US-Medienberichten zufolge sollen sie iranische Waffenlieferungen an die Huthi-Miliz abfangen.

(22.Mai 2014) Frankreich will seine Militärpräsenz im Sahel neu ordnen und mit seinen afrikanischen Partnern die Islamisten in Nigeria bekämpfen – irgendwann.
Vollmundig hatten die Präsidenten Nigerias und seiner Nachbarländer Tschad, Kamerun, Niger und Benin am vergangenen Wochenende in Paris zusammen mit Frankreich den „totalen Krieg“ gegen die nigerianische Islamistengruppe Boko Haram versprochen.

Nachdem die USA, Großbritannien und Frankreich bereits Experten nach Nigeria entsandten, schlug Frankreichs Präsident François Hollande ein Gipfeltreffen afrikanischer Staatschefs zur Bedrohung durch die Islamistengruppe Boko Haram vor.

(8.Mai 2014) The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it is dispatching a team of US military advisers to Nigeria to aid the government of President Goodluck Jonathan in rescuing over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram, which has threatened to sell them into slavery.

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(25.Mai 2013) Nuradin Mohammed used to resent and fear the troops who swept past his fish stall in this northeast Nigerian city on the trail of Islamist insurgents Boko Haram. Now, for the first time, he thinks they may be on his side.

(25. Februar) Chad is sending hundreds of troops to fight Boko Haram in neighboring Nigeria as part of a regional offensive against the Islamist group, which killed an estimated 10,000 people last year in a campaign to carve an Islamic emirate from the north of Africa‘s largest oil producer.

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has promised that his government will continue the fight against terrorist sect, Boko Haram.

Buhari also stated that the multinational force, involving Cameroon, Niger and Chad, which was formed to combat the sect would continue operations during his regime.

The President-elect made the statement on Monday, April 20, during a visit to his home in Kaduna State by the government and people of Borno State.

Charles W. “Chas” Freeman Jr. is an author and career diplomat who served as ambassador to Saudi Arabia, assistant Secretary of Defense, and assistant Secretary of State among many other jobs. He was famous for serving as principal interpreter on Nixon’s historic trip to China in 1972 and for being chosen by the Obama administration to be director of National Intelligence Council in 2009, an appointment so vigorously opposed by Israel supporters that Freeman withdrew. This interview was conducted by phone, with additions by email.

Chas, you said in an email that your concern about the congressional push against the Iran deal is broader than just Middle East issues.

Two air strikes in Yemen on Tuesday killed at least 40 people, most of them civilians and wounded dozens of others, medical sources said.

The United States and Germany cooperate in other international organizations besides NATO, including the anti-Islamic State Coalition of some 60 nations.

„The goal of the movement of American ships is to strengthen the siege imposed on Yemen and put the Yemeni people under collective punishment,“ Houthi politburo member Mohammed al-Bukhaiti told Reuters by telephone from Yemen.

„This step increases the level of their participation in this war,“ he added.

He reiterated that an agreement would be beneficial to all.

Rouhani made the remarks before leaving Tehran for attending the 60th Commemoration of Asian-African Conference in Jakarta, capital city of Indonesia.

Iran’s Army Commander Major General Ahmadreza Pourdastan has said that the Islamic Republic’s power is based on rich culture and domestic expertise, free of the need for unconventional weapons.

Saudi Arabien hat seine Luftschläge gegen den Jemen verstärkt und will entscheidende Fortschritte im Kampf gegen die Huthi-Milizen erzielt haben. Gleichzeitig verstärkte Riad jedoch seine Grenzsicherung, da man offenbar die Möglichkeit in Betracht zieht, dass “der Feind” versuchen könnte, den Krieg ins eigene Land zu tragen.

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New global threats and challenges posed by international terrorism, separatism and extremism, including foreign fighters, terrorists, cyber-terrorism were discussed in Tashkent, said the report of the Executive Committee of Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO RATS).

Saudi Arabia has put security forces on alert for a possible militant attack on a shopping mall or energy installation, Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Turki said on Monday.

„Die Minister Carter und von der Leyen betonten die Wichtigkeit der Einheit der Nato bei der Abwehr der russischen Aggression und erörterten Wege einer gemeinsamen Arbeit zur Unterstützung von Nato-Schritten zur Sicherung von Garantien für die Verbündeten“, heißt es in der Mitteilung.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs, said Monday that Iran‘s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Saudi diplomat, currently Riyadh’s most senior diplomat in Tehran, to protest at the landing of a Saudi-fired rocket near the Iranian embassy in Sana’a.

It quotes Iran‘s deputy foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, as warning the Saudis to abide by their international obligations and respect diplomatic missions. The report adds that Tehran holds Riyadh responsible for the safety of its mission in Sanaa.

Immer wieder gibt es Berichte darüber, dass iranische Schiffe die Huthi-Rebellen im Jemen beliefern. Es handele sich aber nicht um eine Abfangmission, sagte ein Pentagon-Sprecher nun mit Blick auf die Verlegung der beiden Schiffe.

The White House said on Friday that Mr Obama will meet the leaders of the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, at the White House on May 13 and then at Camp David, the presidential mountaintop retreat in Maryland, on May 14.

President Barack Obama met for more than an hour with Abu Dhabi‘s crown prince on Monday and discussed the conflicts in Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Libya, and the United Arab Emirates‘ need for military equipment, the White House said.

The Iranian people have shown their resolve by choosing to engage with dignity. It is time for the United States and its Western allies to make the choice between cooperation and confrontation, between negotiations and grandstanding, and between agreement and coercion.