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Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 62 rebels killed in Damascus suburb of Adra

Al-Qaida leader's intercepted chatter with deputy in Yemen revealed plot.

Another Bastille Day (14 July) over and this year's pride of place in the military march past went to detachments of the French, Malian and other West African Army forces which had saved Mali from imploding and falling into the hands of Islamic extremists in January 2013. Troops from 13 African nations that had supported France's Opération Serval in Mali, participated in the parade. The United Nations soldiers in their blue berets were led by Mali's Colonel Elisée Jean Dao. The countr...

A video showing women in burqas at a weapons training camp in Pakistan is believed to be part of a recruitment drive to attract women to 'global jihad'.

Geologist kidnapped in 2011 with Serge Lazarevic by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb was shot dead.

Seven French nationals still being held by Islamist rebel groups in Mali.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb abducted Verdon and Serge Lazarevic in November 2011

Abu Bassel slaughtered by Islamists during joint meeting to discuss battle plans.

Home Secretary Theresa May declares victory in 10-year battle to have hate preacher sent home.

After a 10-year legal battle, radical cleric will be taken from Belmarsh to RAF Northolt and flown to airstrip in Jordanian desert.

Coup leaders apologizing for the consequences of their actions is not something that happens very often. In Bamako, the capital of Mali however, a rare example of it took place on 26 June 2013 when Captain Amadou Aya Sanogo did just that in front of an audience which included Interim President Dioncounda Traoré, recently reconciled factions of the Mali Army, religious and tribal leaders and the media.

Gaza Strip border closed after soldier killed in Rafah while grenade attack is launched against el-Arish airport.

Footage appears to show Franciscan father Francois Murad murdered in grounds of monastery where he had sought sanctuary.

Disclosures about US intelligence agencies give terrorist outfits new knowledge, say officials.

Every year, usually in late autumn, The Economist publishes its "The World in____" for the following year. The issue for 2012 has an article by Oliver August on the effects of the North African uprisings of 2011 spreading south and in particular, foresees trouble brewing for the Sahel states because of the fall of Muammar Gaddafi:

President Hamid Karzai hopes to transfer talks from Qatar to Afghanistan after peace talks launched.

Syria is likely to be the focus of talks between the UK prime minister and Russian president.

Patriot anti-aircraft missile system also moved to area, north of Al-Mafraq in northern Jordan.

On 26 January 2013, French forces liberated the city of Gao in Mali after it had endured a 10-month-long occupation by Islamic extremists calling themselves the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and its close ally, Ansar Dine. MUJAO was established as recently as mid-2011 as a Black African offshoot of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) because its fighters thought the parent organisation "too Algeria" focused. In Mali, where the population for the most part pract...

Minh Quang Pham faces extradition to the US on charges of providing material support to the terrorist network.

A whistleblower to some and a traitor to others, Private Manning will go on military trial.