Taliban suicide bombers strike in Kabul, Khost
The Taliban launched suicide attacks today outside the Defense Ministry in Kabul and in Khost province as US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel visited the capital on his first trip to Afghanistan. The...
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Nigerian jihadist group executes 7 foreigners
A screen shot from the Ansar al-Muslimeen video that purports to show the bodies of several executed foreign hostages. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. A radical jihadist group in Nigeria that...
View Article2 'militants' reported killed in US drone strike in Pakistan
US drones are reported to have killed two "militants," including a "foreign national," as they rode on horseback in the terrorist hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of...
View Article2 US soldiers killed by Afghan policeman in attack at Special Forces base
An Afghan policeman killed two US soldiers in an attack at a US Special Forces base in Wardak province today. The attack is the second green-on-blue, or insider attack, that has been reported in the...
View ArticleAl Qaeda in Iraq claims ambush that killed Syrian, Iraqi troops
Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed credit for the March 4 attack in Anbar province that killed 48 Syrian soldiers who were fleeing their civil war and nine Iraqi troops who were escorting them to Baghdad. The Al...
View ArticleAl Nusrah Front poised to take over last major city on Euphrates River
View Larger Map The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda in Iraq's affiliate in Syria, may be close to taking control of Deir al Zour, the last major city on the Euphrates River in...
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Tunisian 'martyrs' celebrated by Ansar al Sharia
In early February, a video of an interview with Ansar al Sharia Tunisia's leader Seifallah ben Hassine (a.k.a. Abu Iyad al Tunisi) was released online after it had been banned by government officials....
View ArticleIMU commander captured in Kunduz
The International Security Assistance Force has captured a commander in the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan during an operation in northern Afghanistan. Afghan and Coalition forces...
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Benghazi suspect fled to Pakistan, recently detained in Libya
A suspect in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi has been detained in Libya, according to multiple press outlets. CNN reports that, according to one source, Faraj al Chalabi (or al Shibli)...
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Palestinian jihadist trainer killed fighting for Al Nusrah Front
Muhammad Ahmed Qanitah. Image from the Ibn Taymiyyah Media Center's Facebook page. A Palestinian jihadist military trainer and commander who was a member of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem and...
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Afghan forces thwart unprecedented terror plot in Kabul
Afghan NDS officials showed the media weapons and nearly eight tons of explosives seized from an operation conducted on March 12 in eastern Kabul. The explosives were hidden in cement bags and wired...
View ArticleAl Qaeda in Iraq claims 'storming' operation in Baghdad
Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) claimed credit for last week's deadly suicide assault on the Justice Ministry in Baghdad that killed 22 Iraqis. Seven Iraqi policemen and 15 civilians were killed in the March 14...
View ArticleISAF targets IMU suicide bombing network following deadly attack
Following a deadly suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan that killed 10 people on March 13, Afghan and Coalition forces launched separate raids on March 14 and March 15 targeting three senior members...
View ArticleSyrian government accuses rebels of launching chemical attack
At least 26 people have been killed and more than 80 wounded in what may have been the first chemical attack in Syria's two-year-old civil war. The Syrian government has accused rebel fighters of...
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Pakistani Taliban overrun rival faction's headquarters, dozens killed
Residents pick through rubble following a military air strike against suspected militant positions in the Tirah Valley, Khyber Agency, in late December 2012. Militants associated with Ansar-ul-Islam...
View ArticleSwedish jihadist killed in Syria while fighting for the Muhajireen Brigade
A Swedish Muslim who entered Syria to wage jihad against President Bashir al Assad's regime was killed while fighting alongside the Muhajireen Brigade (Emigrants Brigade), a group of foreign fighters...
View ArticleUS, UN add Ansar Dine to list of terror groups
The US State Department and the United Nations added Ansar Dine, a Mali terrorist group with close ties to al Qaeda, to their lists of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Today's designations follow the...
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Al Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for rocket attacks on Israel
In a post on its official Facebook page, the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on Sderot, Israel. The Mujahideen Shura Council in...
View ArticleUS drones kill 4 'militants' in Pakistan
The US killed four "militants" in a drone strike in the terrorist hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The strike today is the first reported by the US...
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US posts $5 million reward for American suspected of being Zawahiri's...
The US State Department's Rewards for Justice program posted $5 million rewards for information leading to the arrest or conviction of two Americans who have served in leadership positions in Shabaab,...
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