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AQAP confirms deputy emir killed in US drone strike
Slain al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula deputy emir Said al Shihri, from his martyrdom video. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has confirmed that Said al...
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Former bin Laden doctor reportedly heads al Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula
Ramzi Mowafi. Image from Al Arabiya. Egyptian security forces have reportedly arrested a number of jihadists operating in the Sinai Peninsula who are linked to Ramzi Mowafi, a former physician for...
View ArticleGlobal al Qaeda: Affiliates, objectives, and future challenges
Editor's note: Below is Thomas Joscelyn's testimony to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, on al Qaeda, the nature of the group's central...
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Israel indicts Palestinian tied to number of terror groups
Israeli authorities today filed an indictment against Palestinian Wael Abu Reda. According to the indictment, Abu Reda has committed a plethora of security offenses during his time in a number of...
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US charges Belmokhtar with murder of Americans in Algerian gas plant attack
Al Qaeda commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar. Image from Sahara Media. The US Department of Justice charged a dangerous al Qaeda leader in Africa who is responsible for attacking a natural gas facility at In...
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Tunisian jihadist calls for clerics, youth to fight in Syria
Abu Abdullah al Tunisi, kneeling, right. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. In a newly released jihadist video, a Tunisian fighter from the Muhajireen Army, a terrorist group composed primarily...
View ArticleTurkistan Islamic Party trains women for jihad
The al Qaeda-linked Turkistan Islamic Party is actively training female recruits to wage jihad in South and Central Asia. A short, one-minute-long video by the Turkish Islamic Party shows five...
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EU adds Hezbollah's military wing to terror list
European Union foreign ministers today reached a unanimous decision to designate the military wing of Iranian-backed Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. The move, which will likely lead to travel...
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Al Qaeda assaults Iraqi jails, frees hundreds of prisoners
Al Qaeda's affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, launched coordinated suicide assaults last night against two Iraqi jails, killing 26 policemen and freeing more than 500 prisoners. The...
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American passport found at al Qaeda base in northern Syria
A passport said to belong to an American citizen was found among a number of identification documents belonging to foreign fighters who have been waging jihad with al Qaeda inside Syria. The documents...
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Pakistani Taliban leader discusses 'global jihad,' Syria in al Qaeda video
Maulana Asim Umar, from a video by As Sahab. His face is intentionally blotted. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. As Sahab, al Qaeda's propaganda arm, has released a video featuring...
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Names of Hezbollah terrorists linked to Burgas attack released
Hezbollah operatives Meliad Farah, left, and Hassan El Hajj Hassan, right. Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior today released the names and photos of two Hezbollah operatives tied to the Burgas terror...
View ArticleJundallah claims suicide assault on ISID headquarters in Sukkur
Jundallah, a terrorist group closely tied to al Qaeda and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, claimed credit for yesterday's suicide assault on a local headquarters for Pakistan's Inter-Services...
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant eulogizes Tunisian suicide bomber
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a martyrdom statement for a Tunisian fighter who executed a suicide attack on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Tunisian...
View ArticleTunisian government alleges longtime jihadist involved in assassinations
Tunisian Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou said on Friday that the same semi-automatic 9 mm caliber firearm was used in the assassinations of two prominent opposition politicians. According to Tunis...
View ArticleAl Nusrah Front and Ansar al Khilafah seize town near Aleppo, execute Syrian...
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, and an allied jihadist group known as the Ansar al Khilafah have both claimed credit for taking control of a town near...
View ArticleAnalysis: Al Qaeda's Iraqi, Syrian affiliates jointly battle Kurds
A stream of reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) beginning in mid-July say that al Qaeda's Iraqi and Syrian wings are jointly fighting Kurdish forces in northern Syria. The...
View ArticleUS launches 1st drone strike in Yemen in 7 weeks
US drones launched the first strike in Yemen in 49 days, killing six "militants" in an attack today on a convoy in a southern town controlled by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The remotely piloted...
View ArticleUS drones kill Taliban, 'Arab' fighters in strike in North Waziristan
The US killed eight "militants" in an area of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan that is known to serve as a gateway for terrorist groups entering Afghanistan. The drone...
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Taliban release video honoring 'Ghazi' who attacked ISAF soldiers, escaped...
Rogue Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers Lambar Khan and Lieutenant Ihasanullah were featured in a Taliban produced video, "Afghan Ghazyian," on July 23, 2013. Lambar Khan, a rogue Afghan National...
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