If confirmed, this would represent another major blow to al Qaeda's Uqba bin Nafi Battalion. Read more →
Two statements, which were released by al Qaeda's general command and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, were addressed to Shabaab yesterday in a coordinated messaging campaign. Read more →
The bombing came as Turkey also shelled the city. It is likely that as the Turkish advance continues, the Islamic State will further exploit the chaos inside northern Syria to regroup and conduct more attacks. Read more →
The rising of Islamic State sleeper cells could become more common as the Kurdish-dominated SDF is diverted to the newly announced Turkish invasion of northern Syria. Read more →
Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security claims it has confirmed that Asim Umar, the emir of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, was killed during a Sept. 23 raid in Helmand province. Other key AQIS leaders were also killed in the fighting. Read more →
Eleven Taliban leaders have been reportedly exchanged for three kidnapped Indian engineers. One of the newly-freed Taliban commanders is Abdul Rashid Baluch. The US designated Baluch as a terrorist in 2015, reporting that he "served as a Taliban liaison officer to al Qaeda (AQ) and was responsible for planning meetings between Taliban senior leadership" and al Qaeda "members in Karachi, Pakistan." Read more →
In 2001, Omar was unwavering in his position that the Taliban was religiously obligated to protect Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda cadre. The Taliban has remained true to Omar's words, and fought an 18 year long war to defend the terror group. Read more →
No group has yet to claim the attacks, but al Qaeda-linked militants have been widely blamed. Read more →
Shabaab, just days after launching assaults on US and Italian troops, has now also claimed two IEDs on a US-trained Somali special forces unit. Read more →
The Taliban continues to use rural areas it controls to threaten major population centers, including provincial capitals. Read more →
No casualties were reported in either attack, however. Read more →
Yemen's Houthis claim that the operation is the largest in nearly four years of conflict with Saudi Arabia and its allies. Read more →
