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US State Department adds Pakistani Taliban leader to list of global terrorists
Sajna Mehsud. Image from Dawn. The US State Department added a Taliban leader from South Waziristan who had previously served as the deputy emir of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan to its list...
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State Department adds Osama bin Laden's doctor to terrorist designation list
Ramzi Mawafi. Image from Al Arabiya. The State Department today added Ramzi Mawafi, a longtime al Qaeda operative who was close to Osama bin Laden, to the US government's list of specially designated...
View ArticleTaliban control 3 districts in Afghan provinces of Wardak and Kunduz
The Afghan Taliban took control of three districts, one in the province of Wardak which is just south of Kabul, and the other two in the northern province of Kunduz, that were heavily contested during...
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Analysis: Al Qaeda's 'Resurgence' focuses on Indian Subcontinent
On Oct. 19, al Qaeda finally released its new English-language, online magazine "Resurgence." The organization announced the forthcoming publication in March, but the first edition was not released...
View ArticleJihadist training camps proliferate in Iraq and Syria
Map of known provincial locations of training camps run by the Islamic State, the Al Nusrah Front, and allied jihadist groups since 2012. Map created by Caleb Weiss and Bill Roggio. Since the Syrian...
View Article3 AQAP fighters reported killed in US drone strike
The US reportedly killed three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters today in a province in central Yemen where the jihadist group is battling Shia Houthi rebels who have advanced southward after...
View ArticleIraqi forces, Kurds claim success against Islamic State near Baghdad and Mosul
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 Iraqi military and...
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Pro-al Qaeda Saudi ideologue criticizes jihadist leaders in Syria, calls for...
Dr. Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini, as pictured on his Twitter feed. The ability of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi's Islamic State to garner new recruits has become such a problem that one of Baghdadi's most...
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AQAP profiles slain media operative tied to Ayman al Zawahiri's brother
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released a short biography of Mustafa Ali (a.k.a. Humam al Masri), a jihadist who served in the group's media department before he was killed in a US drone...
View ArticleIslamic State uses British hostage in propaganda video to rebut Western,...
The Islamic State has released a video featuring John Cantlie, a British war reporter who has been held hostage since 2012, in what is claimed to be the Syrian border town of Kobane. The video can be...
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Fighting between jihadists, Haftar's forces escalates in Benghazi
Footage purportedly shot inside the February 17th Martyrs Brigade base in Benghazi In the last week, Benghazi has seen a sharp increase in violence after the former Libyan general, Khalifa Haftar,...
View ArticleFrench warplanes bomb Islamic State camp in Iraq
Map of known provincial locations of training camps run by the Islamic State, the Al Nusrah Front, and allied jihadist groups since 2012. Map created by Caleb Weiss and Bill Roggio. The French Air...
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Al Nusrah Front offensive in Idlib targets Assad regime, fellow rebels
The Al Nusrah Front has produced a propaganda video justifying its offensive against the Syrian Revolutionaries Front (SRF). This man, who claims that he was attacked at an SRF-controlled checkpoint,...
View ArticleArab, Haqqani Network commanders reported killed in latest drone strike in...
The US is reported to have killed a "senior Arab commander" in a drone strike today in Pakistan's Taliban-infested tribal agency of South Waziristan. The strike took place in an area where, less than...
View Article1 French commando and 20 militants killed in Mali, 9 Nigerien troops killed...
Map of significant al Qaeda-linked attacks in Mali this year. Map made by Caleb Weiss for The Long War Journal. Jihadist groups operating in northern Mali have stepped up attacks over the past several...
View ArticleExplosions at Nigerian bus station kill 23, wound scores more
At least 23 people were killed this morning when explosions ripped through a bus station in Gombe in northeastern Nigeria. Many more were injured in the blast. Gombe's police chief, Abdullahi Kudu,...
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AQAP continues to portray US-led bombing campaign as a 'Crusade'
In a video released on Oct. 23, Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari preached jihadist unity, but he also outlined a thinly-veiled criticism of the Islamic State's declared caliphate. Two top al Qaeda in the...
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Al Nusrah Front forces Western-backed rebel group to flee base in Idlib
Jamaal Maarouf, the head of the Syrian Revolutionaries' Front, blasted Al Nusrah Front emir Abu Muhammad al Julani in a video posted online. Al Nusrah has pushed the SRF out of its strongholds in...
View ArticleSuicide bomber strikes in Pakistani at border crossing with India
A suicide bomber killed more than 50 people in a blast today at the Wagah border crossing in Pakistan. Two major Pakistani jihadist groups claimed credit for the suicide attack. The blast occurred...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 20 AQAP fighters in Yemen
The US reportedly killed up to 20 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) fighters in a drone strike today in the central Yemeni province of Baydah. The strike took place in an area where the jihadist...
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