US adds Harakat-ul-Mujahideen's emir to terrorism list
Fazle-ur-Rahman Khalil, the longtime emir of the Pakistan-based Harakat-ul-Mujahideen that was listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 1997, was finally added to the US list of Specially...
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Islamic State photos detail rout of Iraqi Army at Camp Saqlawiya
An Islamic State fighter stands on top of a US-made M1 Abrams tank. The Islamic State released photographs of last week's rout of an Iraqi Army unit in the Saqwaliya area north of Fallujah in Anbar...
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Al Qaeda leader claims key operative in so-called 'Khorasan group' was killed
Sanafi al Nasr is sitting on the far left in the picture above. The photo was circulated on Twitter following erroneous reports of his death earlier this year. Nasr claims on his Twitter feed that one...
View ArticleAQAP official calls on rival factions in Syria to unite against West
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), an official branch of al Qaeda's international organization, has released a video calling on the rival jihadist factions in Iraq and Syria to set aside their...
View ArticlePro-al Qaeda ideologues propose truce between Islamic State, rivals
Leading jihadist ideologues, including several openly allied with al Qaeda, have proposed a truce between the Islamic State and its rivals. The initiative, which is being promoted on Twitter, aims to...
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Islamic State seizes Hit, assaults Iraqi military headquarters in Anbar
A smoke plume rises from the military headquarters in Ramadi after an Islamic State attack. Image from Iraqi Spring Media Center. The Islamic State continues its offensive to consolidate control of...
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Al Nusrah Front propaganda focuses on Iranian influence in Lebanon, Syria
The Al Nusrah Front posted this image on one of its official Twitter feeds earlier today. It portrays Hezbollah as a sinking ship that is bringing down Lebanon. The ship is colored to look like...
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Jihadists launch multiple suicide bombings in Libya
The logo of Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council The Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council has taken responsibility for a series of suicide bombings in and around the restive city of Benghazi...
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Jihadist group loyal to Taliban, al Qaeda claims to have captured Afghan...
A blast at an Afghan military base in the Reg district in Kandahar. The photograph was published on Junood al Fida's Twitter feed. The Taliban claims to have captured the Registan district in the...
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Islamic State beheads another Brit, threatens American aid worker
After beheading British aid worker Alan Henning, the Islamic State displayed former US Army Ranger Peter Edward Kassig. The Islamic State carried through on its Sept. 13 threat to execute British aid...
View Article9 UN troops killed in Mali ambush
Nine United Nations peacekeeping troops from Niger were killed yesterday in an ambush by unidentified assailants in the Gao region of Mali. No group has yet claimed the attack, but the Movement for...
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Pakistani Taliban group urges jihadists in Iraq and Syria 'to reconcile'
Omar Khalid al Khorasani, from a 2012 propaganda video in which he called for the establishment of a global caliphate and said he wanted to take possession of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. Image from...
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Al Nusrah Front releases video, photos from battle against Hezbollah
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, has released a video and a series of photos documenting its recent operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hezbollah, which is backed by...
View ArticleUS launches 2 more drone strikes in South Waziristan
The US launched two drone strikes against jihadists operating in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan over the past two days. Thirteen people, including a "high level target"...
View ArticleUS launches another 2 drone strikes in North Waziristan
The US launched two more airstrike in Pakistan's lawless tribal agencies today, killing 10 more "militants," according to reports from the region. In the first strike, the remotely piloted, CIA...
View ArticleAQAP conducts offensive against Yemeni military in Baydah
Local security officials in the central Yemeni city of Baydah reported a series of attacks carried out by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) early this morning. AQAP fighters attacked several...
View ArticleUS drones strike al Qaeda hub in Pakistan's tribal areas
Today, the US launched its fifth drone strike in Pakistan's Waziristan region in the past five days. Four people are reported to have been killed in today's strike. Pakistani officials said that the...
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AQAP suicide attacks kill scores in Sana'a and Hadramout
The aftermath of the suicide attack in Sana'a. Source: Al Arabiya. Arabic media outlets are reporting the deaths of at least 63 individuals as the result of two suicide attacks in Sana'a and eastern...
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Al Nusrah Front releases photos of training camp in northwestern Syria
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, released several photographs of a training camp in the northwestern province of Idlib. The al Qaeda group is...
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Ansar al Sharia video features jihadist once thought to be US ally in Benghazi
Ansar al Sharia Libya, the jihadist group notorious for its role in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, has released a 42-minute video highlighting its recent operations. The video, titled...
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