State Department designates head of Al Nusrah Front branch in Lebanon
The US State Department today announced the designation of Usamah Amin al Shihabi, who has "recently been appointed head of Syria-based al Nusrah Front's Palestinian wing in Lebanon." Al Shihabi is...
View ArticleThe German jihadists' colony in Syria
Germany's Syria policy is one of the most paradoxical within the European Union. In contrast to her French and British counterparts, Chancellor Angela Merkel has opposed all forms of military...
View ArticleTreasury designation targets al Qaeda's fundraising network
A newly released designation by the US Treasury Department identifies two alleged al Qaeda supporters who have raised funds for the terror network. The fundraising has benefited multiple al Qaeda...
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Taliban eulogize Qari Hussain, chief of suicide and international operations
In a newly released video, the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan eulogized Qari Hussain, a top commander of the group who trained suicide bombers and plotted operations against the West, including...
View ArticleEgyptian raid in Ansar Jerusalem stronghold fails to achieve goals
Egyptian security forces yesterday launched a raid in the North Sinai village of al Mahdiya near Rafah. Authorities had received information that two key Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) members...
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Al Qaeda suicide team kills Iraqi general, 17 officers
For a larger image, click the map. Left and center maps: these two maps were produced by MNF-I in 2008 to show how al Qaeda was driven from its sanctuaries during the surge. Dark red indicates...
View ArticlePakistani military, Taliban clash in North Waziristan after suicide attack
The Pakistani military claimed it killed 23 "militants" in the town of Mir Ali in the Taliban controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, two days after a suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint there....
View ArticleSuicide bomber strikes security checkpoint near Benghazi, Libya
A suicide bomber detonated a truck bomb at a checkpoint outside the city of Benghazi earlier today. The number of casualties varies in the early reporting. According to Al Arabiya, at least 13 people...
View ArticleIslamic Front joins al Qaeda suicide assault to take Syrian hospital
The Islamic Front, a newly formed jihadist group in Syria, recently launched a joint raid with one of al Qaeda's branches to take control of a hospital in the contested city of Aleppo. The operation to...
View ArticleBombing in Mansoura leaves at least 12 dead, 130 injured
Just after 1 a.m. on Dec. 24, a massive explosion struck the Daqahliya security directorate in Mansoura, Nile Delta. Video and photos from Mansoura showed an explosion far larger than what was seen in...
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Ansar Jerusalem claims responsibility for Mansoura suicide bombing
In a statement released to jihadist forums today, the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) claimed responsibility for the Dec. 24 suicide car bombing in Mansoura that...
View ArticleUS drones kill 4 'militants' in North Waziristan strike
The US killed four "militants" in a drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan late last night. The strike is the first in Pakistan in a month. The remotely piloted...
View ArticleHead of Al Nusrah Front interviewed by journalist convicted in Spain on...
The head of the Al Nusrah Front, Abu Muhammad al Julani, finally granted a television interview earlier this month. Al Nusrah has long had a prolific media shop. But in a world in which al Qaeda's...
View ArticleUS drones kill 2 AQAP fighters in eastern Yemen
The US killed two suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters today in the first drone strike since mid-December, when 15 civilians were reported to have been killed in another US attack in...
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Boko Haram leader claims another attack in Borno state
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. Image from Vanguard. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a new video yesterday, claiming responsibility for the Dec. 20 attack on a Nigerian military barracks...
View Article'Black Widow' suicide bomber strikes at Russian train station
A female suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives in a train station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd today, killing more than a dozen people. The bombing, which was likely...
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Suicide bomber strikes again in southern Russia
Aftermath of the suicide attack on a bus in Volgograd. Image from RIA Novosti. The southern Russian city of Volgograd has suffered its second suicide attack targeting public transportation in two...
View ArticleAQAP suicide assault team targets security HQ in Aden
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula launched a complex suicide assault against a Security Department headquarters in the port city of Aden in southwestern Yemen today. Security forces repelled this...
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Emir of Abdullah Azzam Brigades detained in Lebanon
Majid bin Muhammad al Majid, from the Saudi Interior Ministry's list of 85 most-wanted terrorists. Lebanese security forces have captured Majid bin Muhammad al Majid, a Saudi jihadist who leads the al...
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Al Qaeda seizes partial control of 2 cities in western Iraq
Over the past several days, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq, has taken control of large sections of two western Iraqi cities that were once bastions for the terror...
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