Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent calls for jihadist unity against US-led...
The spokesman for al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), Usama Mahmood, has released a statement calling on all Muslims, including rival jihadist organizations in Syria, to unite against the US....
View ArticleWanted AQAP leader involved in embassies plot, provincial emir killed in US...
A wanted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader who was involved in last year's plot that forced the US to close more than a dozen diplomatic facilities across the world has been been killed in the...
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Al Nusrah Front tweets photos allegedly showing aftermath of coalition...
This article has been updated to include information from a US Central Command press release that claimed the targeting of five Al Nusrah Front locations. The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official...
View Article3 new jihadist training camps identified in 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. The Long War...
View ArticleAnalysis: CENTCOM draws misleading line between Al Nusrah Front and Khorasan...
US Central Command [CENTCOM] attempted to distinguish between the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, and the so-called Khorasan Group in yesterday's's press release that detailed...
View ArticleAustria's radical Islam problem
Berlin -- The small Central European country of Austria has recently made headlines because of its jihadi teenagers who have gone to fight in Syria. But Austria's radical Islam problem stretches beyond...
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Sinai-based jihadists pledge allegiance to Islamic State in audio recording
An unidentified jihadist speaking on behalf of the media office of Ansar Bayt al Maqdis (ABM), which is also known as Ansar Jerusalem, has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State. The announcement was...
View ArticleAQAP continues escalation of attacks in Yemen, targets US ambassador
Despite a Nov. 7 announcement that a new inclusive Yemeni cabinet was formed in an effort to defuse the ongoing political stalemate in the country, there has been no indication of a deescalation of...
View ArticleSuicide attack at Nigerian school kills at least 48 students
At least 48 students were killed and 79 injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a high school in Potiskum, Yobe State in northeastern Nigeria. The blast occurred during the...
View Article'Foreign militants' reported killed in latest US drone strike in Pakistan
The US reportedly killed six jihadists today in an airstrike in an area of Pakistan's tribal agency of North Waziristan that has in the past served as an al Qaeda command and control center. The CIA...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 7 terrorists in southern Yemen
The US reportedly killed seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) fighters in a drone strike early this morning in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa. The strike took place in the Azzan...
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Taliban splinter group releases photos of suicide bomber who attacked...
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a newly formed Pakistani jihadist group, released photographs of the suicide bomber who attacked the Wagah border crossing to India on Nov. 2. Ihsanullah Ihsan, the spokesman for...
View ArticleIslamic State leader claims 'caliphate' has expanded in new audio message
The Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that currently controls large portions of Iraq and Syria, has released a new audio message from its leader, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. The Islamic State's emir is...
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Iraqi forces, Iranian-suported militias report success in Baiji
Photographs were disseminated on Twitter purporting to show Iranian Qods Force commander Qasem Soleimani alongside Shi'ite militiamen in Jurf al Sahkar in late October. The Iraqi military and...
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Sinai-based jihadist group rebranded as Islamic State's official arm
On Nov. 10, an unidentified jihadist from Ansar Bayt al Maqdis (ABM), otherwise known as Ansar Jerusalem, declared his group's allegiance to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, who leads the Islamic State. As The...
View ArticleUS airstrike targets al Qaeda in Syria
The US targeted al Qaeda's network in Syria in one of the 20 airstrikes that took place between Nov. 12 and Nov. 14. While the US military has said the strike was carried out against al Qaeda's...
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Islamic State releases new execution video, purportedly kills American
The Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that controls large portions of Iraq and Syria, has released a new video showing the mass beheadings of Syrian soldiers. The video also includes a scene...
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Analysis: Islamic State snuff videos help to attract more followers
In a video released on Nov. 16 that showed the execution of Syrian soldiers and the severed head of an American, the Islamic State highlighted the oaths of allegiance that jihadists from several...
View ArticleAl Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb video features French, Dutch hostages
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), al Qaeda's official branch in North Africa, has released a new video that showcases two Western hostages. The hostages, a French national and a Dutch national,...
View ArticleUS military continues to claim al Qaeda is 'restricted' to 'isolated areas of...
A recently issued report on the status of Afghanistan by the US Department of Defense has described al Qaeda as being primarily confined to "isolated areas of northeastern Afghanistan." But information...
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