The General People’s Congress, which is the party of the former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, reportedly announced that Saleh was killed by Houthi forces in Sanaa Governorate on December 4.
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On November 24, Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as Zimbabwe’s president following the resignation of his predecessor, Robert Mugabe, amid a special parliamentary session set to discuss Mugabe’s impeachment on November 21.
Following the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) passing of an independence referendum on September 25, the Iraqi army, along with Iranian-backed Shiite Popular Mobilization Units (PMUs), entered and took control of Kirkuk Province. Since then, hostilities between pro-Iraqi government forces and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have halted as both sides engage in negotiations. The president of the KRG, Masoud Barzani, resigned on October 29, calling into question the future of northern Iraq. Islamic State (IS) has already taken advantage of the disarray to launch its own attacks in attempts to make a comeback as it faces major setbacks elsewhere.
On November 3, a previously unknown militant group, Jamaat Ansar al-Islam, claimed responsibility for an October 20 attack in western Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis, in which reports state at least 55 security forces personnel were killed during a raid operation targeting a militant base.
On October 12, Fatah and Hamas signed a reconciliation deal in Cairo. According to the agreement, Hamas will hand over all Gaza government institutions to the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) by December 1. PA security forces will take control of the border crossing with Egypt, with certain sources indicating that this handover will be completed by November 1. The parties reportedly agreed to prepare for national elections and are scheduled to meet again in Cairo on November 21 to negotiate further issues.
Current Situation Japan held nationwide general elections on October 22 to appoint 465 people to the House of Representatives, the country’s Lower House of parliament. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), as well as the newly established Party of Hope (PoH) and Japanese Communist Party (JCP), were all vying for seats. The traditional primary opposition…
Despite the September 25 independence referendum in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), an independent Kurdish state will unlikely be formed over the coming months. While tensions are liable to increase in the coming weeks between the KRG on the one side, and Iran, Turkey, and the Iraqi central government on the other, large-scale hostilities
The central leadership of al-Qaeda, a transnational jihadist group, issued a statement titled “Burma Calling” on September 12. The release urged its Muslim supporters in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines to travel to Myanmar to assist Rohingya Muslim. The statement also suggested that those willing to join should seek “necessary preparations-including training and the like to resist this oppression against Rohingya Muslims”, underlining the need to resort to the use of force to secure their rights.
During the morning hours of September 15 a small explosion occurred in the carriage of a District Line London Underground Train at Parsons Green Station in West London, which left around 30 individuals injured. According to reports, the IED-device appeared to have been packed in a plastic bucket covered by a supermarket bag and strategically placed inside the crowded tube train to maximize casualties.
According to a security environment report released by authorities in August, five militant attacks and 13 attack plots have been foiled by security forces since September 2014 in Australia. At least 72 people have been charged in 32 counter-militancy operations since.
