4th September 2015

A militant group in Mali/the Sahara called Al Murabitoon (loyalty: Al Qaeda) has released a video showing a Romanian hostage.
Seven militants suspected of attacking the Malian military have been arrested in the Ivory Coast.
Libya banned Yemenis, Iranians and Pakistanis from entry to the country.
Boko Haram gunmen on horseback killed 79 people in three attacks in northeastern Nigeria earlier this week.
A double suicide bombing in northern Cameroon killed 19 and wounded 143.
Chad executed ten members of Boko Haram after they were found guilty of involvement in a double attack that killed 38 in the capital, N’Djamena.
Al Shabaab attacked an African Union base in southern Somalia.
Zimbabwean dissident Itai Dzamara demonstrating against Mugabe’s presidency was seized March 9th and hasn’t been heard from since.
Egypt, without a parliament since June 2012, has announced a two stage parliamentary election for October and November.
Egypt sentenced three Al Jazeera journalists to three years in prison.
Two explosions on the Sinai peninsula on Thursday wounded four US troops and two international peacekeepers.
Militant attacks across Egypt are growing more brazen.
Hamas is and has been on the outs with Iran, making it unlikely the group will receive much benefit from the nuclear deal.
Two local workers for the Red Cross were shot dead as they drove through the northern Yemeni province of Amran.
An Islamic State suicide bombing and car bombing at a mosque in Sana’a, Yemen killed 20 people.
The war in Yemen has granted opportunity to militants like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, both growing their presence in Aden.
The Islamic State blew up three ancient tower tombs in the Syrian city of Palmyra, all dating to between 44 AD and 103 AD.
The group also announced their own currency – the Gold Dinar.
Russia may be increasing its involvement with Assad. It is also delaying a UN investigation to assign blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
Cluster munitions have been used in five countries this year: Libya, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen.
What they carry: here’s what Syrian refugees bring with them on their treacherous journey and why they do it.
Canada has charged Syrian intelligence officer George Salloum over the torture of Maher Arar, a Canadian engineer rendered to Syria after being mistaken for a terrorist in 2002.
Civilian deaths have been linked to 71 separate air raids in the coalition bombing of the Islamic State.
Turkish jets took part in those coalition strikes on Syria for the first time over the weekend.
The CIA and JSOC have been conducting drone strikes over Syria in their own separate offensive against the Islamic State.
Turkey released two VICE reporters arrested last week.
The New Yorker looks at what happens to former jihadists.
The battle to retake Ramadi moves at a glacial pace.
17 Turkish workers and their Iraqi translator were abducted by masked gunmen from their construction site in Baghdad.
The US reopened a criminal investigation into the deaths of 18 Afghan civilians, reportedly killed by a US Special Forces A-Team over the course of 2012 and 2013.
The desertion rate is climbing in Afghan security forces.
Corruption in Pakistan allows jihadists to obtain ID cards.
Ali Larijani, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, has suggested the possibility of a prisoner swap for jailed Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian.
Clashes between Indian and Pakistani troops left 11 civilians dead last weekend.
Malleshappa Madivalappa Kalburgi, an Indian secular scholar, was fatally shotlast weekend. This is third killing of a secular scholar in India since 2013.
The Islamic State’s “province” in the Caucasus has claimed their first attack against the Russian Army, making their move in southern Dagestan.
Uzbekistan banned political science from being taught in universities.
Chinese attorney Zhang Kai, detained in August over his representation of churches battling the government’s push to take down crosses, could be chargedwith spying.
China seeks to modernize its military, cutting 300,000 soldiers to shift resources from land forces to sea and air capabilities.
China commemorated the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Japan in World War II with massive parades (and one company made Hideki Tojo ice creams).
Protests outside Ukrainian parliament on Monday left one national guard member dead and 100 people injured as nationalists opposing the eastern separatists were enraged by a bill granting more powers to Luhansk and Donetsk.
NATO opens new command units in Eastern Europe.
The US sanctioned Russian state arms export agency Rosoboronexport and others.
Neo-Nazi/right wing extremists and arson attacks on asylum hotels are a growing concern in Germany.
Germany is also making efforts to welcome refugees – greeting them at the train station in Munich with chocolate.
Refugees stuck at the Keleti train station in Budapest are vowing to walk to Austria.
Britain will now take in “thousands” of refugees.
The rate of former Guantánamo detainees returning to violence has lowered, according to intelligence reports.
President Obama has secured the votes required to ensure passage of the nuclear deal.
Is a “Guantánamo North” in the works?
Army Ranger School is officially open to all soldiers regardless of gender.

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