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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo attack
One of several images released by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula while claiming credit for the attack on Charlie Hebdo's headquarters in Paris, France. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), an...
View ArticleUS drones kill 2 'Uzbeks' in South Waziristan
The US killed seven "militants," including two Uzbeks, in the second drone strike reported in Pakistan's tribal areas so far this year. The CIA-operated, remotely piloted Predators or Reapers fired two...
View ArticleAnalysis: Reported ban of Haqqani Network unlikely to end Pakistan's support...
Anonymous Pakistani officials have told news agencies that the government will ban the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network "within weeks." But a listing of the Haqqani Network as a terrorist entity is...
View ArticleEx-Gitmo detainee leads contingent of Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan
A former Guantanamo detainee, Mullah Raouf Khadim, is reportedly leading a contingent of Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand. Khadim's role was first reported by The...
View ArticleHezbollah commanders killed in suspected Israeli airstrike
Hezbollah announced the death of six of its commanders and fighters, including the son of its slain former military chief Imad Mughniyah, in what is believed to be an Israeli airstrike in southern...
View ArticleSenior Qods Force general killed in suspected Israeli airstrike
A senior general in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps - Qods Force was among six Iranians and six Hezbollah operatives who were killed in yesterday's airstrike in southern Syria that is thought...
View ArticleAnalysis: Former al Qaeda operative freed, sent home to Qatar
Editor's Note: For more on Qatar's track record in fighting terrorism, see Dr. Weinberg's report for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Center on Sanctions & Illicit Finance, Qatar and...
View ArticleAnalysis: Freed former al Qaeda operative was part of intelligence dispute
Last month, Senator Dianne Feinstein and other Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the executive summary of their final report investigating the CIA's controversial...
View ArticlePakistan falsely claims it takes 'immediate action' against terror groups...
A spokesman for Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that his country takes "immediate action" against any terrorist groups that are sanctioned by the United Nations when responding to...
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Analysis: Qatar embraces admitted al Qaeda operative
Members of Qatar's al Murra tribe are throwing a party, and the people of Qatar are cordially invited. The "public invitation" for the party, which will be held down the street from a stadium for the...
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Family members claim leader of Ansar al Sharia in Benghazi has died
Wissam Ben Hamid (left) chats with Mohammed al Zahawi (right) in a photo that was posted online by Ansar al Sharia on July 22, 2014. Family members of Mohamed al Zahawi, the leader of Ansar al Sharia...
View ArticleIranian political and military leaders laud Qods Force general killed in Syria
The death of Brigadier General Mohammad-Ali Allah-Dadi, the latest Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force (IRGC-QF) officer killed abroad, has generated an outpouring of condolences and support...
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AQAP issues guidelines for suicide operations
A senior sharia official in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Harith al Nadhari, sets forth guidelines for "martyrdom," or suicide, operations in a newly-released video. Al Nadhari's video,...
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AQAP releases infographics detailing attacks
A Twitter account affiliated with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released two infographics detailing the terror group's activity for the first quarter of 1436, the current year according...
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US drone strike kills 3 suspected AQAP members
The US reportedly killed 3 suspected members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in a drone strike today that took place in a border region between the provinces of Shabwa and Marib. The strike...
View ArticleBoko Haram takes key town in northern Nigeria, advances on Maiduguri
Major attacks by Boko Haram, from 2014 through present. Map created by Laura Grossman for The Long War Journal. Over the weekend, Boko Haram launched a series of attacks in the latest part of its...
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Al Nusrah Front, Western-backed rebels overrun key regime base south of Damascus
In the past two days, Syrian rebels overran a base belonging to Brigade 82 of the Syrian Army in the southern province of Deraa. The Brigade 82 facilities, which sit close to the town of Sheikh Maskeen...
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Islamic State's 'province' claims responsibility for attack on hotel in Tripoli
Gunmen stormed the Corinthia hotel in Tripoli early this morning, killing at least five foreigners and three guards, according to initial reports. Foreign government officials, including those serving...
View ArticleAnalysis: Islamic State sleeper cells a threat to Turkey
A leaked Turkish National Police intelligence report reveals alarm in Ankara about potential attacks by Islamic State sleeper cells across the country. The police report, which was disclosed by Jane's...
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Islamic State appoints leaders of 'Khorasan province,' issues veiled threat...
An organizational overview of the Khorasan Shura. The Islamic State has appointed Hafez Saeed Khan as the Governor of Khorasan province. Abu Muhammad al Adnani, a spokesman for the Islamic State,...
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