Clik here to view.
Islamic State is forced from Kobane
Flags of the People's Protection Units and the Free Syrian Army's Dawn of Freedom Brigade can be seen flying above Kobane. The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and elements from the...
View Article'Foreigners' among 7 jihadists killed in US drone strike in Pakistan
Several foreign fighters were among seven suspected jihadists who were killed in the latest US drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The CIA-operated,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Video shows Hezbollah Brigades convoy transporting American M1 tank
American-made M1 Abrams shown flying the Hezbollah Brigades' flag while being transported by the group. A video uploaded to YouTube appears to show a large Hezbollah Brigades convoy transporting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Analysis: Former US Marine killed by Islamic State's Tripoli 'province'
Note: A version of this article was first published at The Weekly Standard. Two gunmen entered the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli Tuesday morning. When their shooting rampage was over, at least ten people...
View ArticleTaliban claim insider attack at Kabul Airport that killed 3 US contractors
The Taliban claimed last evening's attack at Kabul International Airport that killed three American contractors. The insider or green-on-blue attack, where a member of the Afghan security forces kills...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Al Qaeda sharia officials address Caucasus defectors in joint statement
Ibrahim al Rubaish (left) and Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari (right) are both AQAP ideologues. Along with eight other jihadists, including two from the Al Nusrah Front, they issued a statement addressing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Islamic State's Sinai 'province' claims simultaneous attacks on Egyptian...
Wilayat Sinai, or the Sinai Province of the Islamic State, claimed responsibility for a series of attacks throughout the Sinai yesterday via posts on Twitter. In a statement released earlier today,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Al Nusrah Front battles Western-backed rebels outside Aleppo
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, has fought against Harakat Hazm (the Hazm Movement) outside of Aleppo in recent days. Hazm is one of the few rebel groups to receive limited...
View ArticleUS drones kill 4 AQAP fighters in southern Yemen
The US killed four suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) fighters in a drone strike today in southern Yemen. The strike is the second reported in Yemen this week. The remotely piloted...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Islamic State beheads second Japanese hostage
"Jihadi John" stands before Kenji Goto Jogo shortly before beheading him. The Islamic State has beheaded the last of the Japanese hostages it was holding. Freelance journalist Kenji Goto Jogo was...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban emir for Bajaur joins Islamic State
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan's emir for the tribal agency of Bajaur has defected and joined the Islamic State's branch in the Khorasan. Maulana Abu Bakr is the latest Taliban commander to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ansar al Sharia photos focus on governance efforts near Benghazi
Ansar al Sharia Libya, an al Qaeda-linked terrorist group, released a series of pictures in late January that are intended to highlight its governance efforts near Benghazi. The organization gained...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Islamic State burns captured Jordanian pilot alive
First Lieutenant Mu'adh Yusuf al Kasasibah stands in a cage as the flames lit by an islamic State fighter reach him. In what is perhaps its most brutal execution video to date, the Islamic State burned...
View ArticleUS drone strike targets Shabaab's external operations chief
The US military targeted the chief of Shabaab's external operations and intelligence branch in a drone strike that took place in Somalia last weekend. The US has not confirmed the death of the jihadist...
View ArticleAnalysis: DIA head warns al Qaeda in Syria may gain ground in 2015
The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Lieutenant General Vincent R. Stewart, warned during congressional testimony yesterday that the "security challenges" the US faces are "more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Influential AQAP ideologue killed in US drone strike
Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari, a senior AQAP sharia official, was killed in a US drone strike on Jan. 31. A US drone strike in southern Yemen on Jan. 31 killed Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari, a senior al...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Al Qaeda jihadists celebrate release of anti-Islamic State ideologue
Jordanian officials reportedly released Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi, a pro-al Qaeda, anti-Islamic State jihadist ideologue earlier today. And the news was quickly celebrated by Maqdisi's allies on social...
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. Jihadist groups...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Analysis: The Islamic State claims Jordanian airstrikes killed an American...
Note: This article has been updated to note that Foreign Policy has confirmed the US-led coalition launched airstrikes in Raqqa earlier today. A statement attributed to the Islamic State claims that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jihadists mourn slain AQAP sharia official
Yesterday, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) confirmed that one of its senior sharia officials, Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari, had been killed in a US drone strike on Jan. 31 in southern Yemen....
View Article