AQAP murders 2 hostages, including an American, during US rescue attempt
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) killed American photojournalist Luke Somers and Pierre Korkie, a South African teacher, during a hastily organized rescue attempt by US forces that took place...
View ArticleRepresentative of Ayman al Zawahiri reportedly captured in Turkey
An operative who was dispatched to Libya by al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri was reportedly captured in Turkey and is now being held in Jordan. A Turkish daily, the Milliyet, first reported Azzouz's...
View ArticleAl Qaeda commander reported killed in drone strike in Pakistan
A senior al Qaeda commander is reported to have been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan's tribal areas yesterday. If his death is confirmed, it would mean that two al Qaeda leaders have been...
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AQAP claims double suicide attack at military base in Hadramout
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) carried out a double suicide bombing early this morning at the First Military Command base in Seyoun, the capital of Yemen's eastern Hadramout province. Yemeni...
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6 Guantanamo detainees transferred to Uruguay were part of al Qaeda's...
The Defense Department announced on Dec. 7 that six Guantanamo detainees had been transferred to Uruguay. Four of the six are citizens of Syria, one is a Tunisian, and the sixth is from the...
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Islamic State overruns Badr Brigade position near Samarra
An Islamic State fighter displays the patch of a Badr Brigade militiaman killed in Mukayshfah. Over the past week, the Islamic State has launched a series of attacks against Iraqi troops and allied...
View ArticleFrench troops kill MUJAO founder during raid in Mali
Map of al Qaeda-linked attacks in Mali and Niger for 2014. Map made by Caleb Weiss for The Long War Journal The French military killed Ahmed el Tilemsi, the co-founder of the al Qaeda-linked Movement...
View ArticleAQAP blames Obama administration for death of Luke Somers
"A Message for the American People regarding the Killing of an American hostage in Yemen." Source: Al Malahem Media Foundation. In a newly released video produced by the media wing of al Qaeda in the...
View ArticleTaliban attacks in Afghanistan surge as Coalition ends combat mission
The Taliban followed up two deadly attacks in Kabul earlier last week with a series of bombings, assaults, and suicide attacks in the capital and four provinces over the weekend. Twelve de-mining...
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Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham advance in northwestern Syria
Al Nusrah Front tank being used in the battle at Wadi al Daif in Idlib province The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, Ahrar al Sham, and elements of the Western-backed Free Syrian...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban assault military high school in Peshawar
A suicide assault team from the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (or Pakistani Taliban) stormed a military high school in Peshawar today. It is one of the deadliest jihadist attacks in the country's...
View ArticleAfghan Taliban releases statement condemning attack on Pakistani school
The Afghan Taliban has released a statement, attributed to "Zabihullah Mujahid," the group's official spokesman, condemning the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan's attack on the Army Public School in...
View ArticleUS airstrike targets Pakistani, Afghan Taliban in Nangarhar
The US killed 11 members of the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban in an airstrike in the eastern province of Nangarhar yesterday. The strike is the fifth that has targeted Movement of the Taliban in...
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Mass grave of Islamic State's victims reportedly found in eastern Syria
An activist group and online sources reporting from inside Syria claim that a mass grave filled with approximately 230 corpses has been discovered in eastern Syria. The victims are reportedly members...
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Islamic State retakes Baiji after Iraqi forces withdraw
An Islamic State fighter removes an Iraqi flag from a government building. Photo released by the Islamic State. The Islamic State has retaken control of the central Iraqi city of Baiji after the Iraqi...
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State Department designates Egyptian jihadist group, ex-Gitmo detainee
The State Department today announced that it has added an Egyptian jihadist group and a senior al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) ideologue to the US government's list of specially designated...
View ArticleUS kills Islamic State deputy emir, 2 senior commanders in recent airstrikes
The US killed three senior Islamic State leaders, including the group's deputy emir, during a series of airstrikes in Iraq and Syria over the past month, the top American military commander disclosed...
View ArticleEgyptian jihadists thank State Department for 'blessing' of terrorist...
Ajnad Misr ("Soldiers of Egypt") has released a statement responding to the State Department's announcement that the group has been added to the US government's list of specially designated global...
View ArticleAQAP claims 149 attacks in Yemen since late September
Since the seizure of the Yemeni capital of Sana'a by Houthi rebels in late September, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has stepped up its terrorist attacks throughout the country, claiming...
View ArticleBoko Haram fighters storm Nigerian village, kidnap over 100 women and children
Insurgents from Boko Haram have reportedly kidnapped more than 100 people from a village in northeastern Nigeria. Details are still emerging on the raid in Gumsuri that occurred on Dec. 14. News of...
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