Analysis: Boko Haram focuses on seizing territory
As Boko Haram has continued to unleash its violence across northern Nigeria, the group seems to be gaining ground. Under the leadership of Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram has evolved from a terrorist group...
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Ansar Jerusalem beheads 4 Egyptians accused of being Israeli 'spies'
A masked Ansar Jerusalem terrorist is shown standing behind four blindfolded Egyptian civilians, who were accused of being Israeli "spies." All four were beheaded later in the same video. Ansar...
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Islamic Front and Al Nusrah Front promote 'liberation' of border crossing
In a series of posts on their official Twitter feeds, the Islamic Front and the Al Nusrah Front are promoting the "liberation" of the Quneitra border crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled...
View ArticleSenior IMU leader captured by ISAF in 2011 now leads fight in northern...
A senior leader of the Taliban and al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) who was captured by Coalition forces in the spring of 2011 is now leading more than 300 jihadists in the northern...
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Al Nusrah Front announces detention of 45 UN peacekeepers
The Al Nusrah Front published the two pictures above along with a statement claiming responsibility for the capture of 45 UN peacekeepers. The photo on the left shows the hostages. The photo on the...
View ArticleUS airstrikes in Amerli supported deadly Shia terror group
While helping Iraqi forces to break the Islamic State's siege of Amerli, the US Air Force supported a deadly Shia militia that is responsible for killing hundreds of US soldiers. The Shia militia,...
View ArticleUS targets Shabaab's leadership in southern Somalia
The US military is rumored to have targeted Shabaab emir Ahmed Abdi Godane and other senior leaders of al Qaeda's branch in Somalia as they met at a training camp south of the capital. The US military...
View ArticleIslamic State executes American reporter, threatens Brit
The Islamic State released a video of the execution of Steven Joel Sotloff, an American journalist captured in Syria in August 2013, and threatened to kill a British captive if the US does not halt...
View ArticlePakistani military claims 910 'terrorists,' 82 soldiers killed in North...
The Pakistani military claimed that 910 "terrorists" and 82 soldiers have been killed since it launched an operation against the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and allied jihadist groups in North...
View ArticleAl Qaeda opens branch in the 'Indian Subcontinent'
Al Qaeda has announced the establishment of a new branch, called "Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent." The group reports to Mullah Omar, the head of the Afghan Taliban, and is led by a former...
View ArticleTaliban suicide assault team targets NDS headquarters in Ghazni
The Taliban launched a complex suicide assault against the headquarters for the Afghan National Directorate of Security in the southeastern province of Ghazni today. The suicide assault is the second...
View ArticleAl Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent incorporates regional jihadist groups
An overview of statements by senior al Qaeda leaders as well as the group's joint operations shows that al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, the newest regional branch of the global jihadist group, was...
View ArticleUS confirms Shabaab emir Godane killed in airstrike
The US military is certain that Shabaab emir Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in a targeted airstrike in southern Somalia that took place earlier this week. "We have confirmed that Ahmed Godane, the...
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Al Qaeda veteran takes on a more prominent role as spokesman in Syria
Abu Firas al Suri's Twitter account, which was launched on Aug. 31, is "official and only account of the al Qaeda spokesperson" in Syria. On Aug. 31, a veteran al Qaeda jihadist known as Abu Firas al...
View ArticleShabaab names new emir, reaffirms allegiance to al Qaeda
Less than one week after Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in an American airstrike in Somalia, the group has named a new emir and reaffirmed its allegiance to al Qaeda. Shabaab has selected...
View ArticleUS airstrikes target Islamic State at the Haditha Dam
The US military expanded its campaign against the Islamic State today, targeting jihadists who are threatening the Haditha Dam in the western province of Anbar, most of which has been under control of...
View ArticleAQAP endorses new branch of terror network in the Indian subcontinent
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released a statement praising the establishment of al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). The statement was released on Twitter on Sept. 7. It was...
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Al Nusrah Front releases English-language summary of monthly operations
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, has released a 26-page document summarizing its operations in the month of August. The propaganda document, which is written in English and...
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Head of Islamic Front, other senior leaders killed in explosion
Hassan Abboud, who was killed in today's car bombing, posted this picture on his Twitter page earlier this year. It shows Abboud (right) walking alongside a top al Qaeda operative known as Abu Khalid...
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Al Qaeda members mourn Ahrar al Sham, Islamic Front leaders on Twitter
Not long after the news broke that more than one dozen senior leaders in Ahrar al Sham and the Islamic Front had been killed in Syria earlier today, several influential al Qaeda figures took to their...
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