Al Qaeda and the threat in Syria
Editor's note: Below is Thomas Joscelyn's testimony to the House Committee on Homeland Security, on al Qaeda in Syria and the threat it poses to the US. Al Qaeda affiliates and allied jihadist groups...
View ArticleSuicide car bombs strike Egyptian security forces in Sinai
Jihadists used two suicide car bombs in "near-simultaneous attacks" against Egyptian security installations in the Sinai Peninsula this morning. Six security personnel were killed and 17 others...
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Shabaab kills American jihadist Omar Hammami and British fighter
Shabaab's intelligence service, the Amniyatt Mukhabarat, is thought to have tracked down and killed American jihadist Omar Hammami and a Brit known as Osama al Britani after a clash in central...
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Jund al Islam claims credit for Sinai suicide car bomb attacks
In a statement distributed on jihadist forums today, a group calling itself Jund al Islam took credit for yesterday's two suicide car bomb attacks in the Sinai that killed at least six people and...
View ArticleTaliban launch suicide assault on US Consulate in Herat
The Taliban launched an early morning suicide assault today on the US Consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat. The attack is the latest in a series of suicide assaults and bombings that have...
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant overruns air defense base in Hama
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, one of two al Qaeda affiliates fighting in Syria, has claimed that it overran an air defense base and ammunition depot in Hama province. The ISIL said that...
View ArticleTaliban assassinate senior Pakistani Army general in Dir
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, an al Qaeda ally, killed a senior Pakistani Army general and two soldiers in a roadside bombing in the northwestern district of Dir today. The Taliban claimed...
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Egyptian army claims successes as jihadists allege 'massacre'
At a press conference in Cairo on Sept. 15, Egyptian army spokesman Ahmed Ali announced that recent operations by Egyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula have led to the arrests of 309 Islamist...
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Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham attack Syrian villages
Screen shots from the video of Al Nusrah Front and Ahrar al Sham's raid on three Syrian villages in Homs. Images from the SITE Intel Group. The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al...
View ArticleUS adds 2 Indonesian jihadists to terrorism list
The US government has added two members of Indonesian jihadist groups to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists for their activities with the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah and Jemaah...
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Salafi jihadist from Gaza reportedly killed fighting for ISIL in Syria
On Sept. 17, jihadist forums announced the death of Mohammed Za'anin (Abu Anas). Originally from Gaza, Za'anin was said to have died in a "martyrdom operation" in Syria, where he fought for the al...
View ArticleTaliban ambush policemen in northern Afghan province
The Taliban killed at least 20 Afghan policemen in an ambush in the remote northeastern province of Badakhshan this week. The deadly ambush took place after Afghan officials announced the conclusion of...
View ArticleAQAP launches multiple suicide assaults in southern Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed more than 50 Yemeni soldiers and policemen in a coordinated attack against military installations in southern Yemen today. Yemeni officials said that 56...
View Article2 Free Syrian Army brigades join Al Nusrah Front
Two brigades of the Free Syrian army that operate in Raqqah province have joined the Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, one of two official al Qaeda affiliates in Syria. The Raqqah...
View ArticleAfghan soldier kills 3 ISAF special forces troops in Paktia
In the first green-on-blue attack since July 9, an individual wearing an Afghan National Security Forces uniform shot and killed three special forces troops from the International Security Assistance...
View ArticleShabaab suicide teams target civilians in assault on Kenyan mall
Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in East Africa, has taken credit for the deadly assault on an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya that has so far resulted in the deaths of 39 people, including close...
View ArticleUS drones kill 7 in North Waziristan strike
The US killed seven suspected militants in a drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Today's strike is just the second in Pakistan this month. The CIA-operated,...
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Jihadist media unit urges fighters to strike Egyptian army
The Ibn Taymiyyah Media Center (ITMC), a jihadist media unit tied to the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem, yesterday called for jihadists to strike the Egyptian army. In the...
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Al Qaeda launches suicide assault on security forces in western Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraqi and the Levant (ISIL), an al Qaeda branch that operates in Iraq and Syria, launched a suicide assault against police and the military in Haditha today, killing nine...
View ArticleKenyan forces end Shabaab's siege at mall
President Uhuru Kenyatta announced today that security forces have ended the four-day siege at the upscale Westgate Mall in Nairobi after troops entered the building and killed or captured the members...
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