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AQAP eulogizes 2 Mukallah prison escapees
Over the past week, a Twitter account linked to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) posted the biographies of two fallen AQAP militants, Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad Barashid and Ahmed bin Abu Bakr...
View ArticleISAF raids against al Qaeda and allies in Afghanistan 2007-2013
One of the arguments used by the Obama administration for a rapid drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan by the end of 2016 is that the US and the Coalition have reduced al Qaeda there to "remnants." To...
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Previously obscure al Qaeda leader responds to dissenters
Al Qaeda has published a response to the nine jihadists operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan who sided with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) in a letter disseminated in March. The ISIS,...
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US officials have identified American suicide bomber in Syria
US officials have identified the American who took part in a suicide operation carried out by the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, earlier this month. The State Department...
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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl exchanged for top 5 Taliban commanders at Gitmo
The US government announced today that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held by the Taliban since 2009, has been released. Bergdahl was exchanged for the top five Taliban commanders held at Guantanamo. The...
View ArticleTaliban says 'five senior leaders' have been 'liberated' from Guantanamo
Hours after the US government announced that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl had been released in exchange for the top five Taliban commanders held at Guantanamo, the Taliban released a statement celebrating the...
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Mullah Omar hails release of 5 top Taliban commanders as 'great victory'
Mullah Omar, the reclusive head of the Taliban, has purportedly released a statement hailing the transfer of the top five Taliban commanders from Guantanamo to Qatar. Omar says their freedom is a...
View ArticleBergdahl-Taliban prisoner exchange 'won't help the peace process in any way'...
One of the Taliban's top spokesmen said that the recent prisoner exchange between the US and the Taliban will do nothing to further US hopes for reconciliation in Afghanistan as the Taliban "don't...
View ArticleUzbek jihadist group releases footage from Syrian training camp
An Uzbek jihadist group known as the Imam Bukhari Jamaat released a video of its training camp in Syria. It is the latest video by jihadist groups that shows fighters going through training at camps...
View ArticleAnalysis: Blowback from the Syrian jihad has begun
As the Obama administration seeks to invest more heavily in training and arming 'vetted, moderate' rebels in Syria's three-year civil war, a conflict that has already claimed over 150,000 lives and...
View ArticleUS drones kill local AQAP commander, 2 fighters
The US killed three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, including a local commander, in the first recorded drone strike in more than three weeks. The strike, which took place last evening in...
View ArticleISIS takes control of areas in central Iraqi city
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham seized control of several neighborhoods in the central Iraqi city of Samarra during an assault launched earlier today. Over 150 ISIS fighters entered the city on...
View ArticleBoko Haram rampages unchecked in the Nigerian north
This week Boko Haram militants have continued their insurgency across northern Nigeria with little challenge from Nigerian authorities. Between June 2 and June 3, the group conducted a number of...
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ISIS touts French, German, and Libyan suicide bombers in Syria
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham, a former al Qaeda affiliate that operates in Iraq and Syria, praised French, German, and Libyan suicide bombers in the latest release of its English-language...
View ArticleIraqi troops repel ISIS assault on Mosul
Just one day after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham launched an assault on Samarra and briefly took control of five neighborhoods, the jihadist insurgent group attempted to seize Mosul....
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Member of Taliban's elite Supreme Shura among 5 transferred to Qatar
Khairullah Said Wali Khairkhwa. Two court decisions provide insights into the career of Khairullah Khairkhwa, who was recently transferred from Guantanamo to Qatar along with four other senior Taliban...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban launch assault on Karachi airport
The Movement of the Taliban claimed credit for last night's assault on Jinnah Airport in Karachi that shut down all flights, and said the attack was executed to avenge the death of Hakeemullah Mehsud,...
View ArticleBoko Haram kidnaps more women
Nearly two months after the abduction of over 300 schoolgirls in the Borno state town of Chibok, Boko Haram has reportedly kidnapped 20 women in northeastern Nigeria. In today's incident, gunmen...
View ArticleISIS takes control of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham seized control of Mosul, which is the provincial capital of Ninewa and Iraq's second largest city, after five days of heavy fighting with Iraqi forces. Mosul is...
View ArticleVideo from ISIS fighter shows aftermath of 'liberation' of Mosul
A video from a fighter in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham details the chaos in Mosul after the jihadist insurgent group took control of the city earlier today. The video, which was released on...
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