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Ansar Jerusalem: 'The war has yet to start'
In a video released to jihadist forums on Dec. 1, Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) showed some of its recent attacks in North Sinai against Egyptian security personnel along with footage of some...
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'It is possible' Ansar Jerusalem is tied to al Qaeda, brother of group's...
In a recent visit to North Sinai, CBS News' Clarissa Ward, like other journalists who have visited the area in recent months, interviewed Haitham el Menai, the brother of purported Ansar Jerusalem...
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Analysis: Resilient Boko Haram an increasing threat
Maiduguri Airport in flames. Image from BizWatchNigeria. Boko Haram's latest attack in Maiduguri has been described as its most audacious yet. In the early hours of Monday morning hundreds of Boko...
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4 battalions from Qatar-backed Islamist brigade defect to wage 'armed...
Saddam al Jamal, a senior leader of the Ahfad al Rasoul Brigade who has defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. Image from the SITE Intelligence group. Four battalions from the Ahfad al...
View ArticleAQAP launches suicide assault on Yemeni defense ministry complex
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed more than 50 people in a suicide assault that targeted Yemen's Ministry of Defense complex in the capital of Sana'a. The attack is the latest in a series of...
View ArticleAQAP says assault on Yemen's Defense Ministry targeted US drone operations
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed it executed yesterday's suicide assault on the Ministry of Defense in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a in an effort to strike at the US' drone program that targets...
View ArticleIslamic Front fighters take over Free Syrian Army bases near Turkish border
The Islamic Front, a recently formed Islamist alliance of several large groups that cooperate with al Qaeda in Syria, has driven Free Syrian Army forces out of bases and a warehouse at the Bab al-Hawa...
View ArticleAnalysis: Afghan Taliban say drone strikes are proof US is a 'paper tiger'
The Afghan Taliban recently claimed that the US' reliance on drone strikes to target Taliban leaders masks the decline of American power in the world and the failure of its counterinsurgency strategy...
View ArticleUS drones kill 3 AQAP fighters in eastern Yemen
The US killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in a drone strike today in an eastern province in Yemen where the terror group has stepped up its activities. The remotely piloted strike...
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Al Qaeda official says force needed to establish sharia law in Egypt
In a message released by al Qaeda's As Sahab on Dec. 7, Muhammad bin Mahmoud Rabie al Bahtiyti, an al Qaeda official, said the group is following current events in Egypt, even though it is "away from...
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Jordan rearrests millennium bombings plotter
Raed Hijazi. Photograph from Reuters. A longtime jihadist who was born in the US and slated to take part in al Qaeda's planned millennium attacks in Jordan has been rearrested by authorities. Al...
View ArticleIslamic Front brigade launches joint raid with al Qaeda's Syrian branches
The Ahrar al Sham Islamic Movement, one of six units of the newly formed Islamic Front, conducted a joint raid with al Qaeda's two official branches in Syria against Hezbollah and pro-Assad militias....
View ArticleUS drone strike kills civilians in central Yemen
The US launched its second drone strike in Yemen this week, killing several civilians in an attack on a wedding convoy that is thought to have included members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula....
View ArticleAnsarul Mujahideen kills 4 Pakistani troops in North Waziristan
Yesterday, jihadists from Ansarul Mujahideen killed four Pakistani soldiers in an IED attack in North Waziristan. The jihadist group, which is known to include Uzbek fighters, claimed that the attack...
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Boko Haram leader releases video on Maiduguri attack, threatens US
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. Image from Vanguard. A new video has surfaced showing Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claiming responsibility for the Dec. 2 attack on military installations in...
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Kansas bomb plot suspect says bin Laden and Awlaki are inspirations
US authorities today announced the arrest of Terry Lee Loewen, 58, of Wichita, Kan. Loewen had attempted to detonate a car bomb at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, authorities said. He was arrested at...
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Popular Saudi cleric endorses Islamic Front, calls for cooperation with al Qaeda
Dr. Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini, as pictured on his Twitter feed. Banners commonly used by al Qaeda-affiliated groups are on the wall behind him. Dr. Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini, a popular Saudi...
View Article2 Guantanamo detainees transferred to Saudi Arabia
The Defense Department announced the transfer of two Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia today. Saad Muhammad Husayn Qahtani and Hamood Abdulla Hamood were both previously approved for transfer from...
View ArticleSyrian rebel leader was bin Laden's courier, now Zawahiri's representative
A senior al Qaeda operative known as Abu Khalid al Suri is a leading figure in Ahrar al Sham, a Syrian extremist group that is part of the recently formed Islamic Front. Al Suri's real name is Mohamed...
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US adds Belmokhtar's brigades to terrorist lists
Al Qaeda commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the head of the al-Mulathameen Brigade and its sub-unit, the al-Mua'qi'oon Biddam. Image from Sahara Media. Today US State Department added three West African...
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