Israeli intelligence: Sinai is the 'home of an independent jihadist network'
Israeli outlets are reporting that Israeli intelligence believes that a single network of Islamic extremists with ideological links to al Qaeda is behind a majority of the recent attacks from the...
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Al Nusrah Front claims 2 suicide, 2 car bombings in Aleppo
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group that is fighting Bashir al Assad's regime in Syria, has claimed credit for four bombings in Aleppo today, including...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 4 al Qaeda 'militants' in southern Yemen
US drones conducted their first strike against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in southern Yemen in nearly a month, killing four "militants." The unmanned Predators or Reapers fired several missiles...
View ArticleState Department: Ansar al Sharia an alias for AQAP
The US State Department announced today that it has amended its terrorist designations of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) "to include the new alias, Ansar al Sharia (AAS)." AAS "was...
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Haqqani Network is part of the Taliban -- Siraj Haqqani
Click to view slide show of some of the Haqqani Network's top leaders. Pictured is a composite image of Siraj Haqqani. Haqqani Network leader Sirajauddin Haqqani, who is closely linked to al Qaeda,...
View ArticleIsraeli Air Force shoots down foreign drone
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, the Israeli Air Force intercepted a foreign drone near the Yatir Forest in the northern Negev. "The aircraft was identified before entering Israeli airspace...
View ArticleIsrael targets Mujahideen Shura Council and Global Jihad terrorists in Gaza
On Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), with support from the Shin Bet, targeted Tala'at Halil Muhammad Jarbi, and Abdullah Muhammad Hassan Maqawai in southern Gaza. An official in Gaza said that...
View ArticleUS officials blame more insider attacks on Taliban, Haqqani Network
As the 2014 NATO withdrawal date looms and prospects for Taliban peace talks evaporate, US military officials have begun to publicly name the Taliban, and its al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network faction in...
View ArticleAl Nusrah Front launches complex suicide assault on Syrian Air Force...
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group that is fighting Bashir al Assad's regime in Syria, has claimed credit for today's complex suicide assault on an Air...
View Article5 'militants' killed in US drone strike in Mir Ali
The US killed three "militants" in a drone strike that targeted a compound in the Mir Ali area of the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today. The remotely piloted Predators or the...
View ArticleUS drones kill 16 'militants' in Arakzai strike
US drones killed 16 "militants" in a strike today on a compound in Pakistan's Taliban-infested tribal agency of Arakzai. The strike is the first recorded outside of Pakistan's tribal agencies of North...
View ArticleHezbollah takes responsibility for last week's drone over Israel
On Oct. 6, the Israeli Air Force shot down a foreign drone near the Yatir Forest in the northern Negev. While the Israeli media quickly pointed the finger at Iran and Hezbollah, Israeli defense...
View ArticleAl Qaeda in Iraq claims credit for Tikrit jailbreak
The Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda in Iraq's political front, claimed credit for a complex assault on the Tasfirat prison in Tikrit that freed more than 100 prisoners, including dozens of terrorists....
View ArticleAl Nusrah Front seizes Syrian base in joint operation with Free Syrian Army
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group that is fighting Bashir al Assad's regime in Syria, has seized control of an airbase near Aleppo in a joint...
View ArticleTaliban suicide bomber kills 4 NDS, 2 ISAF personnel in southern Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed credit for a suicide attack in southern Afghanistan that killed four Afghan intelligence officers and two ISAF personnel. Today's bombing is the second this week that targeted the...
View ArticleIsraeli Air Force kills leader of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in Gaza airstrike
On Saturday, the Israeli Air Force killed Abu al Walid al Maqdisi, the leader of one of several al Qaeda-linked jihadist groups in Gaza. Al Maqdisi, the former emir of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in...
View ArticleMujahideen Shura Council is consolidation of Salafi-Jihadist groups in Gaza:...
On Saturday, the Israeli Air Force killed Abu al Walid al Maqdisi (a.k.a. Hisham Saidani), the former emir of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem, and Ashraf al Sabah, the former head of Ansar al...
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Turkish jihadists eulogize slain German al Qaeda leader
A Turkish jihadist magazine eulogized a German who served as both a senior member of al Qaeda's external operations branch and as a leader in the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan before his death in an...
View Article'Moderate' Islamist leader in Tunisia strategizes with al Qaeda-linked Salafists
The leader of the supposedly moderate Ennahda political party in Tunisia has been caught on tape strategizing with Salafists to gain control of the country. In the video, he also acknowledged contacts...
View ArticleInsider attack by Afghan intelligence employee kills 6 in Kandahar
In the first fatal green-on-blue, or insider, attack by an employee of Afghanistan's intelligence service this year, a uniformed member of the National Directorate of Security detonated a suicide vest...
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