ISAF, Afghan forces capture al Qaeda 'facilitator' in east
Afghan and Coalition special operations forces captured an al Qaeda facilitator during a raid in the eastern province of Paktia today. The al Qaeda facilitator "coordinated insurgent activity...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 11 AQAP leaders, fighters: report
Eleven terrorists, including four local commanders, are reported to have been killed in a US drone airstrike in a southern Yemeni province where al Qaeda's affiliate controls significant ground....
View ArticleVideo: Pakistani Taliban execute 15 Frontier Constabulary personnel
Warning: The video of the Pakistani Taliban executing the 15 Frontier Constabulary personnel who were captured late last year is extremely graphic. An unedited segment of the video showing the...
View ArticlePhilippine military kills wanted Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Sayyaf operatives in...
The Philippine Air Force force killed a senior Jemaah Islamiyah leader, a top Abu Sayyaf Group commander, and 13 others, including a wanted Singaporean terrorist, during an airstrike in Sulu province....
View ArticleIslamic Jihad Union details cooperation with Afghan Taliban
The al Qaeda-linked Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) released a video that discusses the training of its fighters, shows cooperation with the Afghan Taliban and attacks in several provinces, and provides the...
View ArticleISAF captures senior IMU and Taliban military commander
During a raid in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured a dual-hatted Taliban and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander who directed...
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Caucasus Emirate leader orders halt on attacks against Russian civilians
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, 2011...
View ArticleAQAP operative killed in recent drone strike in Yemen
A Yemeni jihadist claimed that an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operative linked to the suicide attack against the USS Cole in Aden in late 2000 was killed by a US drone strike three days ago in...
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Al Qaeda operative killed during clashes in Kurram identified
Pakistani officials identified an al Qaeda operative from Azerbaijan as one of the six "foreigners" killed during recent clashes in the Kurram tribal agency that have resulted in the deaths of 23...
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Abu Musab al Suri released from Syrian custody: report
The Syrian government has freed a dangerous al Qaeda leader and strategist who was captured in Pakistan in 2005, released to the US, and then transferred to Syria in 2006, according to Internet...
View ArticleAfghan intelligence captures 3 members of northern assassination cell
Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) captured three Taliban fighters who were part of an assassination cell that killed several high-level Afghan officials in the north. The three cell...
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Al Qaeda releases photos of slain Khorasan commanders
Top left: Abu Laith al Libi; top center: Abdullah Saad al Libi; top right: Abu Abu Abdullah al Shami; bottom left: Abdul Khabir al Turkistani; bottom center: al Qaeda in the Khorasan fighters; bottom...
View ArticleUS drones kill 10 'militants' in North Waziristan strike
Unmanned US strike aircraft launched missiles at terrorists based in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, killing 10 "militants" in an area known to serve as an al...
View ArticleAl Qaeda 'still standing in Khorasan' despite US drone strikes: jihadist
An al Qaeda operative based along the Afghan-Pakistani border claimed recently that although US drone strikes have had an impact on the terror group's operations, it is "still standing in Khorasan."...
View ArticleUS Predators strike again in Miramshah
Unmanned US drones struck in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan for the second time in 24 hours, killing four "militants." The Predators or the more heavily armed Reapers...
View ArticleCommander killed in drone strike 'funneled Pakistani jihadists' to al Qaeda
A senior Taliban and Qaeda commander said to have been killed in the latest US drone strike in North Waziristan played a key role in funneling fighters from a radical Pakistani jihadist group to al...
View ArticleShabaab formally joins al Qaeda
Shabaab and al Qaeda have announced their formal merger, according to a video disseminated online today and translated by the SITE Intelligence group. In the video, Mukhtar Abu al Zubayr (a.k.a. Ahmed...
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'We in MYC are now part of al Qaeda East Africa'
Sheikh Ahmad Iman Ali, the leader of Shabaab's branch in Kenya, from a videotape released on Jan. 6. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. The Muslim Youth Center, Shabaab's affiliate in Kenya, said...
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Wanted IMU leader urges attacks in Germany
Abu Adam (a.k.a. Mounir Chouka), a German citizen who fights with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Photo from the SITE Intelligence Group. A German citizen who serves as a leader in the Islamic...
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Halt attacks on Pakistani military: Siraj Haqqani
Click to view slide show of some of the Haqqani Network's top leaders. Pictured is a composite image of Siraj Haqqani. Siraj Haqqani, the operational commander of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network,...
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