Analysis: What the Gaza war means for Iran
"Peace [be] upon my dear brothers, the political leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad and all resistance groups," said Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani, the Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary...
View ArticlePakistan's ban of LWJ enters 3rd year
Looks like PTA is on a Taqwa spree during Ramadan. Get this warning when I try to visit @LongWarJournal website pic.twitter.com/lrFoSu9uBf— Hasan Abdullah (@journalisthasan) July 17, 2013 The Pakistani...
View ArticleIslamic State takes control of Sinjar, Mosul Dam in northern Iraq
Iraqi and Syrian towns and cities seized by the Islamic State and its allies. Map created by The Long War Journal. Click to view larger map. The Islamic State is reported to have taken control of the...
View ArticleHerat police chief accuses Iran of ramping up attacks in western Afghanistan
The chief of police for Herat has accused Iran of supporting a network that is stepping up attacks in the western Afghan province. General Samiullah Qatrah said on Aug. 3 that Taliban fighters recently...
View ArticleBaloch jihadist group in southern Afghanistan announces death of commander
A Baloch jihadist group that has pledged allegiance to the Taliban and calls Ayman al Zawahiri its emir recently released a statement praising one of its commanders killed during fighting in southern...
View ArticleInsider attack at Kabul base kills US major general, wounds 16 troops...
An Afghan soldier opened fire today on a gathering of Coalition officers and soldiers at a military training academy near Kabul, killing a US major general and wounding 16 more personnel, including a...
View ArticleIslamic State leader who defected from al Qaeda reported killed in Mosul
The Iraqi military claimed that an Islamic State leader who is from Pakistan was killed in an airstrike in Mosul. The commander is thought to be one of nine mid-level al Qaeda commanders who publicly...
View ArticleIslamic State overruns Syrian artillery regiment in Hasakah
Islamic State fighters led by Chechen commander Omar al Shishani took control of a Syrian Army artillery base in the eastern province of Hasakah. The jihadist group seized a large amount of military...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 5 'militants,' including foreigners in North Waziristan
The US killed five 'militants,' including several "foreigners," a term used to describe al Qaeda operatives and other non-Pakistani jihadists, in the first drone strike in Pakistan in three weeks. The...
View ArticleIraq's largest Christian town falls to Islamic State
Iraqi and Syrian towns and cities seized by the Islamic State and its allies. Map created by The Long War Journal. Click to view larger map. The Islamic State has taken control of Qaraqosh, Iraq's...
View ArticleBoko Haram raises its flag over another Nigerian town
Over the past few days, the al Qaeda-linked terror group Boko Haram has taken over another town in Borno state, slaughtering at least 50 residents, and stormed a town in neighboring Cameroon, killing...
View ArticleHarakat-ul-Mujahideen 'operates terrorist training camps in eastern Afghanistan'
The US State Department said that Harakat-ul-Mujahideen, a Pakistani jihadist group which is linked to al Qaeda and is active in South Asia, is currently running training camps in Afghanistan. The...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 3 AQAP fighters in central Yemen
The US launched its first recorded drone strike in Yemen in nearly two months, killing three suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in the central province of Marib. The strike takes...
View ArticleUS airstrikes against Islamic State continue in northern Iraq
The US launched four more airstrikes against the Islamic State in northern Iraq yesterday and today. The strikes targeted Islamic State fighters who were "indiscriminately" attacking minority Yazidis...
View ArticleAQAP claims killing of 50 Yemeni soldiers in Seyoun attack
A Twitter account affiliated with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula announced yesterday that AQAP fighters had killed more than 50 Yemeni soldiers during the group's Aug. 7 attack on the Yemeni Army's...
View ArticleAnsar Dine leader resurfaces, urges expulsion of France from Mali
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View ArticleChechen-led jihadist group in Syria releases video of training camp
A new jihadist group known as the Jamaat Ahadun Ahad, or the Group of the One and Only, has released a video of its training camp in Syria. The group is led by a Chechen commander and includes...
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Al Nusrah Front spokesman explains differences with Islamic State in video...
In a video released online on Aug. 8, Abu Firas al Suri, who serves as the Al Nusrah Front's spokesman, answered questions about the ongoing war in Syria. Al Suri denies that Al Nusrah plans to...
View ArticleIslamic State advances against jihadist foes in Aleppo
Iraqi and Syrian towns and cities seized by the Islamic State and its allies. Map created by Patrick Megahan and Bill Roggio for The Long War Journal. Click to view larger map. The Islamic State took...
View ArticleIslamic scholars and the Lebanese tinderbox
Last month, Syrian government forces near Qalamoun and Lebanese forces near Arsal had essentially cornered a large number of Islamist fighters in the area. Tensions erupted in Lebanon in early August,...
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