In a speech released earlier this week, Islamic State spokesman Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir claimed that the group remains a "reality" despite its territorial losses. He also references the terrorist attack by a white supremacist in New Zealand earlier this week. Read more →
Zalmay Khalilzad, the Trump administration's top envoy for talks with the Taliban, claims that he is already satisfied with the Taliban's counterterrorism assurances. But the Taliban's close relationship with al Qaeda stretches from the 1990s until today. The Taliban should be required to publicly renounce al Qaeda in any final deal with the US. Even then, the break would need to be verified. Read more →
The head of the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), Abdul Haq al-Turkistani, has called on jihadist "scholars" to do more to address the plight of Uighurs. Al-Turkistani addresses his message to Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhunzada, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and a number of al Qaeda ideologues. Read more →
While no group has yet to officially claim the assault, al Qaeda's Group for Support of Islam and Muslims is widely suspected. Read more →
The Taliban blocked off all roads leading into Bala Murghab district, overran 11 security outposts and put an Afghan National Army company stationed there to rout. They also killed 44 Afghan security personnel and captured another 190, and advanced to within one kilometer of the district center. Read more →
The Guardians of Religion organization has praised recent operations conducted by the Taliban and Shabaab. Read more →
In a message released earlier this month, Abu Ubaydah Yusuf al-Anabi, a US-designated terrorist, called for sharia governance in Algeria. Al-Anabi is a senior Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb religious figure and has led the group's "Council of Notables." Read more →
Despite repeated claims to the contrary, al Qaeda has not been defeated in Afghanistan, and it still continues to operate alongside its ally, the Taliban. Read more →
If the current pace of strikes continues, the US will strike Shabaab 130 times in 2019. Is this a prelude to disengagement? Read more →
A senior Iranian official has declared that the Islamic Republic's foreign legion would fight in Iran if the system faces threat of overthrow. Read more →
Earlier today, the Islamic State's Khorasan "province" attacked a memorial held in honor of Abdul Ali Mazari, an ethnic Hazara leader who was killed by the Taliban in 1995. The Islamic State's loyalists frequently target Shiites in the Afghan capital. Read more →
Russian special forces are reported to have held a training event for the pro-regime Palestinian militia, Liwa al Quds. Read more →
