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US adds Boko Haram, Ansaru to list of foreign terrorist groups
Boko Haram emir Abubakar Shekau, from a propaganda tape. The US State Department has added the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram and its splinter faction known as Ansaru to the lists of Foreign...
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Haqqani Network emir eulogizes son killed in Pakistan
Jalaluddin Haqqani with his son Nasrudin. Jalaluddin Haqqani, the leader of the Haqqani Network and patriarch of the family, has issued a eulogy for his son, Narisruddin, a top facilitator and leader...
View ArticlePalestinian from Gaza reportedly killed fighting for ISIS near Aleppo
A Palestinian from the Gaza Strip has reportedly died fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) in Syria. Amer Abu Ghoula is said to have died on the evening of Nov. 13 during clashes...
View ArticleAnsaru leader calls Zawahiri 'our good emir,' praises al Qaeda branches
The leader of Ansaru, a Nigeria-based jihadist group that was added to the US' list of global terrorist organizations just days ago, recently called Ayman al-Zawahiri "our good emir" and Mullah Omar...
View ArticleTaliban claim credit for Kabul suicide attack
The Afghan Taliban took credit for yesterday's suicide attack in the capital of Kabul that targeted the site of an upcoming meeting of Afghan leaders who will vote on the Bilateral Security Agreement....
View ArticleUS drones kill 3 AQAP fighters in Yemen airstrike
The US killed three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters today in the first recorded drone strike in Yemen since the end of August. The strike took place in an eastern province of Yemen where...
View ArticleAbdullah Azzam Brigades claims credit for attack on Iranian embassy
Twin suicide attacks today outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, have killed nearly two dozen people and wounded more than 140 others, according to initial press reporting. An official from...
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Ansar Jerusalem claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian security...
In a statement posted to jihadist forums on Nov. 19, Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) claimed responsibility for the Nov. 17 shooting attack on Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Mabrouk, a senior...
View ArticleAnsarul Muhajideen suicide bomber kills 2 Pakistani troops
Ansarul Muhajideen, a jihadist group in Pakistan known to include Uzbek fighters, claimed credit for a suicide attack in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today that killed two...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 3 Haqqani commanders in Pakistan's Hangu district
The US launched a drone strike at a seminary in Pakistan's settled district of Hangu, killing six people in what appears to have been an attempt to kill Sirajuddin Haqqani, the operations commander of...
View ArticleAl Qaeda and the threat in North Africa
Editor's note: Below is Thomas Joscelyn's testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on al Qaeda's network in Africa and the threat it poses to the US. If you wish to view the testimony with...
View ArticleAnalysis: Targeted killing of Haqqani leaders a successful tactic that falls...
A version of this article was originally published at The Daily Beast under the title, The Taliban's Hydras. Yesterday's drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern district of Hangu that killed a top...
View ArticleAnalysis: Formation of Islamic Front in Syria benefits jihadist groups
Yesterday a new Islamist group emerged in Syria, a coalescence of seven major Islamist fighting forces in Syria now calling itself the Islamic Front. Estimated to consist of about 45,000 fighters, the...
View ArticleAnsar al Sharia battles security forces in Benghazi
More than one year after a US ambassador and three other Americans were killed during a terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, the city remains plagued by violence. Ansar al Sharia Libya, the al...
View ArticleISIS praises slain commander who fought in Iraq, Libya, and Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, one of two official al Qaeda branches operating in Syria, praised a Libyan commander who had fought in Iraq and Libya before being killed in a clash with a rival...
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Chechen-led group swears allegiance to head of Islamic State of Iraq and Sham
Abu Omar al Chechen. FISyria.com posted this picture along with a statement confirming his allegiance to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. A Chechen-led group...
View ArticleIslamic Front endorses jihad, says 'the Muhajireen are our brothers'
The Islamic Front, a newly formed coalition of Syrian Islamist groups who have cooperated with al Qaeda and is estimated at 45,000 fighters, released its charter on its official Twitter account on Nov....
View ArticleUS drones strike in Pakistan, kill 3 'militants'
The US killed three unidentified "militants" in a drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan yesterday. The strike is the third in Pakistan this month; the previous...
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Analysis: Al Qaeda seeks to spin capture of top operative
Adam Gadahn, al Qaeda's American-born spokesman (left) and Abu Anas al Libi (right). Image from the SITE Intelligence group. Al Qaeda propagandist Adam Gadahn has released a new video denouncing the...
View ArticleBoko Haram overruns Nigerian Air Force base
Boko Haram, a Nigerian terrorist group with ties to al Qaeda, launched a major attack on a Nigerian Air Force base in the insurgency-wracked city of Maiduguri. A number of security personnel were...
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