Analysis: DIA head warns al Qaeda in Syria may gain ground in 2015
The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Lieutenant General Vincent R. Stewart, warned during congressional testimony yesterday that the "security challenges" the US faces are "more...
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Influential AQAP ideologue killed in US drone strike
Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari, a senior AQAP sharia official, was killed in a US drone strike on Jan. 31. A US drone strike in southern Yemen on Jan. 31 killed Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari, a senior al...
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Al Qaeda jihadists celebrate release of anti-Islamic State ideologue
Jordanian officials reportedly released Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi, a pro-al Qaeda, anti-Islamic State jihadist ideologue earlier today. And the news was quickly celebrated by Maqdisi's allies on social...
View ArticleJihadists continue to advertise training camps in Iraq and Syria
Map of known provincial locations of training camps run by the Islamic State, the Al Nusrah Front, and allied jihadist groups since 2012. Map created by Caleb Weiss and Bill Roggio. Jihadist groups...
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Analysis: The Islamic State claims Jordanian airstrikes killed an American...
Note: This article has been updated to note that Foreign Policy has confirmed the US-led coalition launched airstrikes in Raqqa earlier today. A statement attributed to the Islamic State claims that...
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Jihadists mourn slain AQAP sharia official
Yesterday, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) confirmed that one of its senior sharia officials, Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari, had been killed in a US drone strike on Jan. 31 in southern Yemen....
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US kills Islamic State's deputy emir for 'Khorasan province' in airstrike:...
Afghanistan's intelligence service has confirmed that the US killed the Islamic State's deputy emir for 'Khorasan province' in an airstrike in southern Afghanistan earlier today. Mullah Abdul Rauf...
View ArticleRebel coalition in Syria mourns al Qaeda official killed in US airstrike in...
The Ansar al Din Front, a coalition of several jihadist groups in Syria, released a statement on Feb. 7 mourning the death of Harith al Nadhari, a top sharia official in Al Qaeda in the Arabian...
View ArticleState department designates German rapper turned Islamic State 'operative'
The State Department announced today that Denis Cuspert, a German member of the Islamic State, has been added to the US government's list of specially designated global terrorists. Cuspert previously...
View ArticleIslamic State al-Khans'aa Brigade publishes manifesto for women
The al-Khans'aa Brigade, the group of women within the Islamic State's 'caliphate' known for enforcing dress codes and strict rules of law in the group's stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, released a...
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US military confirms it killed Islamic State, Shabaab leaders in airstrikes
Islamic State fighters march in Afghanistan-Pakistan region. Image from an Islamic State video released in January 2015. The US military confirmed that it killed the Islamic State's deputy emir for...
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Ansar al Sharia Libya leader met with Osama bin Laden, followed his...
Harith al Nadhari recorded an audio eulogy for Mohammed al Zahawi, the leader of Ansar al Sharia Libya, shortly before his own death. Shortly before his own death in a US airstrike on Jan. 31, Harith...
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AQAP seizes Yemeni military base in Shabwa
AQAP fighters waving al Qaeda's black flag in front of the Yemeni Army's 19th Infantry Brigade Base, which it captured earlier today. Early this morning, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) seized...
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New Al Nusrah Front video features interview with leader, military gains in...
At the beginning of a newly-released video, Abu Muhammad al Julani, the emir of the Al Nusrah Front, is heard speaking to a fighter who is about to carry out a suicide operation. Julani is rarely...
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Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan suicide assault team attacks Peshawar mosque
The four members of the Taliban suicide assault team that attacked a Shiite mosque in Peshawar on Feb. 13, 2015. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed responsibility for today's suicide...
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New issue of 'Dabiq' features interview with widow of Paris gunman
The Islamic State released the seventh issue of its English-language magazine, Dabiq, this week. This issue includes an interview with Hayat Boumediene, the girlfriend of Amedy Coulibaly, the jihadist...
View ArticleIslamic State takes over large portions of town near key airbase in Anbar
The town of al Baghdadi in Iraq's Anbar province sits close to the Al Asad airbase where over 300 US Marines are stationed. The Islamic State has taken control of large portions of the town of al...
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Islamic State 'province' in Libya claims capture of town
One of the Islamic State's so-called "provinces" in Libya claims to have captured the town of Nawfaliyah. The group has released a photo set showing a large convoy entering the town. The...
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21 Egyptian Christians executed in Islamic State video
A video released by the Islamic State shows fighters from one of its so-called provinces in Libya beheading 21 Egyptian Copts. The mass murders were advertised by Islamic State's media operatives over...
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New jihadist leader in Dagestan denounces Islamic State defectors
The Islamic Caucasus Emirate's (ICE) leader in Dagestan, Said Arakanskiy, denounced the jihadists who defected to the Islamic State in a newly-released video. Arakanskiy's short speech, totaling two...
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