The oppression of women and girls in the Islamic State's 'caliphate'
European officials estimate that about 300 women from the United States and Europe have joined the various jihadist groups fighting in Syria's civil war. Women from countries including Norway, Canada,...
View ArticleAl Qaeda condemns Pakistani Taliban's attack on Peshawar school
The spokesman for al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), Usama Mahmood, has released a statement condemning the Pakistani Taliban's attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar earlier this week....
View ArticleUS drones strike in jihadist stronghold in North Waziristan
The US launched a drone strike in the jihadist haven of Datta Khel in Pakistan's tribal agency of North Waziristan earlier today. The Pakistani military claimed it "cleared" Datta Khel in September as...
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Taliban publicize training camp in northern Afghanistan
Just one week after overrunning a district in the northern province of Jawzjan, the Afghan Taliban are now touting the existence of a training camp in neighboring Faryab province. The Taliban...
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Leader of Iranian-backed militia killed in eastern Iraq
Alleged picture of the body of Wathiq al Battat Wathiq al Battat, the leader of the Mukhtar Army and secretary-general of Hezbollah in Iraq, was killed yesterday in the eastern Iraqi province of...
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Islamic State routs Hezbollah Brigades unit north of Baghdad
The yellow and green patch of the Hezbollah Brigades is visible on the shoulder of a militiaman killed near Yathrib. The Islamic State has released pictures online purporting to show its fighters...
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Islamic State shoots down Jordanian warplane in Raqqah, captures pilot
The Islamic State released a picture of its fighters and Jordanian pilot First Lieutenant Mu'adh Yusuf al Kasasbeh after shooting down his aircraft over Raqqah in Syria. Image from the Islamic State...
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4 Gitmo detainees transferred to Afghanistan are veteran insurgents, files...
This picture has been circulated on social media, including by jihadists. It shows the four former Guantanamo detainees after their transfer to Afghanistan. On Dec. 20, the Defense Department announced...
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US targets emir of Punjabi Taliban in pair of drone strikes in North Waziristan
Asmatullah Muawiya (center), from a March 2013 video. Osama bin Laden is to Muawiya's left, and Rasheed Ghazi, the slain leader of the Lal Masjid, is to his right. Image from the SITE Intelligence...
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Islamic State's 'provinces' claim attacks in Egypt, Libya
The Islamic State's "provinces" in Egypt and Libya claimed recent attacks in both countries via jihadist supporters earlier today. The group's claims of responsibility were first obtained and...
View ArticleCaptured Shabaab official long worked with al Qaeda
A senior Shabaab official, Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, has been reportedly captured by Somali officials. Hersi "surrendered to the Somali police," the Associated Press reports, citing an anonymous...
View ArticleJihadists continue to advertise training camps 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. Several jihadist...
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Islamic State kills Qods Force general in central Iraq
Brigadier General Hamid Taqavi of the The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps. Photo: ABNA An Islamic State sniper gunned down a general in Iran's Qods Force who was advising Iraqi troops and Shiite...
View ArticleUS targets 'senior leader' for Shabaab in southern Somalia
The US military confirmed that its aircraft launched an airstrike against a "senior leader" of al Qaeda's branch in Somalia. "The strike took place in the vicinity of Saakow, Somalia," the Department...
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Ansar al Sharia Libya showcases spoils of war, key personalities in video
In a new video, Ansar al Sharia Libya claims to have captured tanks and arms during a raid on a camp controlled by pro-government General Khalifa Haftar's forces. Ansar al Sharia, an al Qaeda-linked...
View ArticleSomali government claims Shabaab's intel chief killed in US airstrike
Somalia's National Security Agency said that the US killed the leader of the Amniyat, Shabaab's intelligence service, in yesterday's airstrike in southern Somalia. US officials have not confirmed the...
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Senior al Qaeda leader returns to Twitter, praises 'martyrs'
Sanafi al Nasr is sitting on the far left in the picture above. The al Qaeda leader known as Sanafi al Nasr, who is based in Syria, returned to Twitter yesterday after a month and half absence. He...
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Dagestani jihadist swears allegiance to Islamic State, invoking backlash
Ali Abu Muhammad, the emir of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate (ICE), has released a video criticizing one of his former commanders for swearing allegiance to the Islamic State. Earlier this month, Rustam...
View ArticleTaliban video highlights training camp, operations in Kunar
The "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," the official name of the Taliban, released a video that showcases its operations and a training camp in the remote northeastern province of Kunar. The "Multimedia...
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Islamic State assaults Iraqi Army base in Anbar
"To break into the Safavid army barracks in the perimeter of Habbaniyah base," from the Islamic State's Wilayat Fallujah. The Islamic State claimed to have breached the perimeter of Camp Habbaniyah in...
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