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IMU eulogizes Turkish fighter killed in northern Afghanistan

Images from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's martyrdom video for Abu Zubayr al Turki. The al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan eulogized a Turkish trainer who fought against the...

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Suicide bomber kills Syrian defense minister, top security officials

A suicide bomber killed the top two defense officials and the president's national security advisor, and seriously wounded the interior minister and the chief of the national security office, in an...

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Suicide bomber targeted Israeli tourists in Bulgaria

The blast that killed seven people, including five Israelis, on bus at an airport in Burgas yesterday was carried out by a suicide bomber dressed as a Western tourist, the Bulgarian government said....

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ISAF captures IMU leader in Afghan north

Map of Afghanistan's provinces. Click map to view larger image. Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader in the north. Special operations forces...

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Report highlights emails from Fort Hood shooter to al Qaeda cleric

The final report from an investigation headed by former FBI and CIA director William H. Webster into the FBI's handling of information concerning Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who went on a shooting rampage...

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Taliban attack rival militias in Pakistan

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has claimed credit for a suicide attack in Hangu and a bombing in Upper Dir, both of which targeted anti-Taliban militias. In the district of Hangu, which...

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Omar Farouq Brigade calls on Muslims to wage jihad in Syria

A recently released jihadist video produced by the Saraqeb Media Office features a group that calls itself the "Soldiers of the Omar Farouq Brigade in Syria" and urges Muslims to join the jihad...

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Taliban release video of Haqqani Network suicide assault on FOB Salerno

The Taliban released a videotape produced by the Haqqani Network, an al Qaeda-linked subgroup, that documented the June 1 suicide assault on Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province,...

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US drone strike kills 12 'militants' in North Waziristan

The US launched a drone strike in the Shawal Valley in Pakistan's tribal agency of Pakistan today, killing 12 "militants," including a local Taliban commander. The strike is the first in Pakistan in...

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ISAF kills IMU leader in Afghan north

During a raid yesterday in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed yet another senior leader for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan who was...

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Slain Syrian official supported al Qaeda in Iraq

On July 18, a bomb killed at least three top officials from Bashar al Assad's crumbling regime. Among them was Assef Shawkat, the deputy defense minister and former head of Syrian military...

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Al Qaeda in Iraq claims nationwide attacks that killed more than 100 Iraqis

The Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda's political front in the country, claimed credit for Monday's coordinated attacks in six of Iraq's 18 provinces that killed more than 100 Iraqis and wounded hundreds...

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Special operations forces target al Qaeda-linked leader in Nuristan

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed an al Qaeda-linked insurgent leader in Afghanistan's rugged northeastern province of Nuristan yesterday. Kanjar, who is also known as Turab, was...

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ISAF targets al Qaeda-linked leader in southeastern Afghanistan

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted an al Qaeda-linked commander who operates throughout the southeastern province of Ghazni. The combined special operations team "conducted an...

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NCTC director: 'We remain at war with al Qaeda'

During testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 25, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) director Matthew Olsen testified that while al Qaeda's central leadership in...

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Army of Islam fighter from Gaza killed in Syria

Image accompanying Army of Islam fighter Nidal al 'Ashi's martyrdom statement, from the SITE Intelligence Group. A Palestinian from the Gaza Strip who was a member of the al Qaeda-linked Army of Islam...

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6 Uzbeks killed in North Waziristan drone strike

Six Uzbek fighters were among those reported killed in the latest US drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The remotely piloted Predators or the more advanced...

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Mujahideen Shura Council calls attack in Israel a 'gift' to Zawahiri and al...

Khalid Salah Abdul Hadi Jadullah (Abu Salah al Masri), an Egyptian, and Adi Saleh Abdullah al Fudhayli al Hadhl (Abu Hudhayfa al Hudhali), a Saudi, from a propaganda video obtained by the SITE...

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Ex-Guantanamo detainee surrenders to Saudis

Adnan Muhammad Ali al Saigh. Photo courtesy of the NEFA Foundation. A former Guantanamo detainee who joined al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) after completing a rehabilitation program in Saudi...

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Senior Haqqani Network leader urges Turks to wage jihad in Afghanistan

Mullah Sangeen Zadran, from a propaganda video obtained by the SITE Intelligence Group. A senior Haqqani Network leader, who is on the US's list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists for...

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