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Al Qaeda's general command disowns the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Al Qaeda's senior leadership has disowned the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) in a statement released online. ISIS and its leader, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, have repeatedly refused to obey...
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Pro-al Qaeda Saudi cleric calls on ISIS members to defect
Sheikh Muhaysini praised Ayman al Zawahiri as the Sheikh of the Mujahideen on his popular Twitter feed shortly after al Qaeda's general command disowned ISIS. Muhaysini also praised Osama bin Laden...
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ISIS confirms death of senior leader in Syria
Images of Haji Bakr released by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. From the SITE Intelligence Group. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, the jihadist group that was denounced by al Qaeda's...
View ArticleUS adds 3 senior Haqqani Network leaders to terrorism list
The US Treasury Department has added three senior Haqqani Network leaders to the list of Specially Designated Global terrorists today. The designations highlight the Haqqani Network's continued support...
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US designates leader of Lashkar-e-Jhanghvi as global terrorist
Malik Ishaq, the leader of the al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, waves to throngs of supporters after he is released from custody in 2011. The US State Department added Malik Ishaq, the leader of the...
View ArticleTreasury Department identifies another Iran-based facilitator for al Qaeda
In a series of designations released today, the US Treasury Department targets "a diverse set of entities and individuals located around the world for evading US sanctions against Iran, aiding Iranian...
View ArticleUS adds 4 Qods Force operatives to terrorism list for supporting terrorism in...
The US Treasury Department added to its list of global terrorists today three Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force officers and one "associate" who are involved in the "use of terrorism and...
View ArticleEgypt's army says 16 militants killed in latest North Sinai airstrikes
Egypt's army spokesman today claimed that airstrikes late yesterday killed 16 Islamist militants in the town of Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai. Prior to this announcement, the army spokesman said in a...
View ArticleAl Nusrah Front praises Chechen commander killed in Aleppo
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, praised a Chechen jihadist commander who was killed during recent fighting to take control of a prison in Aleppo....
View ArticlePakistani jihadists form Ahrar-ul-Hind, vow to continue attacks
A new global jihadist group that is unwilling to negotiate with the Pakistani government has announced its formation and vowed to continue attacks in the country despite the outcome of ongoing peace...
View ArticleAl Qaeda's expansion into Egypt
Editor's note: Below is Thomas Joscelyn's testimony to the House Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence on al Qaeda's expansion into Egypt and the...
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Treasury adds Afghan heroin trafficker to narcotics kingpin list
The US Treasury Department added Lahore Jan, an Afghan national to its list of Foreign Narcotics Kingpins yesterday. His operations in transferring cash through his hawala help fund the Taliban. Jan is...
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Boko Haram kills 39 in attack on village in Borno state
The burnt-out remains of homes and businesses in the village of Konduga. Image from the AFP. Boko Haram, a Nigerian terrorist group with ties to al Qaeda, has conducted a major assault on a village in...
View ArticleAQAP storms prison in Yemen's capital, frees al Qaeda operatives
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula freed several of its operatives from the central prison in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a in a complex assault today that involved suicide bombers and an assault team....
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Jihadists release video of British suicide bomber in Syria
Jihadists have released a video of a British fighter who carried out a suicide attack in a recent assault on an Aleppo prison conducted by the Al Nusrah Front and the Army of the Caliphate. Abdul...
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Tourist bus targeted in latest Sinai attack, at least 3 killed
A tourist bus in the Egyptian town of Taba near the Israeli border was struck by an explosion today that killed at least three people and wounded more than a dozen. The targeted bus, which was...
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Taliban claim the execution of 23 Pakistani Frontier Corps troops
Omar Khalid [center], from a propaganda video released in 2012. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. An influential commander in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has issued a statement...
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Ansar Jerusalem claims tourist bus bombing in Egypt's Sinai
In a statement released to jihadist forums today, the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) claimed responsibility for the bombing of a tourist bus in Taba yesterday. At...
View ArticleAbdullah Azzam Brigades launches double suicide attack on Iranian cultural...
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades has claimed today's twin suicide attack in the Lebanese capital of Beirut that killed at least five people and wounded more than a dozen. The attack is the second by the al...
View ArticlePakistani Air Force strikes at 'militants' in North Waziristan, Khyber
The Pakistani military claimed it killed more than 35 "militants," including a number of fighters from Central Asia, during a series of airstrikes today in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North...
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