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Al Nusrah Front claims series of suicide attacks, ambushes in Syria
Banner for the Al Nusrah Front, a jihadist group in Syria. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group in Syria, has...
View Article'We will carry attacks on NATO supplies with a new spirit,' says Pakistani...
The top spokesman for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan vowed that his group would resume attacks on NATO's convoys to Afghanistan now that Pakistan has reopened the supply lines. Additionally,...
View ArticleAfghan police arrest 8 linked to poison attacks against schools in northern...
Afghan officials announced the arrest of eight people, including three women, in connection to the series of suspected poison attacks against girls' schools in northern Sar-i-Pul province, according to...
View Article5 ISAF soldiers wounded in latest green-on-blue attack
A man dressed as an Afghan soldier wounded five ISAF troops in an attack late yesterday at a base in an area of eastern Afghanistan known to be a Taliban stronghold. The Afghan soldier escaped after...
View ArticleLaskar-e-Taiba commander killed in recent airstrike in Kunar
The Coalition confirmed that a second leader of the Pakistan-based, al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Taiba died in a recent airstrike in Kunar that also killed the terror group's leader for the eastern Afghan...
View ArticleUS drones kill 17 'militants' in North Waziristan strike
The US killed 17 suspected "militants" in a strike in an area of the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan that is known to host la Qaeda's top leaders. The remotely piloted Predators or...
View Article2 Eritrean officials designated for supporting Shabaab
The US Treasury Department designated six supporters of Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, on July 5. Among the six are two Eritrean intelligence officials. The first is Tewolde Habte Negash, an...
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Jamaat-ud-Dawa banners dominate Defense of Pakistan rally against reopening...
Left: Jamaat-ud-Dawa banners fly at the Defense of Pakistan rally in Lahore on July 8, 2012. Right: Jamaat-ud-Dawa flags fly at an anti-US rally in Lahore on Dec. 11, 2011. Banners belonging to the...
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Pakistani jihadist groups fundraise, recruit openly in Rawalpindi
Al Badar Mujahideen emir Bakht Zamin Khan. Image from the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups. During a two-day conference that began yesterday in Rawalpindi, Pakistani jihadist groups linked to...
View ArticleDetained UK suspect trained by Shabaab
An alleged al Qaeda operative has been detained in London after "crossing through the Olympic Park five times," the Sunday Telegraph (UK) reports. The arrest comes as security has been tightened around...
View ArticleSpecial operations forces capture 2 IMU leaders in Afghan north
Coailition and Afghan forces captured two leaders of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan who were involved in suicide operations during a raid several days ago in the northern Afghan...
View ArticleSenior al Qaeda ideologue freed in Mauritania
Family members of top al Qaeda ideologue Abu Hafs al Mauritani have confirmed that he was freed this past weekend. Abu Hafs was transferred from Iran, where he had lived since late 2001, to Mauritania...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills 20 police cadets in Yemeni capital
A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people in an attack at a police academy in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a. The attack is the latest suicide bombing to target Yemeni security forces. The attack took...
View ArticleEgyptian jihadist killed in fighting in Syria
A jihadist who was one of hundreds to have escaped from Egyptian prisons during the uprising in Egypt in early 2011 was killed during recent fighting in Syria. The Egyptian fought the Qaddafi regime in...
View ArticleTaliban kill Pakistani policemen in Lahore
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for today's attack on a police facility in the eastern city of Lahore that killed eight policemen and wounded nine more, as well as an earlier...
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Bin Laden loyalist transferred from Guantanamo to Sudan
Ibrahim al Qosi. The Defense Department announced on Wednesday that Ibrahim al Qosi, a Guantanamo detainee who long served deceased al Qaeda master Osama bin Laden, was transferred to his home country...
View ArticleJordanian jihadist killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan
A Jordanian jihadist was killed while battling Coalition and Afghan forces in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni, a known stronghold of al Qaeda. A brief statement on the death of Abu Abdul Rahman...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills Afghan MP, 22 others at wedding
A suicide bomber killed 23 people, including a prominent Afghan member of parliament, the western zone police commander, a provincial intelligence chief, and several senior Afghan officials, in an...
View ArticleTaliban suicide assault team strikes police station in Bannu
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for today's suicide assault on a police station in the northwestern district of Bannu. A five-man team of "Fedayeen," or "Martyrdom seekers,"...
View ArticleUS adds Bahraini citizen to terror list for serving as al Qaeda trainer
The US State Department has added a wanted Bahraini citizen who trains al Qaeda operatives to the list of wanted terrorists. Today the US added Ahmed Abdulrahman Sihab Ahmed Sihab, who is also known as...
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