldiers in Ramadi and three policemen in Taji. Security forces killed a senior al Qaeda leader in Baqubah.
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Awakening threatens to turn on the Iraqi government
Two senior Awakening leaders in Anbar announced the formation of the “Army of Pride and Dignity,” whose purpose is “to protect our province” from the Iraqi government.
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Kyrgyzstan
Families Fear Kyrgyz Sons Are Making Way To Syrian Battlefield
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Hezbollah
The foreign jihadists fighting in Syria – for Assad’s regime
