Kidnapped girls appear in latest Boko Haram video
Yesterday, Boko Haram released a second video connected to the mass kidnapping conducted by the group in northern Nigeria's Borno state. On April 14, Boko Haram militants stormed a government school...
View ArticleUS drone strikes target Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in eastern Afghanistan
The US killed several fighters from the Lashkar-e-Islam, a Taliban-linked group that operates in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in three airstrikes in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar today. The...
View Article23 killed in simultaneous AQAP attacks in Shabwa
Ten soldiers and 13 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were reported killed today in ongoing clashes between the Yemeni military and AQAP in Shabwa province in southern Yemen. AQAP carried out...
View ArticleTreasury Department designates 2 'al Qaeda leaders' in Syria
The US Treasury Department today added two "al Qaeda leaders" in Syria to the list of specially designated global terrorists. One of the two, Abd Al Rahman Muhammad Zafir Al Dubaysi Al Juhni, is a...
View ArticleAQAP military official killed in 2013 drone strike
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released a martyrdom statement for a military commander who was killed in one of several US drone strikes launched last summer following the emergence of a threat of...
View ArticleMuhajireen Army commander calls for Muslims to wage jihad in the Ukraine
The deputy leader of an al Qaeda-allied jihadist group that is led by commanders from the Caucasus and other former Soviet republics has called for Ukrainian Muslims to wage jihad against the Russia...
View ArticleShabaab leader calls for mediation in Syria, says Zawahiri is 'our Sheikh and...
Sheikh Mukhtar Abu Zubayr, the leader of Shabaab, al Qaeda's branch in Somalia and East Africa, says Ayman al Zawahiri is "our Sheikh and Emir" in a recent statement that focuses primarily on the...
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Al Nusrah Front collects donations for new Islamic institute via Twitter
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, has announced the creation of a new school named the Imam al Shafi'i Institute for Islamic Studies. The group is promoting the institute on...
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ISIS names Danish, French suicide bombers killed in 'Ninewa Division'
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham, a former al Qaeda affiliate that operates in Iraq and Syria, recently praised six foreign suicide bombers who were killed in attacks in its "Ninewa Division."...
View ArticleAl Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan: An enduring threat
Editor's note: Below is Thomas Joscelyn's testimony to the House Committee of Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade on al Qaeda's network in Africa and the threat it...
View ArticlePakistani military strikes anger 'good Taliban' commander
A series of military strikes in the tribal agency of North Waziristan has caused a Taliban commander who is favored by Pakistan's ruling class to reconsider his peace agreement with the military and...
View ArticleAl Nusrah Front rejects Syrian rebels' revolutionary covenant
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, has rejected a "revolutionary covenant" recently issued by a number of other prominent Syrian rebel groups. The covenant was released by the...
View ArticleUN adds Boko Haram to al Qaeda sanctions list
The United Nations has added Boko Haram to its al Qaeda sanctions list, citing the Nigerian group's ties to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and prolific terrorist acts. The move comes more than...
View ArticleTaliban overrun district center in northern Afghan province
The Afghan Taliban overran a district center in the remote northern province of Badakhshan and captured 27 government officials. A local militia commander and an Afghan intelligence official are among...
View ArticleShabaab suicide assault team attacks Somalia parliament
Shabaab, al Qaeda's branch in East Africa, launched a suicide assault today against Somalia's parliament building in its latest attack in the capital of Mogadishu. The suicide assault took place just...
View ArticleZawahiri again addresses jihadist infighting in Syria
In a three-page statement released online, al Qaeda head Ayman al Zawahiri again discusses the infighting between jihadist groups in Syria. Zawahiri's missive is addressed to the six jihadist...
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Al Nusrah Front, Suqour al Sham launch joint suicide assault in Syria
Four suicide bombers, including three foreigners, who conducted an attack in Syria. Photograph courtesy of the SITE Intelligence Group. A "correspondent" for the Al Nusrah Front for the People of the...
View ArticleAQAP eulogizes commander killed in April drone strike
A well-known Yemeni journalist with connections to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Abdul Razzaq al Jamal, today posted a eulogy issued by the terrorist group to his Facebook page honoring fallen...
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American took part in suicide bombings, Al Nusrah Front sharia official says
An American was one of four suicide bombers who took part in a recent coordinated assault in Syria, according to an Al Nusrah Front sharia official who is active on Twitter. On May 25, the Al Nusrah...
View ArticleJailed jihadist ideologue says the ISIS is a 'deviant organization'
Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi, an influential jihadist ideologue who is jailed in Jordan, has purportedly issued a statement denouncing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) as a "deviant...
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