Report: Ex-Guantanamo detainee and member of Bahrain's royal family joins...
A former Guantanamo detainee who was transferred to his home country of Bahrain in 2005 has reportedly joined the jihad in Syria. According to an article in the Bahrain Mirror on Dec. 28, Sheikh Salman...
View ArticleTaliban suicide assault team kills ISAF soldier in eastern Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team killed a Coalition soldier in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar today before being gunned down by Afghan troops. A heavily armed suicide assault team consisting of...
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Al Qaeda, tribal allies 'control' Fallujah
Iraq. Click map to view. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, an al Qaeda branch in the Middle East, and its tribal allies have taken control of Fallujah less than one week after launching an...
View ArticleUS adds Afghan Taliban deputy shadow governor to terrorist list
The US Department of State added a deputy shadow governor for the southeastern Afghan province of Zabul to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists today. While not stated in the press...
View ArticleUS drones kill 2 AQAP fighters in eastern Yemen
Two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed today in the first recorded US drone strike in Yemen or Pakistan this year. The remotely piloted Predators or Reapers fired missiles at a...
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee remains suspect in Benghazi attack
Sufyan ben Qumu. Note: An earlier version of this article was published by The Weekly Standard. In addition, this article draws on earlier reporting at The Long War Journal and The Weekly Standard. An...
View ArticleSuicide bomber attacks Iraqi recruits as al Qaeda forces retain control of...
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, an al Qaeda branch in the Middle East, killed 21 people in a suicide attack at a military recruiting center in Baghdad today. The attack was launched as the ISIS...
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State Department designates 3 Ansar al Sharia organizations, leaders
The US State Department announced today that it has added three chapters of Ansar al Sharia, as well as three of the groups' leaders, to the government's terrorist designation lists. Ansar al Sharia...
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ISAF confirms Taliban downing of US helicopter in Zabul
The Taliban were responsible for downing a US Army Blackhawk helicopter in the southern Afghan province of Zabul on Dec. 17, 2013, the International Security Assistance Force has confirmed. The...
View ArticleTurkish counterterrorism raids target al Islamic charity, net al Qaeda...
In an apparent crackdown on support for al Qaeda in Syria, Turkish authorities conducted simultaneous raids in seven provinces today against an Islamic relief organization and arrested at least 23...
View ArticleUS drone strike accidentally kills civilian in eastern Yemen
The US accidentally killed a civilian in the second drone strike that targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in the eastern Yemeni province of Hadramout so far this year. The remotely piloted...
View ArticleSenate report: Terrorists 'affiliated' with multiple al Qaeda groups involved...
The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has released its review of the intelligence concerning the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. The report confirms that multiple parts of...
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Yahya Ayyash Brigades takes credit for rocket attack against Israel
In a series of tweets yesterday, a jihadist group calling itself the Yahya Ayyash Brigades claimed responsibility for a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on Jan. 13 around the time of the funeral of...
View ArticleAl Nusrah Front suicide bomber kills 5 in attack on Hezbollah
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant claimed credit for today's bombing in the Lebanese city of Hermel. The attack is the latest by al Qaeda-affiliated groups that have targeted Iran and...
View ArticleAQAP overruns Yemeni army base, seizes armored vehicles
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula attacked military bases in central Yemen today, killing several soldiers and seizing armored personnel carriers, according to reports from the country. AQAP fighters...
View ArticleAfghan, US forces target Haqqani-linked Taliban leader in Parwan
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted a Haqqani Network-linked Taliban leader during a recent raid in the central Afghan province in Parwan. The Taliban commander, who serves as...
View ArticleAnalysis: Shifting dynamics of rebel infighting in Syria
Over the past few weeks, the news has been rife with reports of infighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, an al Qaeda affiliate, and other Islamist groups in Syria, including al...
View ArticleTaliban suicide assault team targets foreigners in Kabul
The Afghan Taliban claimed credit for a suicide assault in Kabul today that killed more than 20 people, including the International Monetary Fund's representative to Afghanistan and three UN employees....
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Statement from Zawahiri's representative shows Syrian rebel group tied to al...
A statement criticizing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) that was written by Abu Khalid al Suri, Ayman al Zawahiri's main representative inside Syria, has been posted on various jihadist...
View ArticleAfghan Taliban reject US call for peace talks
A top spokesman for the Afghan Taliban rejected the US' call for the group to "put down their arms and begin peace talks," a request that was made just one day after a Taliban suicide assault team...
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