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    Complex Coverage ReviewC I V I L - M I L I T A R Y F U S I O N C E N T R E

    06 August 2013

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    aq 2

    ebanon 3

    ibya 4

    Mali 4

    omalia 5

    udan(s) 5

    yria 7

    unisia 8

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    Egypt Robin [email protected] to Egypts presidential media advisor, Ahmed al-Moslimany, foreign pressures on Egyp

    have surpassed international norms and furthermore, that Egypt is capable of protecting its revolution

    and state, reports Aswat Masriya. Mohamed ElBaradei, the vice president in a transitional cabinet

    appointed by the army, told reporters that the debate about whether or not Morsi s overthrow constituted

    a coup was esoteric, reports Voice of America (VOA). According to ElBaradei, [w]hen you have 20

    million people calling on Mr. Morsi to leave, and the army had to step in to avoid a civil war; does that

    make it a coup detat? Of course not, he said. Its not your classical army intervention. Its really the

    army providing support to a popular uprising. Al Qaedas leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, suggested tha

    the military coup that ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is proof that Islamic rulecannot be

    establishedthrough democracy, according toAssociated Press (AP). Zawahari urged Islamist leaders to

    abandon the ballot box in favor of armed resistance.

    US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed strong approval of the Egyptian militarys removal o

    former President Mohamed Morsi in a 01 August statement to Pakistans Geo News, reports the Wal

    Street Journal (WSJ). Kerry said the military was restoring democracy when it ousted Morsi, which

    he said was at the request ofmillions and millions of people. On 04 August, Kerry assigned Robert S

    Fordto serveas the next US Ambassador to Egypt. Ford is well known for his active role as ambassador

    to Syria in challenging President Bashar al-Assads suppression of his people before American

    diplomats were pulled out of the country, reports The New York Times. On 05 August, US Deputy

    Secretary of State William Burns met with jailed Muslim Brotherhood member Khairat el-Shater, a

    leader in mediation efforts to end the deadlock between Egypts military-backed government and

    This document provides complex coverage of developments in regions of interest from 30 July - 05

    August 2013, with hyper-links to source material highlighted in blue and underlined in the text. Formore information on the topics below or other issues pertaining to the region, please contact the members

    of the CFC, or visit our website at www.cimicweb.org.

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    protesters supporting the ousted President Morsi, reports Tunis Afrique Presse. Burns was accompanied

    by the foreign ministers of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as well as a European Union (EU)

    envoy. El-Shater is awaiting trial on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the four

    days of protests leading up to the military coup. According to AP, El-Shater and the Muslim

    Brotherhoods spiritual leader, Mohammed Badie, are considered to be thereal sourceof power during

    Morsis one year term. Earlier this week, a Cairo prosecution office ordered the detentionof Morsis

    former office director, Ahmed Abdel Atti, and security advisor, Ayman Hodhod, according to Aswa

    Masriya. The detentions are connected with the December 2012 Ittihadiya presidential palace violence

    that left five protesters dead and over 600 injured. The December violence erupted following a

    constitutional decree issued by Morsi that extended and shielded his powers from judicial review. Both

    defendants are accused of participating in violent acts against activists, including illegal detentions

    interrogations and torture; both deny any wrongdoing.

    By a decree issued by Egypts interim president Adly Mansour, individuals will no longer face imprisonment for insulting the

    president, according toReuters. Under Morsi, 28 cases ofinsulting the president were filed compared to a total of 24 cases over the

    115 years that preceded his electoral victory in June 2012. The Egypt director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), Heba Morayef, called

    on the interim leadership to go further, stating that the decree does not adequately address the multiple provisions in the penal code

    that limit freedom of expression.

    On 06 August, supporters of Egyptsdeposed presidentmarched in Cairos Nasr City, Maadis Cournich and staged a protest outside

    the Supreme Constitutional Court, reported the Egyptian state-owned news agency, MENA. Protestors also formed a human chain on

    the ring road in Maadi, carrying Egyptian flags and pictures of Morsi while demanding the return of the ousted president to his post

    The AP reports that the two rival groups face critical decisions. According to a European Union official,[f]ailure to disperse theIslamists Cairo sit-ins peacefully would leave it little choice but to use force, provoking a bloodbath that would tarnish its image and

    cost it world support. For the Muslim Brotherhood, a deadly confrontation would risk a ban from politics and a sweeping crackdown .

    Nearly300 peoplehave been killed in violence since Morsis ouster on July 03, reportsEmirates 24/7.

    Mohamed Abul Ghar, head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, suggests that the Muslim Brotherhood created hatred when i

    came to power only to serve itsown clan, forgetting completely that there are people in Egypt who have been there for thousands of

    years, and who do not belong to the Brotherhood , reportsEgypt Independent. According to Ghar, the Muslim Brotherhood was no

    able to run the country after a successful election but this does not mean we should marginalize it in the future. On the contrary, we

    should allow it to participate.

    Iraq Linda [email protected] UN mission in Iraq says more than 1,000 people were killed in violence across the country in July. Baghdad was the worst

    affected area, reports Associated Press (AP).Al Jazeera reports July 2013 was the deadliest month since April 2008 when 1,428

    people were killed, and United Press International (UPI) reports thatmore than 3,000people have been killed in Iraq since May 2013

    Despite rising levels of violence, Iraq continues to see an average of two million touristseach year, mostly Shiite pilgrims, reports

    The Telegraph.

    Citizens of predominately Shiite provinces in southern Iraq have taken to the streetsby the millions, protesting against Shiite Prime

    Minister Nouri al Malikis government for its failure to keep Shiites safe, reports UPI. Security analysts say thatSunni insurgentsare

    purposely targeting cafes and football pitches as a way to undermine the Shiite-led government, according to Reuters. The attacks

    deliver a bleak message directed at civilians: security forces cannot protect you. In an address to the country, Maliki acknowledged

    Iraq had suffered security setbacks but added, security has not collapsed, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). In the face o

    rising violence, the US and Iraq have agreed there is a need to strengthenbilateral cooperationto support Iraqs efforts to find those

    responsible for recent attacks and bring them to justice, according to VOA. Meanwhile, mass Sunni protests and sit-ins have enteredan eighth month stretch in mainly-Sunni provinces of Iraq. Frustration over the governments corruption, widespread poverty, soaring

    unemployment and lack of basic services, such as potable water and electricity, have angered and alienated the Sunni population.

    The political crisis in Iraq, and the conflict in Syria, has turned Kirkuk into a stronghold forforeign jihadistsand local Baathists who

    are supporters of the ousted regime, according to International Press Service (IPS).Saddam Husseins loyalists in Kirkuk are groupedaround Jaysh Rajal al-Tariqah al-Naqshbandia1, an insurgent cell that first announced armed operations in December 2006 in

    response to the hanging of Hussein. Kurdistan Prime Minister Necirvan Barzani expressed concern over the growing presence of

    1Jaysh Rajal al-Tariqah al-Naqshbandia (JRTN) is a Sunni militant groupactive acrossMosul, Kirkuk and especially Diyala - the nucleus of their operations. Saddam

    Husseins former Vice President Izzat Ibrahim al Douri is a key personality in JRTN.

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    Islamic militantsin the semi-autonomous region during a visit with Turkeys Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, according to UPI

    Barzani indicated that the presence of Jahbat al Nusra (JAN), closely aligned with al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), will risk destabilising the

    Kurdish region.

    Numerous violent incidents were reported throughout the country this past week:

    30-Jul-13:APreports thatShiite and Sunnimosques in Baghdad were bombed, killing nine worshippers.

    31-Jul-13: Gunmen raided the Shiite Ur district of Baghdad and randomly opened fire , killing five civilians and wounding nine

    others. Also in the south-eastern suburb of Nahrawan, drive-by-shooters randomly shot at farmers in trucks, killing two.

    01-Aug-13: Four soldiers were killed outside Tikrit by gunmen while prison guards were killed by gunmen and bombings in the

    northern province of Nineveh, reports AFP. Also, four suicide bombers attempted to raid a federal police headquarters in Mosul but

    were killed by security forces. In Samarra, an anti-al Qaeda Sahwa2fighter and his brother were killed by gunmen. Two civilians were

    killed and five others wounded in a bombing near Baquba.

    02-Aug-13:Reuters reports anexplosionwill halt flow of gas through a domestic pipeline near Baghdad for two to three days. Also,

    gunmen opened fire on an army checkoutnear Kirkuk, killing five soldiers, according to AP. A roadside bomb near Mosul killed two

    police officers while in Mosul gunmen shot and killed an officer at a checkpoint.

    03-Aug-13: A woman and her two daughters were killed in their home near Baquba. In Tikrit, a roadside bombkilled a man and his

    son as they walked to the city centre, reports AFP. The same day, in Nineveh province a judges bodyguards were killed as they

    guarded the home of the magistrate. Also, the motorcade of General Abdul-Amir al Zaida, atop military commander, was targeted as

    gunmen killed six of Zaidis bodyguards near the town of Adeim, reports Al Jazeera.

    04-Aug-13: Three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb inNineveh provincewhile a separate patrol further south in the province

    also struck an IED which wounded three soldiers, according to AFP. In Kirkuk, gunmen killed a man and wounded his son, while in

    Tikrit a car bomb exploded near a judges home killing judge Sajid Abdul Amir and injuring his wife. In Baghdad, a bomb kille d one

    person and wounded five others.05-Aug-13: In south-eastern Mosul, acar bomb explodedhitting an army convoy. Five people were killed including two Iraqi soldiers

    reports CNN. Three people were killed by gunmen in eastern Mosul. In Baghdad, a man and his son were shot by gunmen in the al

    Jaara neighbourhood, while in Kirkuk gunmen attacked a group of men, killing three.

    Lebanon Linda [email protected] meetings between Lebanons caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Army Commander General Jean Kawagi, an agreement

    was finalised to extend the senior commanders term by two years, ending fears of a potential leadership vacuumat the militarys top

    post, according to The Daily Star. Kawagis term was set to expire at the end of September. Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel

    Aoun reiterated that he was prepared to challenge the agreement as unconstitutional.

    On 01 August, during celebrations marking Lebanon Army Day, President Michel Sleiman said controlling Hezbollah weapons musbe discussed because of the partysmilitary interventionin Syria, reports The Daily Star. Sleiman said, it has become urgent that we

    review and approve the National Defense Strategy in light of developments in the region, adding, the basic function of the resistance

    [Hezbollahs] weapons which went beyond the Lebanese border needs to be considered. Future Movement official Ahmad Harir

    echoed Sleimans sentiments saying that there are loads of differences between [Hezbollahs] dream and [Lebanons]. Sleimans

    comments sparked strong reactions by opposing parties according The Daily Star. March 14 officials supported Sleimans comments

    while March 8 members objected to his remarks as misguided criticismof the resistance and a setback to political dialogue efforts.

    In a rare public appearance, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah dismissed claims by opponents of Shiite expansion in the

    region and reiterated that Hezbollah had launched a pre-emptive war in Syria in order to protect the resistance group and preven

    Takfiri3groups from posing a threat to Lebanon, according to The Daily Star. Nasrallah affirmed his groups commitment to Lebanon

    saying they would fight alongside the Army against any threats to Lebanon.

    Military prosecutor Sakr Sakr charged the bodyguards of fugitive Salafist Sheikh Ahmad Assir with attempted murder and inciting

    sectarian strife, reports The Daily Star. Sakr alleges that Assir is responsible fordeadly clasheswith the Lebanese Army in Sidon tha

    left eighteen soldiers and 28 gunmen dead in July 2013. On 05 August, Bassam Hammond, al Jamaa al Islamiyas4representative in

    south Lebanon,indicated that residents of Sidon were losing patience with Hezbollahs continued presence in Sidon and asked for the

    authorities to address the situation, reports The Daily Star. Also, Lebanese Army intelligence reported the arrest of two Syrianarmy

    desertersin the town of Rahsaya.

    2 Sahwa fighters fought alongside US troops during the Iraq insurgency against al Qaeda. Now they are frequently targets of revenge attacks by AQI.3Takfir is an Arabic word meaning pronouncement ofunbeliefagainst someone. Takfir is the notion that an unbeliever, even a Muslim, may be excommunicated themoment that an individual does not follow Sharia Law in its strictest sense. It has been used by al Qaeda and similar militant groups to justify the killing of innocent

    people.4 Al Jamaa al Islamiya is aterrorist organizationof militant Islamists organized into tiny cells. The group is allied with al Qaeda.

    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    Numerous violent incidents were reported throughout the country this past week:

    31-Jul-13: In the east Lebanese village of Majdal Anjar, one Lebanese soldier was killed during military operations attempting to

    apprehend a dangerous suspect, according to The Daily Star. The Army unit came under fire as it successfully apprehended Wissam

    Khanjar in his home. Khanjar is a member of Khaled Malkehs armed group accused of plotting to kidnap military officers.

    01-Aug-13: In Arsal, the Lebanese Army arrested Hasan Rayed, a suspect in a bomb plot in Hermel where two smallroadside bombs

    wounded four people on 08 July, reports The Daily Star. Meanwhile,two mortarsstruck Lebanons eastern border town of Masharih

    al Qaa during heavy fighting between Syrian and rebel forces in Syrian territory, reports The Daily Star.

    02-Aug-13: Rockets struck areas near the Presidential Palace in Baabda, causing no injuries, reports The Daily Star. Also, the

    Lebanese Army wasdeployedin the Lailaky neighbourhood of Beirut to end a shootout between disputing clans.

    03-Aug-13: Sunni Sheikh Khodr Kabsh, a religious leader affiliated with Hezbollah, was attacked by two assailantsas he entered his

    vehicle at the Qalaa Bariyeh neighbourhood of Sidon, according to The Daily Star. Tit-for Tat hostage taking has resumed in the

    Bekaa Valley, according to The Daily Star. A resident of Arsal was kidnapped and taken to Syria where captors demanded USD

    120,000 for his release. In a separate incident, in the central Bekaa Valley village of Forzol, a man was kidnapped at gunpoint and

    taken to an undisclosed location. Meanwhile, The Daily Star reports that a Lebanese man from Tripolidied a martyr earlier in the

    week in a suicide bombing that targeted soldiers in Syria. A Syrian airstrike on arefugee campin Lebanons Bekaa Valley resulted in

    the deaths of nine refugees, according to UPI.

    04-Aug-13: After the killing of a Syrian attempting tocross the borderinto northern Lebanon, residents of the border village of Arida

    attacked a joint Lebanese-Syrian security checkpoint, according to The Daily Star. Protesters from Arida spoke out against what they

    say are ongoing breaches by the Syrian Army onto their land and called upon the Lebanese Army to deploy along the northern

    border. Tensions in east Lebanon are high assix more civilianswere snatched in a retaliatory kidnapping by members of the Moqdad

    family. Army units in the area were placed on high alert.

    05-Aug-13: An iftar5 organised by young activists for orphansand poverty-stricken families in Tripoli was disrupted when gunmenfired shots at the gathering, reports The Daily Star. The Army intervened and secured the area. No one was injured. Also, several

    rockets fired from Syrian helicopters at Khirbet Daoud in northeast Lebanon resulted inno casualtiesaccording to UPI.

    The Syrian conflict has significantly impacted Lebanons tourist industry, reports Christian Science Monitor (CSM). Considered a

    popular tourist designation by Gulf countries, rising political and sectarian tensions within the country has resulted in travel bans

    ruining the key summer tourist season, as sixty-five per cent of tourists are from Gulf States. Hotel occupancy is at about 35 per cent

    and outside of Beirut it is as low as five per cent.

    Libya Foard [email protected] Prime Minister Awadh al Barassiresigned from officeon 04 August, reportsAl Jazeera. Citing a dysfunctional government

    that was incapable of curbing a recent spike in violence, al Barassi described Libya as a country marred by a security breakdown and

    assassinations linked to the cabinets policies. The announcement, which al Barassi made from Benghazi, came less than one week

    after Prime Minister Ali Zeidans 29 July proclamation that h e would reshuffle his cabinet andreinstatethe Internal Security Agency

    (ISA), a Gadhafi-era monitoring agency that was disbanded after the former dictator was deposed. However, two days after promising

    to restructure his cabinet, Zeidan said that he would instead form a crisis committee. According to Al Jazeera, the decision to re

    establish the ISA was made to stabilise security conditions. On 05 August, The National asserted: Libya has seen significan

    deterioration, due to the existence of armed militias on the streets and their control over regions and cities. On 02 August, 18

    prisoners who were being transferred to the Ain Zara prison in Tripoli escaped when a police convoy carrying the inmates was

    attacked by a group of assailants. The event took place five days after 1,100 inmates took flight during theAl Kuifiyaprison break in

    Benghazi. Peter Bergen, national security analyst for CNNand director of national security studies at the New America Foundation

    believes the massive number of escaped prisoners in Libya and Iraq could have led to the closure of 22 US embassies and 17

    consulates in Muslim countries throughout the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. According to Bergen, Massive jailbre ak

    in Iraq and Libya have released more than a thousand prisoners, some with significant ties to al Qaeda. Very few of those inmates

    have been recaptured.Mali Foard [email protected] a runofffor presidential elections on 11 August after no candidate captured more than fifty per cent of the vote in the

    countrys 28 July election. Former Prime Minister Ibrahim BoubacarKeitawon the first round with 39 per cent of the vote followed

    by former finance minister Soumaila Ciss who took 19.5 per cent, reports Think Africa Press. According to official statistics, over 51

    per cent of 6.8 million eligible voters participated, marking a record turnout. A senior Tuareg commander for the National Movemen

    5 Iftar is the meal which is eatenat sunset, breaking the day long fast, during Ramadan.

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    for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) told European Union (EU) leaders in Corte, France that his organisation expects any candidate

    elected president to address claims for anAzawad homeland, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). In June, MNLA representatives

    acquiesced to demands from politicians in Bamako that Tuaregs in Malis north join the political process and participate in n ationa

    elections. Moussa Ag Assarid, MNLA envoy to Europe, told participants at the Corsa Libera forum in Corte, We will continue our

    struggle democratically but we will take up arms again if we have to. Finally, TheIntegrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN

    published an analysis ofinternational economic developmentin Mali on 05 August. The report cited dramatic failures in developmen

    efforts to deliver sustainable economic growth, reduce poverty, calcify accountable state institutions and eliminate corruption

    According to authors of the report, Anecdotal evidence suggests that aid has become something of a self-perpetuating system in Mali

    generating employment while the dollars are turned on, but failing to create the conditions for sustainable economic growth, poverty

    reduction or institutional development.

    Somalia Foard [email protected], Ugandahosted a summitfor the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on 04 August, reports Daily Nation. Heads

    of state from AMISOMs major troop-lending countries (TLCs) Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, as well as Somalia, attended the event

    At the meeting, leaders addressed the key issue of AMISOM troops garrisoned in the port city of Kismayo. The AMISOM contingent

    in Kismayo consists primarily of soldiers from the Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF), and Somalia recently requested that Kenya

    withdraw its troops from the restive southern Somali city.

    The Somali Federal Government (SFG)accusedKenya of backing Ahmed Madobe who was elected local president of Jubaland in

    May 2013 in a vote that was not recognised by the SFG. Madobe is described as a former warlord who controls the powerful Ras

    Kamboni militia. Over the last 18 months, Kenya sought to establish a security buffer zone in southern Somalia to prevent militants

    affiliated with al Shabaab from crossing the Kenyan border and instigating violence. Episodic attacks in Kenya have increased in the

    previous eighteen months, such as theBanisagrenade attack that killed fifteen people in June 2013 and the November 2012skirmish

    in Nairobi that killed seven. Kenyan authorities blame the violence on porous borders and Somali insurgents. As a result, Kenya

    periodically supports Ras Kamboni agents, including Madobe. In return, Madobe has supported Kenyan efforts to expel al Shabaab

    from Jubaland.

    According toAssociated Press, the resolution reached at the Kampala summit calls for areturn of air and sea portsto the authority o

    the SFG. In exchange, leaders in Mogadishu will reintegrate militias not affiliated with al Shabaab (i.e. presumably Ahmed Ma dobes

    Ras Kamboni militia) into the national army. In response to the resolution, Madobe called the SFG greedy accused it of violating the

    constitution and ignoring the Jubaland claim of federated statehood. Expressing his intention to continue administering Kismayo, he

    told Garowe Online, My administration intends to push ahead with progressive agendas and we are committed to ensure lasting

    peace and to sustain our ongoing efforts.

    Sudan(s) Robin [email protected]

    On 30 July, Ahmed al-Kheiri, a Misseriya tribal leader, said that 134 people were killed innew clasheswithin Darfur, according to

    Voice of America (VOA). Two rival tribes, the Arab Misseriya and the Salamat tribe in Um Dukhun in South Darfur, were reportedly

    responsible for the deaths. Darfur has been crippled with violence since 2003 when African tribes, accusing the Arab government in

    Khartoum of neglect, took up arms. According to the report, violence is down from the 2004-2005 high, although fighting between the

    rival tribes has increased significantly since January 2013.

    Also on 30 July, The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) demanded that rebel groups in Sudans western regionstop violence

    and hold peace talks with the Sudanese national government under the basis of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD)reports The Sudan Tribune. The UNSC renewed the mandate of the African Union (AU)-United Nations Mission in Darfur

    (UNAMID) for another thirteen months until 31 August 2014. According to reports, UNSC preferred to follow the AU decision from

    early July 2013 which called on the international community to support the DDPD and to disregard calls by rebel groups for a

    comprehensive process leading to dismantle the regime of president Omer Al-Bashir. According to the AU Peace and Security

    Council communiqu from 19 July, a holistic approach would bring democratic transition in Sudan once the ongoing conflicts in

    Darfur and the Two Areas are settled in an inclusive manner.

    Sudan

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    As of 04 August, the Saudi Arabian government had not commentedon accusations by Khartoum that the plane carrying Sudanese

    president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir was denied airspace on route to Iran, according to The Sudan Tribune. Bashir was scheduled to

    attend the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani. Sudanese presidential spokesman Emad Sid Ahmed said

    thatRiyadh refusedto grant Bashirs plane permission to fly across Saudi territory thus forcing him and the entire delegation to return

    home, reports Al Jazeera. The Sudanese leader was accompanied by the Sudanese intelligence director and presidential affairs

    minister among others. There is speculation that Sudans growing ties with Iran prompted the block to Bashirs flight while observers

    note that a move of this nature is highly unusual for Riyadh. Last year, Sudan twiceallowed Iranian warshipsto dock in Port Sudan

    drawing concern by the US and its allies in the Gulf, according to The Sudan Tribune. The Darfur Justice and Equality Movemen

    (JEM) issued a statement today lauding Riyadhs noble moveto block Bashirs flight on his way to the landing strip of evil and

    international terrorism which represents imminent danger to the safety and interests of the regional and international nations.

    In other news, JEMdismissed accusationsby the Sudanese government that they targeted a convoy of United Nations Interim Security

    Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in South Kordofan, according to The Sudan Tribune. Khartoum accused JEM fighters of attacking

    UNISFAs fuel tankers escorted by the Sudanese army outside the town of Dilling. According to JEM official spokesperson, Jibreel

    Adam Bilal, all those killed or captured in the attack were members of the government army and militias, also all the weapons and

    vehicles we seized belong to the regime. Bilal, instead, accused the Sudanese government of using vehicles and helicopters painted

    white with the logos of UNISFA in south Kordofan and UNAMID in Darfur to transport government weapons, ammunition or

    supplies to its troops. This camouflage aims to mislead the fighters of Sudanese Revolutionary Front, said Bilal, adding this is a

    very dangerous situation and we urge the UN Security Council to control the use of UN logos in the conflict areas.

    South Sudan

    Nearly two weeks since the sacking all of his ministersand their deputies, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir issued a list of 29

    Cabinet ministers and Deputies, according to United Press International (UPI). Among those included, were the reappointment ofseveral ministers, including Petroleum Minister Stephen Dhiew Dau. Kiir combined several ministries to crea te a leane

    administration and indicated, the downsizing willcreate synergies, allow budgets to flow to high priority development projects and

    also allow for better management by dedicated civil servants. Former South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar defended Kiirs

    decision to disband the government last week; however, Machar was not reappointed as vice president, a position that remains vacant.

    In light of the new administration, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on 01 August that it stands ready to

    workwith the new Cabinet to tackle the host of challenges facing the worlds youngest nation, reports UN News Centre.

    In other news, on 01 August the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reports that heavy

    rain threatens to deem most of South Sudan roads impassable. Roads across the country, especially in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile

    states are fast becoming inaccessible as rains continue. The flooding has far reaching implications, particularly for Pibor County in

    Jonglei state, where aid agencies report enormous logistical challenges reaching those displaced by fighting.

    According VOA, the centuries-old cattle raiding tradition between the Murle and Lou Nuer tribes has taken on a new brutalityDecades of civil war with Sudan, the availability of weapons and continued violence, have forced more than 100,000 people from the

    minority tribe of Murle into the bush in South Sudans Pibor County, when thousands of armed men and boys from the rival clan, Lou

    Nuer, marched from northern Jonglei to attack the Murle living in Pibor County.

    Over 60,000 people living in the bush are in need of food as people are surviving on leaves - some for more than six months. Living

    conditions are dire, with people reduced to scavenging and crouching in the shadows like hunted animals. Medecins Sans Frontiers

    (MSF) in theirpress statementindicate that at least 100,000 people in Pibor county have no access to humanitarian services or are too

    scared to come to the towns for fear of abuse by security forces. More than 100,000 people have been displaced, said Grant T

    Harris, senior director for African Affairs at the council. The international community doesnt know where these people are , reports

    The New York Times (NYT). The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)deployed a third surgical teamin Dorein, South o

    Pibor County following the new outbreaks of inter-communal violence. According to the ICRC, teams are stationed in Bor and

    Malakal hospitals; since 14 July, ICRC surgeons have operated on 93 wounded, reflects the ICRC Resource Centre.

    Ethnic fighting and violence by security forces has prompted many young men to flee tojoin rebel leaderDavid Yau Yau, a former

    theologian and Murle official, who broke away from the government in April 2012 and is reportedly supported by Sudan, reports

    VOA. According to the UN, the thousands of people hiding in the bush seek to escape conflict between the army and Yau Yau, who

    claims to be fighting corruption, army abuses and one-party rule in South Sudan, reports Reuters.US Secretary of State John Kerry

    recently called onSouth Sudans President Salva Kiir to address the ethnic violence in Jonglei, stamp out rights abuses by security

    forces and to punish the perpetrators, reports theNYT.

    Syria Linda [email protected]

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    On 01 August, Syrian President Bashar al Assad told his troops he was sure of victory over Syrian rebels, reports AFP.Assads

    message delivered on Army Day came as Syrian troops seized the strategic central Homs neighbourhood of Khaldiyeh, once a rebel

    stronghold. Speaking in Damascus, Assad saidcrushing terroristsmust come before any political solution to end the crisis in Syria

    dimming hopes of a proposed international peace conference to be held in Geneva, reports Reuters. Meanwhile, on 05 August, rebe

    fighters took control of Minakh base, agovernment airbasein Aleppo province, seizing tanks and other munitions and taking soldiers

    prisoners, challenging the governments assertion that it is sure of victory, reports The New York Times (NYT). The same day, in a

    surprise offensive, rebel forces struck at the heart of the Assad heartland in Latakia province capturing several villages, according to

    BBC.

    The Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) appealed to Syrian government and opposition troops to observe

    a ceasefire during next weeks Eid al Fitr6, allowing citizens to perform rituals in peaceand security, according to AFP. A senior

    leader of the Syrian National Coalition announced that plans to form a government in exilewould occur ten days afterEid, according

    to Reuters. It remains unclear, however, how any government in exile could exert authority over rebel controlled areas in Syria. A

    Jazeera reports that Assad described the Syrian National Coalition as a failure adding that it can have no role in ending the

    countrys war.

    Israels navy is installing the Barak-8 air-defense missile system aboardcombat vesselsin efforts to protect against Syrias Russian

    manufactured Yakhont anti-ship missiles that threaten Israels naval capabilities, according to UPI. After recent Israeli airstrikes into

    Syria failed to destroy all Russian made cruise missiles, US officials suggest that additional Israel airstrikeswere likely, reports UPI

    Israels 05 July airstrikes near the Mediterranean port of Latakia failed to take out all Yakhont supersonic anti -ship cruise missiles

    because some had been removed from their launchers and warehoused prior to the attacks. As fighting in Syria rages, in areas close to

    the Israeli-held Golan Heights, scores of wounded Syrians are discreetly spirited acrossthe hostile frontier for lifesaving treatmen

    in Israel, reports the NYT. Israel maintains a non-intervention policy regarding the conflict; however, Israeli authorities havesanctioned this small, low-profile humanitarian response to those requiring medical care.

    European Union (EU) lawmakers indicate that hundreds of their citizens are joining rebel forces battling against the Assad regime, and

    urged the European Parliament toback plansfor an EU-wide passenger data list that would thwart suspected militants travelling from

    Europe to fight in Syria, according toReuters. Raising concerns over the prospect of newly-radicalised jihadists returning to Europe to

    carry out attacks on EU targets, EU leaders encouraged lawmakers to set aside privacy concerns in return for better EU security. In a

    short video message, Syrian fightersappealed to Muslimsin the North Caucasus to return home and wage jihad in Russia instead of

    Syria, reportsRFE/RL. Referring to the recent appeal by Caucasus Emirate leader Doku Umarov, Syrian rebels encouraged the huge

    influx of volunteers to wage jihad in the Caucasus in order to prevent the holding of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi February

    2014.

    Syrian Kurds announced they were mobilising militias against al Qaeda-linked rebels in north-eastern Syria after Issa Hisso, a

    prominent Kurdish leader, was killed in a car bombing on 30 July, reports AP. Increasing violent clashes between Kurdish militias andJahbat al Nusra (JAN) and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in recent weeks has resulted in dozens of deaths from both sides

    According toNYT, Syrian Kurds have taken advantage of thepower vacuumleft by the civil war to push for the autonomy they have

    long desired. Turkish leaders worry that empowered Syrian PYD which is linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK7) could

    embolden Turkish Kurds or lead to cross-border attacks.

    Numerous violent incidents were reported throughout the country this past week:

    30-Jul-13: AFPreports mortar attacks andair raidsin Homs and Aleppo killed at least seventeen people, according to activists and

    Syrian government officials. Also, Isso Hisso, a prominent Kurdish politician was killed when a bomb planted inside his car

    detonated, according toBBC.

    31-Jul-13: Mayor of al Zabadani, Majed Tinawi and Ghassan al Haj, a member of the National Reconciliation Committee were

    gunned downas they left a meeting focusing on reconciliation efforts, reports UPI. The same day, seven members of the same family

    were killed in shelling of Ter Maali by Syrian forces and ten women were killed when shells hit an Aleppo mosque.01-Aug-13: An ammunitions depot exploded in the pro-regime Wadi al Zahab district of Homs, killing at least forty people, reports

    The Telegraph.

    Al Jazeera reports that anagreement betweenIran and Syria for USD 3.6 billion in oil will allow Iran to invest in Syria post-conflict

    While Tehran agrees to provide oil to Damascus, long-term, the deal stipulates that Syria will pay back the USD 3.6 billion in oil

    through Iranian investments of various kinds in Syria.

    6Eid al Fitris the holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.7The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States, the European Union and NATO.

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    Reuters reports that Syria has agreed to allow UN chemical weapons investigators to visitthree siteswhere alleged chemical weapons

    attacks occurred. Human Rights Watch asserts that Syrian forces continue to fire ballistic missiles into populated areas, killing

    countless civilians, reports RFE/RL. In the HRW report, researchers found that numerous government missile attacks lacked any

    apparent military target in the vicinity. HRW called upon the Assad government to halt indiscriminate attacks on populated areas. In

    an attempt to sway negative public perceptions of the Assad government, the Syrian President launched an Instagram account

    depicting his more likeable side, reports The Telegraph. The account exhibits photos depicting Assad and his wife comforting the

    sick and feeding the elderly. The Instagram account has already garnered 1,200 subscribes since it launched in late July.

    Tunisia Foard [email protected] that on 02 August Tunisian security forceslaunched an assaultagainst Islamists in the Mount Chaambi district, near the

    Algerian border. According to Reuters, two soldierswere killed and six were wounded in the operation, which appeared to be on-

    going. Additionally, police in Tunis raided a house that harboured suspected militants, killing one and arresting six others. The

    Guardian published an account of the growing political tumult in the capital. Five days prior to the operation, eight Tunisian soldiers

    were killed in the district by insurgents believed to have ties with al Qaeda. Photos of the brutal assault, which showed how attackers

    slit the throats of the soldiers before maiming their bodies,sent shockwavesthrough the country as they were televised on Tunisian

    stations over the weekend. On 03 and 04 August,thousands of protestersseeking to oust the Islamist-led government continued daily

    protests. According to The Guardian, as many as 20,000 opposition protesters appeared in the streets of Tunis on 04 August, marking

    the largest gathering of opposition activists since the daily marches began in late July. Opposition party members reported that over

    150,000 people participated. On 05 August, police fired teargas into gathering crowds, as security forces struggled to grapple with the

    growing numbersof both pro- and anti-government supporters, reportsRTE News.

    IED & De-Mining Linda Lavender [email protected] CFC publishes a weekly IED and Demining Events map. This global compilation links to articles reporting significant

    IED related-events and demining efforts. This report covers 30 Jul05Aug 2013.

    GLOBAL NEWS

    Bahrain: A car bomb detonated near arecreational areawest of Manama on 03

    August. The bombing resulted in no casualties, according toReuters.

    Indonesia: A small bomb detonated in aBuddhist templein Jakarta injuring one

    person. Two other devices discovered in the temple failed to detonate, reportsAssociated Press.

    Philippines: A bomb attached to avehicle explodedin the southern city of Cotabato

    killing six people. It is the second bombing on the island of Mindanao since 26 July,

    reportsBBC.

    Recent CFC Special ReportsMalis Stabilisation Project: Political, Security and Humanitarian Assessments (June 2013)Regional Monarchies in the Context of the Arab Spring (June 2013)

    Destination Unknown: Eritrean Refugee Torture and Trafficking (May 2013)

    Rebuilding Somalia: Security Challenges for the Post-Conflict Nation (May 2013 b

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