Iraq
Iraq: sectarian attacks, protests
A wave of bomb attacks across Iraq taregted Shi'ite pilgrims, as Sunni protesters blocked highways to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Tag: sectarian war
Afghanistan
Pakistan to Lebanon: Shi’ites under attack
Bomb attacks on Shi’ite processions marking Ashura claimed lives in Pakistan, while Sunnis and Shi’ites clashed in Kabul and a planned attack on Shi’ites was thwarted in Lebanon.
Iraq
Iraq exports Islamist militants to Syria?
Arabic-language news services report that 15 accused al-Qaeda members who recently escaped from a prison in Tikrit, Iraq, are now leading insurgent groups in Syria.
South Asia
Buddhist-Muslim tensions follow Bangladesh riots
Buddhists in Burma and Sri Lanka held anti-Muslim protests after Muslim rioters in Bangladesh torched Buddhist temples in response to a Facebook post denigrating the Koran.
Iraq
Iraq: execution spree protested
Human rights groups fear Iraq’s government may be using state-sanctioned executions to eliminate opponents held in prison following spate of over 20 executions last month.
North Africa
The left and the jihad: love-hate relationship?
"Leftists" in the West are waxing paranoid about how the Syrian revolutionaries are a bunch of jihadists. But if the West intervenes in Mali, they will likely be rooting for jihadists—again.
Iran
Syria: flashpoint for war with Iran?
With Tehran revealed to be supplying Damascus with arms through Iraqi airspace, events in Syria could be propelling the US towards unprecedented military commitments.
Greater Middle East
Aleppo archbishop flees as Syria slips towards sectarian war
The Melkite Catholic archbishop of Aleppo flees Syria after his offices are sacked by jihadists—as the US State Department establishes an Istanbul office to aid the Syrian rebels.
Greater Middle East
Syrian anarchist speaks
The British anarcho-syndicalist website Solidarity Federation runs a statement from a representative of a “group of young Syrian anarchists and anti-authoritarians from Aleppo.”
Afghanistan
Next: nuclear Taliban?
A jihadist attack on Pakistan’s Minhas Air Force Base coincides with a US Congressional report on threats to the “security” of Islamabad’s nuclear arsenal.
Greater Middle East
Syria moves towards sectarian war; Turkey next?
As urban warfare rages in Damascus and Aleppo, rebel gunmen abducted 47 Iranian pilgrims outside the capital—and a mob attack on Alawites was reported in Turkey.
Iraq
Al-Qaeda in Iraq inaugurates new campaign of attacks
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, top leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and its affiliated Islamic State of Iraq, announced in an audio message July 22 a new plan to free imprisoned militants, attack the Iraq's judiciary and retake lost territory. "We are… Read moreAl-Qaeda in Iraq inaugurates new campaign of attacks