US drone strike kills AQAP operative involved in Limburg tanker attack
A wanted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operative who was involved in the 2002 bombing of a French oil tanker was killed in a drone strike on Friday. And today, the US launched another strike in...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills 30 Afghans in attack at funeral
A suicide bomber killed 30 Afghans in an attack at a funeral in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar today. The suicide bomber attacked civilians at a funeral ceremony for a resident of the Door...
View Article6 'Islamist militants' killed in US drone strike in Yemen
US drones struck yet again in Yemen's eastern province of Hadramout today, killing six "Islamist militants" in a strike on a compound. Today's strike is the fourth in Yemen in eight days. The unmanned...
View ArticleFatah al Islam emir killed while waging jihad in Syria
Fatah al Islam, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group that operates throughout the Middle East, announced the death of the leader of its Al Khilafah Brigades during an ambush in Syria. Abu Hussam al Shami,...
View ArticleAl Qaeda operative killed in Kunar airstrike
Coalition special operations forces killed yet another al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in a district that serves as a haven for the terror group in northeastern Afghanistan. Abu Saif and three other al...
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Analysis: The Taliban's 'momentum' has not been broken
"We've broken the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and begun the transition to an Afghan lead," President Obama said during his weekly address on Sept. 1. "Next month," the president continued, "the...
View ArticleUS adds Haqqani Network to list of terror groups
The US Department of State announced that the Haqqani Network, a terror group linked to the Taliban, al Qaeda, and Pakistan's military and intelligence services, has been added to the list of terror...
View ArticleTaliban call Haqqani Network a 'conjured entity'
The Afghan Taliban derided the US's announcement that it would add the Haqqani Network to the list of terrorist entities and claimed the designation was an attempt to divide the group. The Taliban...
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AQAP deputy emir reported killed in recent drone strike
Said al Shihri, from the second edition of Inspire, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's propaganda magazine, which was obtained by The Long War Journal. The Yemeni military claimed that Said al...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills 16 in Afghan north
A suicide bomber killed at least 16 Afghans, including 10 policemen, in an attack today in a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan. The bomber attacked Afghan policemen as they were providing...
View ArticleAfghan Taliban claims it 'had no hand in the 9/11 incident'
The Afghan Taliban released a statement denying responsibility for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the US and claimed the group would not allow Afghanistan to be "be used to harm anyone." The Taliban...
View ArticleTaliban launch rocket attack on Bagram, suicide attack in Herat
The Taliban killed four Afghan security personnel in a rocket attack at Bagram Air Base in Parwan province, and killed a police commander and five Afghans in a suicide bombing in the western province...
View ArticleISAF kills 2 Taliban commanders linked to 'foreign insurgents'
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed two Taliban commanders who supported "foreign insurgents" from Pakistan. One of the leaders has been linked to the killing of 10 French soldiers in...
View ArticleIslamists kill US ambassador to Libya, 3 other Americans, overrun consulate
Unknown "gunmen" thought to be linked to Islamist militias overran the US Consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi in Libya last night, and killed the US ambassador, a consular official, and two...
View ArticleISAF targets al Qaeda-linked Taliban commanders in Ghazni raids
In separate raids over the past several days, Coalition and Afghan security forces targeted two Taliban leaders linked to al Qaeda in the southeastern province of Ghazni. One of the commanders, who...
View ArticleIranian-backed Shia terror leader freed by US threatens to attack
The leader of the Asaib al Haq, an Iranian-backed Iraqi Shia terror network that was responsible for kidnapping and murdering US soldiers, threatened to attack US interests in Iraq over a video that...
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Film depicting the Prophet Mohammed sparks protests, attacks across the...
Kuwaiti protestors wave an Al Qaeda flag: Al Arabiya Earlier this week, a trailer for a film that depicts the life of the Prophet Mohammed in a negative light was posted on YouTube in Arabic. For many...
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US adds 2 senior Hezbollah military leaders to terror list
Hezbollah military leader Mustafa Badr Al Din. Image from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's website. Yesterday the US Treasury Department added both Hezbollah's military leader and the chief of its...
View ArticleJihadists launch complex assault on Camp Bastion in Helmand
Jihadists launched a complex assault on a major Coalition military base in Helmand today. At least two Coalition soldiers were killed and several aircraft and a hangar were damaged during heavy...
View ArticleJihadists attack international peacekeeper base in Egypt's Sinai
Jihadists assaulted a base in the Egyptian Sinai that is manned by international troops, breached the perimeter, and wounded four soldiers. The attackers reportedly raised al Qaeda's black banner over...
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