State Department adds Ansar Jerusalem to terrorist designation lists
The State Department today added Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis, or ABM) to the US government's lists of designated terrorist entities. Based in the Sinai, ABM was founded in the aftermath of...
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Taliban's shadow governor for Kunar reported killed in US airstrike
Noor Qasim Sabari, the shadow governor for Kunar province, from a Taliban video released in 2012. The National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan's domestic intelligence service, claimed that the...
View ArticleAnsar Jerusalem releases video of December bombing in Mansoura
The Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al Maqdis) today released a video about its Dec. 24, 2013 suicide car bombing attack outside the Daqahliya security directorate in Mansoura....
View ArticleAl Qaeda shura council member addresses infighting in Syria
Abu Khalil al Madani, a senior member of al Qaeda's shura council, has released an audio message addressing the infighting between jihadist groups in Syria. The message was obtained and translated by...
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Jihadist ideologues call on Zawahiri to detail problems with former al Qaeda...
A group of jihadist ideologues, including a sharia official in the Al Nusrah Front, have called on Ayman al Zawahiri to address the specific problems that the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) has...
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Al Nusrah Front official explains al Qaeda's strategy, conflict with former...
Abu Sulayman al Muhajir, a high-ranking sharia official in the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, has released a video explaining the group's ongoing conflict with the Islamic State...
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Trial of jihadist cleric expected to highlight ex-Guantanamo detainee's al...
Abu Hamza al Masri and a masked follower. The trial of Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, better known as Abu Hamza al Masri, began this week in New York with jury selection. Abu Hamza preached in Britain for...
View Article2 Australian nationals killed in Yemen in November drone strike
Media outlets in Australia and New Zealand today reported that two Australian nationals, including one who was a New Zealand citizen as well, were killed in a US predator drone strike in Yemen on Nov....
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Al Qaeda's general manager threatens America in video of large gathering
A video released by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in late March has garnered renewed attention in the media. The video, entitled "The First of the Heavy Rain," features two AQAP leaders, as...
View ArticleISIS''Diyala Division' lauds foreign suicide bombers, including Dane
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham's "Diyala Division" recently praised 26 suicide bombers, including 24 foreign fighters who conducted suicide attacks in the province of Diyala over the past...
View ArticleAl Nusrah Front sharia official uses social media to condemn killing of...
Not long after the Al Nusrah Front's leader in the Idlib province of Syria was killed two days ago, a senior sharia (Islamic law) official in the group condemned the killers on Twitter. Abu Sulayman al...
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Head of al Qaeda's 'Victory Committee' survived battle in Syria
Sanafi al Nasr is sitting on the far left in the picture above. The photo was circulated on Twitter following reports of Nasr's death. However, Nasr has survived. A senior al Qaeda operative who was...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 16 AQAP fighters, 5 civilians
The US killed 16 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and five civilians in the first drone strike in Yemen in more than two weeks, according to reports from the country. Today's airstrike, which...
View ArticleUS targets AQAP master bomb maker in 2 strikes in Yemen
The US targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's top bomb maker in one of two strikes that took place in Yemen over the past two days. Unnamed Yemeni officials have speculated that Ibrahim Hassan...
View ArticleZawahiri discusses infighting in Syria, opposition to Egyptian goverment
Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri discusses the infighting between jihadist groups in Syria and his opposition to the Egyptian government in a newly released audio interview. As Sahab, al Qaeda's...
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Afghan Taliban confirms death of shadow governors for Kunar, Kandahar
Noor Qasim Sabari, the shadow governor for Kunar province, from a Taliban video released in 2012. The Afghan Taliban confirmed that its shadow governors for Kunar and Kandahar provinces were killed...
View ArticleAfghan policeman guns down 3 Americans at hospital in Kabul
An Afghan police officer opened fire on American medical personnel at a hospital run by a Christian charity in Kabul, killing three Americans and wounding another. The motive for the attack has not...
View ArticleDeath of French hostage in Mali
This week, Agence France-Presse received a disturbing call from a terrorist group announcing the death of French hostage Gilberto Rodrigues Leal. A Portuguese-born French national, Leal was kidnapped...
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Uzbek commands group within the Al Nusrah Front
Abu Hussein, the emir of the Seyfuddin Uzbek Jamaat. An Uzbek commander known as Abu Hussein leads a group of his countrymen fighting in the ranks of the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in...
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Review board recommends indefinite detainee at Guantanamo be transferred
Ali Ahmad Mohamed al Razihi. A review board set up to evaluate the cases of the remaining detainees held at Guantanamo has recommended that one of them be transferred. The detainee, Ali Ahmad Mohamed...
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