Iran
Romania works on US missile shield at Deveselu base
Monthly Archives: October 2013
European Union
EU Shifts Tactics to Bolster Iran Sanctions
Hezbollah
Syria’s Breaking Bad: Are Amphetamines Funding the War?
Somalia
US drones killed two Shabaab commanders in a strike in the town of Jilib in southern Somalia. A Shabaab commander known as Anta Anta, who was an explosives and suicide bombing expert, was killed in the airstrike.
Algeria
Authorities have said little about the recent seizure of a large quantity of Libyan weapons, including over 100 surface-to-air missiles, after an ambush on a convoy in Illizi near the Libyan border. During the operation, which reportedly involved a large number of security personnel, one vehicle managed to escape. Authorities have not given details as […]
Egypt
In Egypt’s Countryside, Vendettas Between Police and Islamists Simmer
United States
US – High court test of surveillance law could be ahead
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Rebel clashes highlight complexities of Syria’s civil war
Afghanistan
NATO Reduces Scope of Its Afghanistan Plans
NSA
Obama Unaware as U.S. Spied on World Leaders: Officials
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 18 civilians, including 14 women, in an IED attack on a bus transporting people to a wedding in Ghazni, and killed another civilian in a bombing in Kabul. The interior ministry claimed 12 Taliban fighters were killed in operations.
Iraq
Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 54 people in a series of bombings and attacks in Baghdad. Twelve Iraqis, including soldiers, were killed in a suicide assault on a base in Mosul.
Syria
A group of 22 mainly Islamist brigades, including Suqour al-Sham, al-Tawhid, Ahfad al-Rasul, and Ahrar al-Sham, jointly declared that they would not participate in Geneva peace talks unless they result in the removal of President Assad. The Syrian National Coalition claimed that Iraqi and Kurdish militia forces battled against the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic […]
Palestinian Territories
Hamas announced the death of a Qassam Brigades fighter who died after an accident in a tunnel used for military purposes. Hamas said that the government in Gaza is losing $230 million a month as a result of the closure of smuggling tunnels. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with US envoy to the peace […]
Egypt
Authorities detained dozens of suspects wanted in connection with recent attacks against security personnel and assets in the Sinai. Authorities are investigating whether any government officers are being wiretapped. The UAE plans to provide Egypt with $3.9 billion in aid.
Israel
Two mortars fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel. A senior IDF official said talk of a third intifada is not yet warranted and that recent terror attacks were carried out by “lone-wolves.” The Foreign Ministry named a new ambassador to Egypt. The government rejected a bill that sought to prevent […]
Israel
Israel Air Force Plan Shoots for 10-Fold Boost in Bombs on Target
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syrian Kurds capture border crossing with Iraq
Iran
Rice Offers a More Modest Strategy for Mideast
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Al Qaeda Sets Sights On Iraq’s Anbar Province
United Kingdom
Scottish independence could impair anti-terrorism efforts
Russia
Altered Images: How activists cried foul over ‘suicide bomber’ photo
Syria
Tunisia’s ‘sexual jihad’ – extremist fatwa or propaganda?
Iran
Iran Executes 16 Sunni Insurgents in Retaliation for an Attack
United States
A news report found that the staff of the US’ inspector general for Afghanistan will be unable to visit sites in 80% of the country in 2014, so that monitoring of billions of dollars’ worth of US-funded reconstruction projects will be delegated to private contractors. A US Marine reservist facing a military inquiry into his […]
Chad
Multi-national troops strike back against Mali terrorists
Syria
Opposition sources said at least 15 Hezbollah fighters were killed in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta. Kurdish YPG forces clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, the Al Nusrah Front, and rebels in Raqqah and in Hasakah, and took over the Tal Kawjar crossing on the Iraqi border from ISIS, which had […]
European Court of Human Rights
Strasbourg human rights court threatens key counter-terrorism powers
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
In Syrian civil war, emergence of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria boosts rival Jabhat al-Nusra
Palestinian Territories
Hamas is reportedly planning a response to upcoming protests in early November in Gaza. Hamas leader Saleh Aruri, known to operate in Turkey, said Hamas will not give up on “the resistance” and will work to develop it. Commenting on reports that PA forces detained members of a Hamas cell preparing drone attacks from the […]