Analysis: Islamic State's 'caliph' leads prayers in Mosul
The Islamic State has released a video of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the group's reclusive emir, leading prayers in the city of Mosul. In late June, the Islamic State declared that it had established a...
View ArticleSoutheast Asian jihadist leader and bomb expert is alive, in Philippines
Zulkifli bin Hir, a jihadist commander and bomb expert who has worked with three jihadist groups in Southeast Asia and was reported killed by the Philippine military in 2012, is alive and thought to be...
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Popular Australian cleric arrives in Syria, joins Islamic State
A screen shot from Musa Cerantonio's Twitter page. The 'map' behind the banner shows the Islands of Mindanao, Jolo, and others in the southern Philippines. A popular radical Muslim cleric from...
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AQAP praises Ayman al Zawahiri, defends jihadist scholars against 'slander'
Nasir al Wuhayshi, who is both the emir of AQAP and the general manger of al Qaeda's global operations, released a poem praising Ayman al Zawahiri as the "Sheikh father." Leaders in al Qaeda in the...
View ArticleTaliban seize district in central Afghanistan, launch suicide assault in...
The Taliban launched two major attacks in central and southern Afghanistan today, overrunning a provincial center in Ghor province and launching a suicide assault on government buildings in the capital...
View ArticleAl Qaeda ally calls for statement on Islamic State's caliphate
Hani al Sibai, an ideologue who is highly respected within al Qaeda, has called on al Qaeda's senior leadership and the group's regional branches to address the Islamic State's announced caliphate....
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 6 'militants' in North Waziristan
The US launched its first drone strike inside Pakistan's tribal agencies in more than three weeks, killing six "militants" in an area that in the past has served as a command and control center for al...
View ArticleTaliban calls for reconciliation in Syria, avoids mentioning Islamic State's...
The Taliban has released a statement calling on rival jihadist factions in Syria to reconcile. The Taliban avoids any mention of the Islamic State, which recently decreed that it now rules as a...
View ArticleLeaked audio features Al Nusrah Front emir discussing creation of an Islamic...
A leaked recording of Abu Muhammad al Julani, the emir of the Al Nusrah Front, giving an impassioned speech to his fighters surfaced online late yesterday. While the audio appears to be a real...
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Islamic State routs Iraqi armored column in Anbar
Iraqi and Syrian towns and cities seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and its allies. Map created by The Long War Journal. Click to view larger map. Fighters from the newly established...
View ArticleAl Nusrah Front issues 'clarification' on the creation of an Islamic emirate
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, has issued a short statement denying that the group has announced the creation of an Islamic emirate (or state). The group has posted the...
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AQIM rejects Islamic State's caliphate, reaffirms allegiance to Zawahiri
This image is taken from Ansar al Sharia Tunisia's Facebook page, which reposted AQIM's statement rejecting the Islamic State's caliphate. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has purportedly...
View ArticleUS adds Norwegian AQAP bomb maker to list of terrorists
The US State Department added a Norwegian who serves as a bomb maker for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Anders Cameroon Ostensvig Dale, a...
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Analysis: Al Qaeda attempts to undermine new Islamic State with old video of...
On July 13, Al Qaeda's As Sahab posted this video of Osama bin Laden from the summer of 2001 on its Twitter feed. On July 13, al Qaeda's propaganda arm, As Sahab, tweeted a link to an old video of...
View ArticleBoko Haram leader fires back at Twitter campaign
Boko Haram sent a new video over the weekend to Agence France Presse, boasting of the group's latest feats while mocking the global hashtag campaign #BringBackOurGirls. Standing in front of his...
View ArticleUS launches another drone strike in North Waziristan
The US killed 18 suspected "militants" in another drone strike targeting an area of Pakistan's tribal agency of North Waziristan that previously served as a military command center for al Qaeda's...
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Islamic State, allies blunt Iraqi offensive to retake Tikrit
Iraqi and Syrian towns and cities seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and its allies. Map created by The Long War Journal. Click to view larger map. The Islamic State and its Baathist...
View ArticleAustralian Islamic State suicide bomber attacks Shia shrine in Baghdad
The Islamic State claimed that an Australian fighter killed several Iraqis in a suicide attack at a Shia shrine in Baghdad today. The Baghdad Division of the Islamic State claimed credit for today's...
View ArticleUS drones target 'Punjabi Taliban' in North Waziristan strike
The US killed 11 "militants," including two commanders from the Punjabi Taliban, in a strike in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of North Waziristan. The remotely piloted Predators or Reapers are...
View ArticleIslamic State overruns Camp Speicher, routs Iraqi forces
Two days after repelling an Iraqi military attempt to retake the city of Tikrit, the Islamic State and its allies are said to have overran Camp Speicher, a large base just outside the city that was...
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