ISIS seizes more towns in northern and central Iraq
Iraqi and Syrian towns and cities seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. Map created by The Long War Journal. Click to view larger map. After seizing control of the northern city of Mosul in...
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IMU involved in suicide assault on Karachi airport
The 10 members of the IMU suicide assault team and IMU leader Usman Ghazi superimposed over an image of aircraft at Jinnah International Airport. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan said it executed...
View ArticleISIS takes control of Bayji, Tikrit in lightning southward advance
Iraqi and Syrian towns and cities seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. Map created by The Long War Journal. Click to view larger map. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham continues its...
View ArticleUS launches 2 drone strikes in Pakistan, breaks 6-month lull
The US killed 16 jihadists, including four Uzbeks, in two drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas. The strikes ended a six-month pause in Pakistan. In the first strike, the unmanned Predators or the...
View ArticleISIS' advance halted at Samarra
Iraqi and Syrian towns and cities seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. Map created by The Long War Journal. Click to view larger map. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham's rapid advance...
View ArticleTaliban commander exchanged for Bergdahl coordinated with al Qaeda to attack...
One of the five senior Taliban leaders transferred to Qatar in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl played a key role in al Qaeda's plans leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Mohammad Fazl,...
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Analysis: ISIS, allies reviving 'Baghdad belts' battle plan
Iraqi and Syrian towns and cities seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. Map created by The Long War Journal. Click to view larger map. The lightning advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and...
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Ansar al Sharia Tunisia leader says gains in Iraq should be cause for...
The head of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, Abu Iyad al Tunisi, has released a statement calling for reconciliation between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) and other jihadist groups. The...
View ArticleUS drones kill AQAP commander, 4 fighters in southern Yemen
The US killed an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander and four fighters in the second recorded drone strike in southern Yemen this month. Earlier today, the remotely piloted Predators or the...
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ISIS photographs detail execution of Iraqi soldiers
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham's administrative division in Salahaddin proudly displayed photographs of the capture and execution of Iraqi soldiers after it took over a base in the province....
View ArticlePakistan launches 'comprehensive operation against foreign and local...
The Pakistani military has launched what it described as a "comprehensive operation against foreign and local terrorists" in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The operation,...
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham's quiet war minister
Al Nasir Li Din Allah Abu Sulayman, the ISIS war minister [left]; Abu Bakr al Baghdadi al Husseini al Qurshi, emir of the ISIS [right]. Photos from Al Sumaria. As the Islamic State of Iraq and the...
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Jihadists celebrate release of influential ideologue from Jordanian prison
Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi (right). The photo was posted on Twitter by sharia officials in the Al Nusrah Front, as well as other jihadists, after Maqdisi's release from prison in Jordan. Jordan has...
View ArticleUS adds AQAP leader involved in embassy plot to terrorist list
The US Department of State has added a top al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader who has been involved in plots to target US diplomatic facilities in Yemen and worldwide, as well as attacks against...
View ArticleShabaab launches 2 attacks along Kenya's coast
Around 8 p.m. on June 15, approximately 20 armed Shabaab fighters entered the village of Mpeketoni, just southwest of the Kenyan tourist destination island of Lamu. Opening fire on townspeople, the...
View ArticleIran spawns new jihadist group in Gaza
Out of the Palestinian unity deal forged between Hamas and Fatah earlier this month, a new splinter has formed. Hesn is a shadowy Iran-backed jihadist faction in the Gaza Strip. The group's name is an...
View ArticleUS drones strike in North Waziristan, kill 6 'militants'
As the Pakistani military is launching airstrikes against foreign terrorist groups such as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the Turkistan Islamic Party in an operation that began on June 15, the...
View ArticleUS captures Benghazi suspect, but most attackers remain free
Ahmed Abu Khattalah, who is suspected of taking direct part in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, has been detained by the US. Abu Khattalah was the most conspicuous of the alleged...
View ArticleAl Qaeda suspect planned to kill returning US troops in upstate NY
FBI agents working with the agency's Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested a suspected al Qaeda supporter in late May for plotting to kill newly returning American soldiers in the greater Rochester area....
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ISIS photos show gains and Iraqi support
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham's media wing in Wilayat Ninewa released a series of photos yesterday to social media sites illustrating the group's staggering gains. They also demonstrate wide...
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