Two almost simultaneous explosions killed at least 12 people in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad after Thursday evening’s rush hour. It was the first major bomb attack in India since the 2011 Mumbai bombing that left 26 dead.
Friday, 22 February, 2013
India: Police investigate on Hyderabad two bomb blasts that killed 12, blamed Indian Mujahideen islamist group
Thursday, 21 February, 2013
Syria: Car bomb explosion killed dozens near the headquarters of Baath party of president Assad in Damascus
At least 31 people have been killed in a car bombing near the headquarters of the ruling Baath party in Syria’s capital, opposition activists said.
The UK-based group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said most of the dead were civilians, but members of the Syrian security services were also killed in the Damascus attack.
Witnesses and opposition activists said the explosion targeted a security checkpoint in the central Mazraa neighbourhood.
Tuesday, 19 February, 2013
Afghanistan: 21 talibans killed in clashes by Afghan Security Forces
21 Taliban were killed in a clash by Afghan Security Forces.
Interior ministry press office said BNA, the Afghan Security Forces in the last 24 hours conducted 9 operations in the relevant area of Nangarhar, Baghlan, Kandahar, Zabul, Urozgan, Maidan-Wardak, Logar, Herat and Helmand provinces as a result of which 21 Taliban were killed, 5 wounded and 21 others arrested.
Monday, 18 February, 2013
Sudan: Wounded Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels retreat to South Sudan
Rebels wounded during fresh fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile state have retreated to South Sudan, the army said on Monday, after Washington warned of a dangerous increase in tensions on the undemarcated border.
The army statement followed claims by rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) that a government offensive in Blue Nile had forced thousands to flee.
Pakistan: Suicide bomber kill 83 people in Shiite enclave of Hazara, attack claimed by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group
Pakistani police have revised the cause of a blast that killed 83 people on Saturday, saying a suicide bomber was behind the attack that pulverized a busy marketplace.
The explosion targeted Shiite Muslims in Hazara, on the outskirts of the southwestern city of Quetta, authorities said.
Sunday, 17 February, 2013
Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels will hold peace talks with Sudanese government in March
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) will hold talks with the Sudanese government in Addis Ababa on 5 March, announced Yasir Arman, the secretary-general of the group on Friday.
In a written statement emailed to Sudan Tribune, Arman said the SPLM-N chairman, Malik Agar, had confirmed in a message to the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) that a 10-member delegation, led by the movement’s secretary-general, will take part in the talks.
Saturday, 16 February, 2013
Syria: Rebels captured military airbase in Sfeira town
Syrian rebels have captured a military airbase in the north and geared up for a major battle against regime forces as the opposition says it refuses to accept President Bashar al-Assad in talks on the 23-month conflict.
The rebels on Friday said they overran the base in the town of Sfeira, east of Aleppo international airport, and captured a large stockpile of ammunition.