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9/11 recruiter reportedly freed in Syria
Mohammed Zammar. Photograph from Spiegel. Mohammed Zammar, the al Qaeda operative responsible for recruiting the suicide-hijack pilots for the 9/11 attacks, has reportedly been freed inside Syria....
View ArticleUS drones kill local AQAP commander and bodyguard
The US killed a local al Qaeda Arabian Peninsula commander and his bodyguard in the fourth recorded strike in Yemen so far this month. Today's airstrike, which was carried out by the remotely piloted...
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Saudi Arabia accuses 8 of aiding and financing al Qaeda
The Specialized Criminal Court on State Security and Terrorism in Riyadh charged eight defendants today with providing weaponry and financial funding to al Qaeda in support of terrorist operations...
View ArticlePalestinian terror groups launch dozens of rockets and mortars at Israel
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and other Palestinian terror groups, including Fatah's al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, launched dozens of rockets and mortars from Gaza towards southern Israel yesterday. The...
View ArticleAl Nusrah Front, Free Syrian Army launch joint operation
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, teamed up with a Free Syrian Army unit known as the Liwa al Ummah to overrun a military outpost in Idlib province...
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Review board rules against Guantanamo detainee
On March 5, a review board set up to evaluate the status of Guantanamo detainees determined that Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab Al Rahabi should remain in US custody. Al Rahabi is a Yemeni who was...
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Ansar Jerusalem confirms deaths of 2 members, including founder
In a statement released to jihadist forums on March 14, the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) announced the death of Tawfiq Mohammed Freij, also known as Abu Abdullah....
View ArticleAl Nusrah Front names training camps after top al Qaeda leaders
Al Nusrah Front's Abu Ghadiyah training camp. The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant has announced the establishment of two training camps in Syria that are named after al Qaeda's emir and a...
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula releases 12th issue of Inspire magazine
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released the 12th issue of Inspire magazine. The Long War Journal has obtained a copy of the magazine, which is published as a pdf file online. The cover...
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Islamic Caucasus Emirate confirms death of emir Doku Umarov
From left to right: Khamzat, the commander of the Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyr Brigade; Doku Umarov, the leader of the Caucasus Emirate; and Saifullah, the suicide bomber of the deadly Jan. 24 suicide...
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New Ansar al Sharia in Egypt claims more than a dozen shooting attacks
In a statement released to jihadist forums and social media sites yesterday, a group calling itself Kataeb Ansar al Sharia fi Ard al Kinanah (Brigades of Ansar al Sharia in the Land of Egypt), claimed...
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'American' jihadist in Syria pictured with dangerous ISIS commanders
Abu Muhammad al Amriki [the American, far right with index finger raised], walking alongside Omar al Shishani [center, with red beard]. An American who previously explained his defection from the Al...
View ArticleTaliban claim suicide assault on Jalalabad police HQ
The Afghan Taliban claimed credit for today's suicide assault on a police headquarters in Jalalabad in the eastern province of Nangarhar that killed 18 people. A heavily armed suicide assault team...
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Al Qaeda veteran appears in Al Nusrah Front video, criticizes rival
Abu Firas al Suri, a senior al Qaeda operative, was sent to Syria from Yemen in 2013. According to the Al Nusrah Front, Al Suri served as an "envoy" for Osama bin Laden and helped establish...
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Al Qaeda official in Syria was extremist preacher in Australia
Abu Sulayman al Muhajir, as pictured in an Al Nusrah Front video released on March 17. An extremist preacher known for his fiery sermons in Australia, where he implored listeners to join the jihad in...
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Chechen commander for Al Nusrah Front reported killed in fighting against...
Center: Muhammad al Shishani. A Chechen leader of a unit that joined the Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda's branch in Syria, has been killed during recent fighting against the...
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Al Nusrah Front official confirms senior al Qaeda leader has been killed
Sanafi al Nasr is sitting on the far left in the picture above. The photo was circulated on Twitter following the news of Nasr's death. A senior al Qaeda leader known as Sanafi al Nasr was killed in...
View ArticleAQAP releases first installment of 'Journey of Jihad' video series
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) recently released the first part of a video series titled "Journey of Jihad" about the life of Sa'id al Shihri, the former AQAP deputy who was killed by a US...
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Turkish charity İMKANDER praises slain Islamic Caucasus Emirate emir in rally
A charity known as İMKANDER has praised Doku Umarov, the former emir of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate whose death was announced by the jihadist group just last week, during recent rallies in several...
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Ansar Jerusalem confirms deaths of 6 members, 2 tied to Syria conflict
In a statement released to jihadist forums on March 23, Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) confirmed the deaths of six of its fighters in clashes with Egyptian security forces on March 19. Egypt's...
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